At this time of year, all of our students are preparing to transition, some as they begin summer break, and others as they prepare to leave ISDenver to go to a brand new school. As human beings, we know that this change is inevitable. So how can we aid our children with these transitions and offer guidance? Our G4-G8 Counselor Annie Barocas offers some ideas and strategies here.

While at times it feels we have come so far, we are again reminded that there is much work to do as we watch the Asian community face a wave of new hate crimes and targeted, violent, and lethal attacks. Our G4-G8 school counselor Annie Barocas share some ideas and resources for talking to your children about recent hate crimes and discrimination against not only the Asian American community, but others as well.

How do we prepare our children to successfully experience the emotion of rejection and failure when we struggle to take it on ourselves? We must look at how we can raise a resilient child to face rejection and failure and come out stronger because of it.