@BlazerNationAHS Key Club officers attended officer training! Thank you Ms.Schoenbrun and Ms. Johnson (Kiwanis) for setting up a great training. Looking forward to a great year of serving our community. #BetterTogether#TeamSISD#KeyClub
When I was a building principal, we had a group of boys who were consistently getting office referrals during lunch for aggressive and disruptive behaviors. In the past, these behaviors had led to increasingly severe consequences that did not reduce the negative behaviors (and caused some students to be sent home and to miss instruction). I sat down with the group and we worked together to come up with a plan on what to do during lunch. One of the boys asked if we could start a knitting club, since his Auntie had recently taught him how to knit. Since he was a leader of the group, the other boys agreed. I asked them to come back tomorrow with some ideas of what to knit. The next day one of the boys said that he wanted to knit little hats for the preemies at the hospital, since his little cousin was there and that a nurse mentioned that they had run out of the little hats. The boys knitted daily and we delivered the hats to the hospital. We received many heartfelt thank you notes from families, nurses and doctors (and even an in-person visit with a personal thank you and cookies from a newborn's mom). This group continued to grow as did our ability to create knitted hats for preemies. This became a huge success for the participating students. There was significant improvement in the students’ behavior, attitude, achievement, and attendance. It is so important to think outside of the box for “win-win” solutions. It really isn’t the WHAT you do that is important, it is the WHY you are doing it! Our knitting group become a team, family, and community.
#maslowbeforebloom
@Americas_HS Key Club enjoying the wonderful weather fitting in one last service project for this school year @PGAWAEP Pet Guardian Angel Welfare Assoc. #BlazerNation ❤️#TeamSISD
All Youth Opportunities Fund grant applications must be in by 11:59 pm ET, March 1. This grant will help grow your service project from May 2023 to April 2024. Learn more at https://t.co/ZcAM8ZRuBU.
Kiwanis International will share its passion for volunteering on Jan. 2 with its @RoseParade float titled “Catching the Wave of Service.” Did you know that the Kiwanis family provides more #RoseParade float volunteers than any other organization? #KidsNeedKiwanis
It’s Day 2 of #SPW: Give Voice to Help-Seeking. Asking for help for depression can be effective in getting others to understand what we need to move on to a healthy, happy and productive life – something we all deserve. Get started: https://t.co/2K9ruoMwUq
Creating a supportive environment is vital in suicide prevention. This month, join Key Club in changing the conversation about mental health by participating in Suicide Prevention Week in partnership with @Erikas_LH from September 4-10. https://t.co/2K9ruoMwUq