6th Grade Needs a Calm Down Corner

Funded Dec 4, 2023

Thank you so much once more for making the calm down corner in our 6th grade's English Language Arts / Humanities class possible! There have been several instances before the furniture was delivered where our students have needed a separate safe space to be able to get their bearings and calm down, which was difficult. One of our goals is to try and keep our students in the classroom where they can quickly bounce back and return to their active learning once they are out of their period or dis-regulation.

Without this furniture piece addition to our classroom we had no real way for students to calmly and quietly stay in the classroom and at the same time have a space where they could decompress and have some semblance of privacy. The students seem to be quite comfortable with asking for breaks in what we have deemed, 'the nest.' This is so important as the kids being able to self advocate is one of the biggest skills we want our 6th graders to have.

It may not seem like much, but our nest is helping bring comfort to a student population that really needs it.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Rogers