Wednesday through Friday were spent creating our YESS superheroes. The students were instructed to reflect on their Hot Buttons and invent a superhero to combat them. Many scholars showed great creativity and wrote stellar PEAL paragraphs! Here are some of their renderings.
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| A mentor, Alicia, drew this and she says the petals contain things like love, kindness, and hope. They are fighting these Hot Buttons: Not good enough, looking stupid, and being unloved. |
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| Yaridza, a cutie mentee, says Star Yellow fights her Hot Buttons by shooting stars. |
We took some time to engage in team builders, as well. This week's challenge was to create human pyramids and try co-standing. For the pyramids, students faced their team mates, held their hands at shoulder level, then leaned in so their weight was supported by the kids on their team. The co-standing activity involved students sitting back-to-back, locking arms, then attempting to stand. I love these team builders are always a great way to boost engagement and invoke a little laughter!
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| Alonzo and Virgil - having fun! |
One of the classes was struggling with respect this week, so we devoted two days to participating in a restorative circle. I was impressed with how open they were with one another. Many students shared about the loss of loved ones, as well as challenges within the school building, while others wrote supportive notes to those who were struggling. We capitalized on all this love by doing an activity on Friday that allowed students to share their thoughts about their peers in writing. At the end, each scholar got to share their favorite quote. Here they are, reading aloud.
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