Sunday, May 17, 2020

Week 5/18-5/22

Virtual Wellness Week
Hey, Grizzlies! It is Virtual Wellness Week at Grange Middle School. In each of your core subject classes (English, Math, Science, History, and PE), you will learn about a wellness topic. You can also click here or check out the presentation below:


In addition, please make sure you check out the Grange Virtual Wellness Center--it has some awesome tools for you and your family to check out!

Wellness Focus: LGBTQIA+
In the United States, an estimated 3.2 million youth (ages 8-18) are LGBTQ. Among older youth, approximately 8% or 1.6 million youth (in grades 9-12) identify as LGB, and nearly 1% or 150,000 youth (ages 13-17) identify as transgender.

Click here for more information regarding LGBTQIA+. Check out this video "A Living History of the LGBT Movement Since the 1800s" that shares the history of the LGBTQ+ that honors the past, present, and future heroes of the LGBT movement:


In addition, please watch "Every Teenager NEEDS to Hear This" which shares the message that you are enough below: 

App Spotlight: Emotionary


Click here for the Emotionary app (Apple devices only). Another cool way to build emotional intelligence is to use the traditional feelings chart. These will not only help you come up with the right word to identify how you feel, but it will also build your emotional intelligence:
Check out the article "‘Feelings Wheel’ Will Help You Better Describe Your Emotions", which explains the wheel in more detail and its origin.