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Greentrike Back to School Festival
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The Back to School Festival is an annual event that celebrates the return of school for students, families, and educators in Pierce County. The event features Expanded Learning Provider booths, > Continue Reading
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Youth Hunger For Connection Served Up By Online Expanded Learning Opportunities
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With the music pumping and blue disco lights flashing (well…in one kid’s room, at least) students and instructors from Tacoma Arts Live’s Hip-Hop Movement class moved together, via webcam, through > Continue Reading
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Deep Dive: SEL, Inner Equity, and You
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Join the Expanded Learning (ELO) community for a series of professional development and training opportunities that are centered around DEI infused social emotional learning (SEL). The importance of connected SEL > Continue Reading
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Simple Strategies Help Students (and Adults) Move Through Challenging Emotions
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An easy way to soothe stress is right at your fingertips. Using your forefinger, slowly draw a sideways figure 8 in the air. Breathe in as you move your finger > Continue Reading
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Working Together, Tacoma Organizations Remove Barriers to Expanded Learning Opportunities
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When the bell rings at the end of the day at Tacoma Public School’s DeLong Elementary, some students head home with their parents, some get on the bus, and some > Continue Reading
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Local Boys Help Each Other Grow in “The Gent Way” Through Tacoma Gents
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With a stack of pepperoni pizzas sitting on the cafeteria table in front of them, a group of boys from Tacoma’s Birney Elementary School waited patiently while two other boys > Continue Reading