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ACTSion Items

Mark your calendars for these upcoming opportunities for community building, supported by Wiseburn's Achieving a Culture of Togetherness and Support (ACTS) Committee.

CounSELors Corner

Family-School Engagement

Volunteering is an investment in your students' education

Why it matters: Research shows that parental involvement is more important to children’s academic success than their family’s socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, or educational background.

The big picture: Parent/caregiver involvement is related to students' academic achievement. Elementary school students gain greater academic language, and social skills, whereas middle school students have greater academic and future aspirations. Click here to learn more.

How you can support: Students excel even more when their parents assist them at home with their homework, attend school sponsored events, and volunteer at their children’s schools. 

Ways to be involved with your student's school include: communicating with the teacher(s), staying up-to-date with assignments and what your student is learning, participating in school site and District events, reading school site and District messages, and attending events and workshops.

🆕📰Wiseburn is looking for parents/caregivers and Wiseburn staff members who are interested in serving as ACTS Ambassadors! ACTS Ambassadors serve as liaisons between schools and the community by promoting inclusion, a sense of belonging, and home-school partnerships to optimize students' educational experience. Volunteers could set aside as little as 30 minutes per month, on their own time or be involved in more in-depth opportunities that would require a commitment of about an hour a month of collaborative meeting time. Complete the interest form to learn more about this great opportunity!

In Step with Second Step

All students participate in a social-emotional learning curriculum called Second Step. Second Step helps students recognize when they are having big feelings, regulate their emotions, build self-confidence and advocacy skills, develop healthy social skills, and develop problem solving skills. These lessons also include content related to bullying.

The Second Step lesson schedule is enriched by instruction, activities, and discussion related to topics that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Teachers are asked to follow a general schedule, which is reflected in the table below.

You can support your student in these activities! Find details using the button links below the table to plug into your student's lessons and reinforce them at home.

ACTStended Learning

Additional resources and learning on diversity, equity, and inclusion, curated by the Achieving a Culture of Togetherness and Support (ACTS) Committee.

SELebrations

Social-emotional Learning (SEL) takes many forms. Wiseburn school site teams create opportunities for students to develop skills through the exploration of emotions, development of relationships, and navigation through growth opportunities.

Community Poem at 138th St.

Mrs. Blake's class shared a community poem that they created together to represent the members of their class at 138th St.'s whole school assembly on Wednesday 11/30.  Video of poem

Cabrillo Recognizes Students

Cabrillo restarted the PBIS Cabrillo Cub Cards for students and classes! Cabrillo celebrates students when they practice responsibility, respect, and safety!

Dana Student Leaders Build Community

8th grade WEB leaders put together holiday bags for all 6th grade students. WEB celebrations like this help build community and connections between our 6th grade students and 8th grade mentors. WEB leaders visited Pod classes to hand deliver the surprises on Wednesday, December 14th.

SLC Students Gain Valuable Experience

Students from ages 18-22, in the FUTURES Plus program held a sale of potted and decorated plants. Students worked hard for this event and continue to build their program.

Cabrillo Planetarium Assemblies

Cabrillo students had an exciting time in the planetarium in the Cabrillo PAC. Students got to come together and get an interactive space experience.

Anza Dancing in the Rain

While the rain can make some feel gloomy, it didn’t stop Anza students. During PE the students met in the MPR to have a cardio dance off. Students came together, taught each other dances, and brought joy to each other.

Dana Winter Sing

The Winter Concert brings together students of all musical abilities to celebrate and join as one. Whether it is a student's first year in music or they have been in it since elementary school, all are welcome to enjoy the positive power of music. Students performed music from a variety of genres and celebrated how music brings people together. We were also fortunate to partner with Da Vinci music students to collaborate with former Dana Dolphins.

See you next month!