Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Your donations made it possible for me to complete an impactful program called Breathe For Change where I was trained in trauma informed social emotional learning and yoga instruction. I learned so many tools that have already begun to enhance my teaching. Students have been so responsive to the wellness lessons I have lead as a result of this training.
My biggest goal as an educator is to contribute to the overall wellness of my students. My students have different home lives, some dealing with homelessness, poverty, or forced migration. Something I noticed when I first met my students this year was how many big feelings they displayed. I found Breathe for Change to help me better deal with their big feelings and hopefully help them to understand and navigate them themselves so that learning could take place.”