2023
Establish a plan that outlines roles and responsibilities to ensure the school community (students, families, teachers, school leadership, community members, school resource officers, school security officers and deans of students)collectively meets the social and emotional needs of students.
Objective:
Students will have their social and emotional needs met.
Evidence 2020 – 2021
Created “Wellness Wednesdays” to provide an increased focus on social-emotional learning. Sample schedules were provided in the 2020-21 Learning Plan: A Handbook for Families and Students.
Combatted food insecurity by providing all HCPS free breakfast, lunch and “grab and go” meals regardless of reduced meal status.
Evidence 2021 – 2022:
Developed a “Modified Wellness Wednesday” calendar to strategically embed focused social-emotional learning during the school day and provide time for teachers to “check-in” with students who may be struggling.
In Fall of 2021, HCPS partnered with MajorClarity, a student-driven, online college & career readiness platform designed to help all students discover future careers aligned with their interests and abilities and merge their career exploration with academic planning. Beginning in grades 4-5, students are utilizing MajorClarity to complete a career interest inventory, explore all 17 Virginia Career Clusters and discover various occupations associated with each. At the secondary level, students complete a Career Interest Inventory and can complete a Learning Styles Assessment. As students become more aware of their individual strengths, interests and preferred styles of learning, they become more invested and intentional when making academic & career planning decisions.