The Dysart Unified School District and Safe Schools, Healthy Students have come up with a comprehensive bullying program entitled, "Elevate Expectations...Banish Bullying." This PSA's theme is "Physical Aggression" and features students from Willow Canyon High School and Cimarron Springs Elementary School
The Dysart Unified School District and Safe Schools, Healthy Students have come up with a comprehensive bullying program entitled, "Elevate Expectations...Banish Bullying." This PSA's theme is "communication" and features students from Valley Vista High School and Thompson Ranch Elementary School.
The Dysart Unified School District and Safe Schools, Healthy Students have come up with a comprehensive bullying program entitled, "Elevate Expectations...Banish Bullying." This PSA's theme is "Tolerance" and features students from Shadow Ridge High School and Mountain View School
Part of the "I Do" series presented by the Dysart Unified School District and Safe Schools/Healthy Students.
The SPARK (School Program for Actualizing Responsible Kids) classrooms at Aguilar Elementary School have developed an organic, self-sustaining garden. In conjunction with the Brain-Based Learning theory, the SPARK classrooms have used the garden to demonstrate to the students the integrated connection of people and their environment. This project offers students an opportunity to expend energy in a positive manner while gaining a sense of pride, ownership, and accomplishment. The garden began as both a positive reinforcement for acceptable behavior and as an outdoor stress relieving activity. It then became apparent that the garden was an integrated academic learning opportunity. The garden is now an integral part of the curriculum.
Part of the "I Do" series presented by the Dysart Unified School District and Safe Schools/Healthy Students
The Citizenship in Action Program gives unique employment opportunities to fifth graders who apply for, interview, and work in various jobs around the school. Students become aware of their professional career interests and apply their knowledge of appropriate life skills, such as responsibility and pride. Citizenship in Action helps students to be able to earn an income and learn money management through personal banking. The comprehensive learning program showed immediate results in student achievement and behavior referrals. Study habits and homework scores increased.
Part of the "I Do" series presented by the Dysart Unified School District and Safe Schools/Healthy Students.
For more info www.davidlynchfoundation.com Transcription: "Transcendental Meditation really helps students be creative and innovative." "I don't really know the science involved with it but Transcendental Meditation really allows them to focus." "Meditation gives students an opportunity to slow down and do a lot of deep inner thinking within themselves." "Stress is constant, all the time, and I just love Transcendental Meditation as that tool, that buffer tool that helps you cope with that." "I feel calmer now. Like a calming presence is constantly in my life. It's pretty sweet." Assistant principle for security: "I was very suspect of what Transcendental Meditation was because I thought it was what you see in the movies and on television where you have to see with your legs crossed and make these loud chanting noises and roll your eyes in the back of your head, and you have to be totally focused on that or it doesn't work." "You know, I have a lot of guy friends that play football, and they're like 'ah meditation that doesn't work. You're crazy.' And I was like, 'I don't know about you guys but it really worked for me though.' " "You know kids are inundated with noise all day long. they have Ipods they have video games, they have videos on TV... and I was of the belief that they need some time everyday to just shut all that out and kind of focus a little bit on themselves and along came this TM opportunity. Assistant principle for security: "I had to experience it to see ...
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