{"id":1598,"date":"2021-03-08T21:39:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T02:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2021-03-08T21:50:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T02:50:32","slug":"welcome-back-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/2021\/03\/08\/welcome-back-vikings\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Back Vikings!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/270\/2021\/03\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"Welcome back Royalty Free Vector Image - VectorStock\" class=\"wp-image-1599\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week Smith continued its tradition of welcoming our new 6th graders with a live band and an amazing &#8220;socially distance&#8221; clap-in through the main hall of Smith. I met with all 6th graders in group sessions via Zoom and delivered an engaging and fun presentation of various topics:  academic, social emotional supports, tutoring options and shared inspiring stories.  Students also tested their &#8220;Common Sense&#8221; in a survey and did amazingly better than adults who took the same test.  Check with your child on this fun activity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week I continue this support by checking in with every 6th grader on their academic growth, attendance, future goals for the semester, NWEA and answered questions.  Please have a conversation with your child about what they took away from their group session and free free to reach out for questions.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Smith continued its tradition of welcoming our new 6th graders with a live band and an amazing &#8220;socially distance&#8221; clap-in through the main hall of Smith. I met with all 6th graders in group sessions via Zoom and delivered an engaging and fun presentation of various topics: academic, social emotional supports, tutoring options and shared inspiring stories. Students also tested their &#8220;Common Sense&#8221; in a survey and did amazingly better than adults who took the same test. Check with your child on this fun activity! This week I continue this support by checking in with every 6th grader on their academic growth, attendance, future goals for the semester, NWEA and answered questions. Please have a conversation with your child about what they took away from their group session and free free to reach out for questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1608,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions\/1608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smithcounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}