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The Queens North Borough Office is offering several evening workshops in June with sessions in English, Spanish, and Chinese. View the flyers below for more information and how to register.

Additional resources from District 25 & 26 School Mental Health Consultant:

1. First Aid for Feelings for Children – workbook for elementary level in ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL

2. Self Care Resources for Parents/Adults (meditation and breaks, etc. can also be for children/youth)

• • • • 7 Coronavirus Work from Home Tips – The Muse
      • 23 Essential Tips for Working Remotely | Inc.com
      • Expert tips on coping with stress and anxiety during a pandemic
      • 7 Ways to Manage Stress during the Coronavirus Pandemic
      • 5 Minute Stress Relief Guided Meditation – YouTube
      • Pause the world for 2 minutes- Website
      • Tap Into your creative side- Website
      • Be kind to your mind- Headspace
      • Unwind to nature- Website

3. Pediatrician Discusses Pandemic’s Effects on Middle Schoolers – NPR

4. INCLUDEnyc – parent support groups

Updated May 22, 2020, 7 AM. NYC Department of Education: There have been updates to 2020 Summer School dates. For elementary and middle school students: The program will start one week earlier. It will run from July 6 to August 11. For high school students: The program will start one week earlier. It will run from July 6 to August 14.www.includenyc.org

To support NYC’s parents, Elevate Education will be hosting a stress management webinar on Wednesday, June 3rd at 4pm & 5pm. Topics will include:

• How to identify early signs of study-related stress in your child
• Understanding the difference between healthy and unhealthy stress
• Stress management strategies

Register for the English-speaking or Spanish-speaking live webinars below.

For those who may have missed this past Wednesday’s webinar, Elevate Education has also shared links to the recordings that focused on Memory Skills & Focus, as well as their parent resource kit which provides parents with a few follow up templates and documents that they can use to practice these skills with their children.

• English Webinar Recording (5/27)
• Spanish Webinar Recording (5/27)
• Parent Resource Kit

Resources from District 25 & 26 School Mental Health Consultant:

Youth Community Virtual Town Hall – TK

The DOE is engaging with parents, school leaders, students, and other stakeholders to collect ideas and perspectives on admissions for Fall 2021. Parents and students are invited to join a virtual borough-based meeting with Queens Executive Superintendents: Muñiz-Sarduy and Spencer on Thursday May 28th (6pm-8pm).

* Interpretation available in Korean, Mandarin, Spanish

How to Participate

• Click here to register now for one of these events.
  • If you’d like to provide a comment during the session, please select “yes” when you register. Speakers will be given 90 seconds to share thoughts or questions.
  • At each borough-based event, priority to speak will be given to residents of that borough, as well as to participants who speak one of the languages being interpreted at the event (see below).
• Click here to join any event during its scheduled date and time (see below). You can also paste this URL into your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88214186470

For our parents and students, part of the MS 67 Guidance Team presentation from tonight’s PTA meeting, a self-care powerpoint:

View earlier post with letter and resources from Mr. Nuckel HERE.