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St. Joseph Catholic School is excited to announce the launch of a new school-wide program of social-emotional learning, called Friendzy. This program will be implemented by our school counselors with the support of faculty, staff and parents!
The current global pandemic has highlighted the need for strong social skills and emotional management. Now more than ever our students need to be equipped to navigate the uncertainty in their lives with a deeper sense of faith and community. Social skills such as self-awareness, responsible decision-making, self-management and relationship-building are some of the tools that make this possible.
This new program, which begins in October, complements our current social-emotional learning curriculum which explores the ways in which our Catholic faith, faith-filled actions, and prayer help our students to develop strong social skills and deeper relationships with each other and God. As we continue to learn about Catholic virtues and saints each month we will also work on building healthy relationships, developing empathy and strengthening our school community.
As part of this program, each SJS student will receive a student workbook that will be used in class along with lessons led by our counselors.
“Friendzy is a comprehensive program designed to change school culture by offering vital social emotional learning lessons (SEL) to proactively address aggressive behavior, reduce stress, equip with healthy relationship skills, and improve focus and academic performance, which will increase resiliency for success in school and in life.” Joy Roberts and Julie Widman, Friendzy founders
October Catchphrase:
Each month our SJS students will learn a catchphrase. These simple sentences are a way for us to remember our goal of building up each other in a community of faith and caring.