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Student presenters and teacher describe meditation class as tool for stress reduction and resilience
Summary
A semester-long meditation course at Nantucket High School runs four days a week and uses twice-daily 20-minute practice and journaling; teacher Andrew Caselli and student Caroline Collette described measurable mindfulness gains and peer-led sessions.
Andrew Caselli, a special-education teacher who now leads a meditation program at the high school, told the school committee the course is semester-long, available to all four grades and can be taken as an elective or a wellness credit. Caselli said the class typically enrolls 16 to 19 students and that his overall caseload includes about 62 students in study-skills classes.
Caselli described the curriculum as a mix of…
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