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DeSantis Middle rolls out year‑one life skills course; teachers, students and parents cite early gains
Summary
Forsyth County Board of Education heard a presentation April 15 about a new life skills course at DeSantis Middle School. Teacher Jen Shuster and Principal Keith Sargent described rotating 9‑week units for sixth through eighth graders, plans to scale first‑aid/CPR training, and early results from students, teachers and parents.
At its April 15 meeting, the Forsyth County Board of Education heard a detailed presentation on a year‑one life skills course launched at DeSantis Middle School, presented by principal Keith Sargent and teacher Jen Shuster.
The course, offered as part of the middle school "Connections" rotation, exposes every sixth, seventh and eighth grader in the school to a life skills unit every nine weeks. "I taught 32 years of physical education, health and PE," Jen Shuster told the board, "and the why of this class is that it's a need, not a want." Shuster said she has taught the course to “a total of over 720 students” this year as classes rotate.
District and school leaders told the board the class was developed from local staff input after DeSantis received additional staffing allotments. Principal Keith Sargent said administrators…
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