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We Depend on Friends

Can you name any ways in which you depend on your friends?  Second Graders at Grant Elementary sure can! During their first week of reading lessons, students spent time reading stories, have conversations and participating in activities that helped them better realize just often we depend on our friends.  To kick off our lessons each morning, students participated in a fun partner or team challenge…

ELL students and Social Emotional Learning

School counselors facilitate Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for their students, but sometimes, there is a language barrier that prevents English Language Learners (ELL) from learning these skills at the same rate as their peers.  Some ELL students have gone through a lot to get to the US and to Nebraska and may have experienced trauma along the way. Students who have experienced trauma need to…