Teachers Start the New Year Together

Faculty and Staff were back together at Villa today to kick off the start of the new school year with prayer, reflection, and professional development.

This year we have partnered with Carol Gaspar, our CCIU Counselor, to present and discuss the components of social-emotional learning – self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making to and with the girls in grades K-8. Our goal is to strengthen Emotional Intelligence (EQ), to support resilience and perseverance, to increase the ability to create and sustain healthy relationships and to help steer the moral compass to right judgment in decision-making. Lessons will be presented in the classroom (K-5) and in a larger venue with time for reflection and discussion (6-8) beginning in October.