An argument against requiring masks in school is that they stunt kids' ability to read emotions and build relationships. Is that true? We asked Justina Schlund, the senior director of content and field learning at CASEL. edweek.org/leadership/do-…

Join us for our first Implementation Workshop: Increasing students access to their PFC with a Universal Design for Learning Lens #neuraled #RaftingUp #KnowBetterDoBetter neuraleducation.org/implementation…

Interested in learning more about the neuroscience of teaching and learning? Join Neural Education and the author of The Brain-Based Classroom kieran O'Mahony for this FREE book study! #NeuralEd #RaftingUp #KnowBetterDoBetter

Join our team! SHSD is looking to expand our substitute pool for both certificated and classified substitutes! Questions? Please email our HR team at [email protected]. To apply, steilacoom.k12.wa.us/Page/9334 and click on Job Openings 2021-2022. #SteillyRocks

December's SEL focus is empathy - having the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. 💙Create opportunities to explore other perspectives and points of view. 💙Give each other "do-overs." 💙Encourage empathy through storytelling. SHSD T&L Project Safe & Sound - Steilacoom School District

Enjoy your winter break, everyone! Pioneer Middle School Steilacoom HS Anderson Island Elementary SHSD T&L Project Safe & Sound - Steilacoom School District

Our SEL focus for January is self-reflection - thinking about your own feelings and behavior, and the reasons that may lie behind them. Project Safe & Sound - Steilacoom School District

Our Board of Directors recently declared January 2022 as SHSD Whole Child Month. SHSD wants to raise awareness in the community of the social and emotional needs of students, and encourage other organizations and agencies to both understand and support those needs of students.

SAVE THE DATE 📅 ☑️ Registration coming in February at NeuralEducation.org IN PERSON and Virtual Basic Institutes and Virtual Advanced Institutes. #neuraled #raftup #knowbetterdobetter

Check out our new LEGO walls-where STEM & SEL combine-giving students a place to take a tactile, sensory, building break that also provides opportunities for each school to utilize it in creative ways that fit the needs of their students. Project Inspire - Steilacoom School District Project Safe & Sound - Steilacoom School District SHSD T&L

March's SEL focus is resilience - the capacity to recover from difficulties or challenges. "We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated." - Maya Angelou Project Safe & Sound - Steilacoom School District SHSD T&L

Education Support Professionals Week continues with a celebration of our fantastic Information Technology staff! For ALL you do, THANK YOU! Steilacoom HS Steilacoom Athletics Pioneer Middle School Anderson Island Elementary SHSD T&L Project Safe & Sound - Steilacoom School District

Each April, the Month of the Military Child provides a chance for us to recognize and thank the children of our service members and veterans - Learn how SHSD celebrates with our very own Family Strong. shsdfamilystrong.org Steilacoom Schools SHSD T&L Mary Snyder

Today we're celebrating our teachers at Saltar's Point Elementary School and Anderson Island Elementary School! SHSD T&L

SHSD Families of students in grades K-5 - don't worry about school supply shopping this summer! We've got you! All school supplies for all SHSD students in grades K-5 will be provided for the 2022-23 school year. Anderson Island Elementary SHSD T&L Project Safe & Sound - Steilacoom School District Project Inspire - Steilacoom School District

Absolutely love working in Steilacoom Schools!

The latest Washington Association of School Administrators monthly publication features our very own Dr. Weight! The article highlights our district's focus on neural education. SHSD T&L Neural Education Project Safe & Sound - Steilacoom School District

Proof that at #NeuralEducation educators can get all the neuroscience learning they could want! #RaftingUp #NeuralEd

Where are you being intentional in "syncing" with your students to build relationships? @MissyWidmann Mary Snyder #NCCE23

Summer is right around the corner, and Neural Education's Summer Institutes are thought provoking, engaging, and transformative! The face-to-face institute is July 17-21 and the online institute is August 7-11. Register Today @ neuraleducation.org