Love Elementary School 2nd grader, Deanna Jock, drew an emoji in her journal during Laurie Hind’s third grade class. Students were discussing fear and using emojis to show what fear looks like. They also use their journals to write down, and illustrate, key vocabulary words as a social/emotional learning activity during the Second Step program.

Persell Middle School sixth grader, Brynn Davis, shares her thoughts during a community circle in Kelly Cardinale’s class as classmates Sophie Evan and Lily McCraw listen. Students go around the circle and share their thoughts and feelings about a prompt.

Lincoln Elementary School first grade teacher Erin Mank and her class listen to a student tell them “What scares you?” during a Morning Meeting. Everyone had an opportunity to share and Mrs. Mank told the students what scared her, and offered ideas on what to do when students felt scared.