What a beautiful way to start the morning Heritage MS with some #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth info in the commons and a chance for students to practice being kind to our mind. Thank you to Mrs. Peterlin and Mrs. McLaughlin for adding this chapter to #OurStory

“the biggest takeaway overall is that LGBTQ youth suicide is a public health crisis, and that so many of the challenges that are coming up in the world over the past three years are only exacerbating the crisis that we already knew existed" Amit Paley 📢 time.com/6173081/suicid…

I loved getting to chat with our kids about why we should be kind to our minds and how we think about our brain for #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

It is so important to truly listen! 🙌

Stop by the commons on Friday and STICK IT TO STIGMA & be the sunshine 🌞 We are reflecting on what we can say to someone who is struggling with their mental health and how we can BE THE SUNSHINE in their life 🧠❤️ #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #heritagems

The role of a co-teacher is not to be an assistant helping a lead teacher. The co-teachers work together to plan, teach, assess, and reflect. #LeadInclusion #EdChat #SpedChat

Starting off year 9 doing BIG things in @HMSbyDesign 6! 🤩 #LPSFirstDay22 Heritage MS

I Survived 22 is coming out on 9/6! To celebrate, I'm giving away 8 signed copies from this box of author copies that arrived today. RT to enter, winners announced 9/1. Can't wait to get this into your readers hands!!!! ❤️🚂Scholastic

SO EXCITED! 👏🏻👏🏻

Working toward equity doesn’t happen at the pd. The work lives in every action we take today, tomorrow, and every day after.

The best form of professional development is reading what your kids are reading and I am SO excited to read these new books and get them in the hands of kids 🤩

HMS YOUnite Council has had a GREAT time celebrating kindness this week in the commons. Today students wrote thank you notes to their friends! #LPSLeads Heritage MS

Restorative practices are not limited to behavior support. Yesterday, in my literature class, we engaged in a shuffle index card discussion- individually we wrote about a thematic prompt related to our reading. Shuffling the cards, we got into a circle with a new card and safely

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loved celebrating all of these kind Eagles that were nominated by their peers and teachers during kindness week 🦅🤩 thanks for putting the “I” in kind and helping people know that HMS is right where they belong!

Students who feel excluded or disliked because of a difference from a majority group live with feelings of stress. This slow-burning stress over time is trauma that takes a toll a person’s health and wellbeing. #LeadInclusion #SEL #EdChat #UDL #Inclusion #UDL #EdLeaders

we practiced our collaborative discussion skills to introduce our read aloud in ELA essentials this week!

Big shout out to all the HMS athletes that volunteered today at the 1st Liberty Special Olympics Track practice of 2023. Hope to see everyone again next week. #makeadifference

🎯Students who have IEPs are not "special education students." They are just students. 💫All students are OUR students! 🌟 Let’s talk more about this today! #ascd23 2:50- 4:20 Mile High Ballroom 3A (session 5683) #education #teachers #TeacherTwitter #udl #UDLchat