I'm excited to see my Signature project picking up speed this month!
This month saw the opening of the READY Center, and I know many students have already come to enjoy the cozy space. A majority of what I spoke about with Evangeline and Ms. Moore was regarding the programs that could be run in the center either after school, during lunch, or in the evenings. It is my goal to run one or two programs next month, and I was able to run some ideas by NAMI@Emma to determine what workshops students would find both helpful and would that they would actually attend. After this discussion, I've focused in on running a workshop somewhere along the lines of Meditation 101, which would serve as a very basic, casual introduction to the practice. Additionally, given Evangeline's enthusiasm for the benefits of sleep (as one can see in the her interview below), I think it would be very approbate and necessary to host a workshop on the benefits of sleep on mental wellness. Other programs to run in the future include an introduction to essential oils, resilience, and empathy skills. I am also very excited to be working to expand the mental wellness book section for the READY Center. After speaking with Ms. Moore, my main focus for literature resources will be to find workbooks for mental wellness that can provide students with concrete steps to promoting mental health. We also discussed ways in which we could advertise the space and promote mindfulness, and a plan is in the works for an event in March to achieve this.
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