     The Junior High faculty and staff are always on the look-out for students displaying good character traits. Character traits being reinforced include: honesty, respect, fairness, leadership, citizenship, responsibility, attitude, trustworthiness, caring, and tolerance. Students caught displaying one of these traits are given a reward card which indicates the character trait displayed, along with the signature of the person who awarded the card. These cards are turned in to the office to be entered in weekly, monthly, quarterly, semester, and end-of-year drawings. With each consecutive drawing, the reward is larger. Character traits are reinforced through a variety of classroom lessons, as well as special activities during monthly school improvement days. Students in grades 5-8 are divided into eight teams, with each team having 2 or 3 team leaders who are faculty/staff.
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September October November December SEJHS Receives Social Emotional Grant Southeastern Junior High School is one of 85 schools in 31 districts to receive the 3-year grant, funded by the Illinois State Board of Education and developed and coordinated by the Illinois Children’s Mental Health Partnership. Michael Owen, Keela Whewell, Christy Glick, Sue Henry, Justin Edgar, and Ross Voss of Southeastern Junior High School attended a two-day training to learn about steps needed to ensure successful implementation of the grant. The leadership team also includes parent representatives Holly Cox and Michelle Kerr. This team meets twice per month and will be attending a workshop in February for training on choosing and implementing a scientific-based curriculum to support social emotional learning. The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) of the University of Illinois, Chicago is providing training leadership for the project. Social Emotional standards have been adopted and added to the Illinois Learning Standards to address development of: 1) self-awareness and self-management skills to achieve school and life success, 2) social awareness and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships, and 3) decision-making skills and responsible behaviors in personal, school, and community contexts. Illinois was the first state to adopt Social Emotional Learning Standards. Schools across Illinois are responsible for implementing programs to assist students in the development of these social and emotional life skills. A Character Education program instituted four years ago will provide the foundation to build upon. A series of informational parent and community meetings is being planned. Click Here to Take the SEL Survey
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