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Treat Yourself to a Mindfulness Pause
Treat yourself or your students to a mindfulness pause today by playing this mindfulness bingo game:
Earn your mindfulness bingo! Earn your peacefulness and happiness by pausing in the moment:)
JUST MERCY
Yesterday, we went to see JUST MERCY with my class afterschool, and it was a great experience. The movie was amazing, and we all had some laughs and just really enjoyed being there. The movie was very touching and made a few people emotional. I would really recommend people watching this movie because I would definitely watch JUST MERCY again.
-Coudjegi Haidara
Areté 2020 Census Leadership Campaign
Arete Education and The Lab School aim to register at least 50 youth (ages 18-22) and 50 adults to successfully apply for and gain part-time or full-time employment as Census field workers, office workers, and/or supervisors in Mott Haven by March 2020.
The Bronx is a hard-to-count community: just over half of the households (56%) self-responded for the 2010 Census, compared to 75% of households nationwide. The 2020 Census will determine how funds are spent in communities on thing like roads, schools, and hospitals. The fewer people counted in the Bronx, the fewer Federal tax dollars are spent on Bronx schools, hospitals, roads, transportation, and other community programs.
Arete will host Census Hiring Events on select Saturdays in February and March at the Lab School (360 E 145th Street, Bronx 10454)
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- February 29 (11 am - 2 pm)
- March 14 (11 am - 2 pm)
- March 21 (11 am - 2 pm)
- March 28 (11 am - 2 pm)
Census 2020 jobs in NYC pay $28/hour, include flexible hours, pay weekly, and include training.
2020 Census Job Qualifications
You may be eligible if:
• You are a U.S. citizen.
• You are at least 18 years old.
• You have a valid Social Security number.
• You have a valid e-mail address.
• You complete an application and assessment questions. (For some positions, the assessment questions may be available in Spanish; however, an English Proficiency Test may also be required.)
• You are registered with the Selective Service System if you are a male born after December 31, 1959.
• You pass a criminal background check and a review of criminal records (including fingerprinting) as part of the Census Bureau's hiring process.
• You do not engage in any partisan political activity while on duty.
• Your current employment (including law and regulatory enforcement jobs) is compatible with Census Bureau employment (reviewed on a case-by-case basis).
• You are available to work flexible hours, including days, evenings, and/or weekends.
• You commit to completing training. (If offered a job, you will be paid for this training at a training pay rate.)
Most jobs require employees to:
• Have access to a vehicle and a valid driver’s license, unless public transportation is readily available.
• Have access to a computer with Internet and an e-mail account (to complete training).
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For More Information: Census 2020 Afterschool Toolkit
Learning Graphic Design Through Canva
Canva is a popular graphic design platform that allows users to create presentations, posters, social media graphics, and other visual content. It provides millions of fonts, images, illustrations, and templates, and many of them are FREE!
What many people do not know is that they also provided FREE short courses to teach you basic knowledge of graphic design:
Canva in the Classroom (For Teachers)
Here are more FREE courses on other topics:
Enjoy learning design!
Spend 1 Minute Per Day to Track Your Moods
Recently, I found this amazing app Daylio that allows you to quickly check-in and keep a daily journal of emotions and activities.
It is a simple two-step creation! Pick your Mood, Add related Activities, DONE. If you'd like it in an old school way, you can also add notes and keep a diary in the app. Daylio collects your recorded moods and activities in the statistics and calendar. You can explore the statistics monthly and yearly created from your log of emotions and activities.
The entry takes just seconds, but it may help you in a powerful way. It allows you to understand your habits and discover your hidden patterns. You can find your pattern of activities and emotions and explore how they are interconnected. You can further use Daylio to create some useful habits and patterns like running, eating more healthy, or waking up earlier to become more productive.
Check out the video here to learn more about it:
FREE Yoga and Mindfulness Videos for Kids
Alo Gives is dedicated to bringing movement and mindfulness to kids of all ages. They have produced high-quality, free, scholastic-approved videos to introduce kids to the necessary skills to calm minds and bodies, mute negativity, and promote self-care.
Ayúdenos a Apoyar la Reconstrucción Escolar en Puerto Rico
Estimados Amigos de Arete Education,
Arete Education está comprometida con la misión de servicio y administración comunitaria, y el aprendizaje experimental que desafía el status quo con apoyo académico, social y emocional para los estudiantes en la escuela a la que asisten. En nuestra comunidad de Mott Haven del sur del Bronx, muchas familias se vieron profundamente afectadas por los recientes terremotos en el sur de Puerto Rico. Numerosos estudiantes y personal tienen familias en las comunidades del sur de Puerto Rico, incluyendo Guayanilla, Ponce, Yauco, Guánica y más. Como parte de nuestro compromiso con el diálogo socioemocional en nuestros programas existentes, muchos de nuestros estudiantes han expresado su preocupación por las condiciones que enfrentan las familias y los seres queridos en el sur de la isla.
A través del diálogo con los defensores de la comunidad en Guayanilla, supimos de La Escuela Solidaria SE, una escuela comunitaria de emergencia que actualmente está siendo diseñada y establecida por voluntarios de la comunidad en Guayanilla con el apoyo de los miembros de nuestro personal de Arete y personal de la escuela MS/HS 223 The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology. Nuestra Subdirectora de Programación de Escuelas Intermedias (Supervisión y Apoyo de Operaciones) y Directora del Programa de Idiomas Duales, la Sra. Ariadna Phillips, ha estado apoyando a los defensores de la comunidad en el desarrollo de este sitio escolar temporal ya que las escuelas en Guayanilla han estado cerradas desde el terremoto inicial y los cientos de eventos sísmicos posteriores desde finales de diciembre de 2019. La Sra. Phillips viajará a Puerto Rico a mediados de febrero de 2020 para apoyar aún más la entrega y distribución de materiales a maestros y voluntarios de la comunidad en La Escuela Solidaria SE.
Como comunidad en sociedad con nuestras familias en la Diáspora, les pedimos a nuestros amigos y partidarios de este trabajo que consideren donar para patrocinar útiles escolares y refugios temporales para nuestros amigos en La Escuela Solidaria en Guayanilla. El patrocinio directo de los suministros necesarios se puede hacer a través de nuestra lista de deseos de Amazon, o se puede hacer una donación a través de la página de donaciones de Arete Education con la designación "Patrocinio escolar de Guayanilla". También se pueden hacer donaciones para el costo de envío de libros y suministros donados que nos ha enviado nuestra comunidad escolar con amor para La Escuela Solidaria SE.
Escrito por Sra. Ariadna Phillips
Help Us Support School Rebuilding in Puerto Rico
Dear Friends of Arete Education,
Arete Education is committed to the mission of community service and stewardship, and experiential learning that challenges the status quo with academic, social, and emotional support for students in the school they attend. In our Mott Haven community of the South Bronx, many families were deeply impacted by the recent earthquakes in the south of Puerto Rico. Numerous students and staff have families in the communities of the south of Puerto Rico, including Guayanilla, Ponce, Yauco, Guanica, and more. As part of our commitment to social-emotional dialogue in our existing programs, many of our students have spoken to their concern for the conditions facing family and loved ones in the south of the island.
Through dialogue with community advocates in Guayanilla, we learned of La Escuela Solidaria SE, an emergency community school that is currently being designed and set up by community volunteers in Guayanilla with the support of members of our Arete staff and staff at our partner school, MS/HS 223 The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology. Our Assistant Director of Middle School Programming (Supervision and Operations Support) and Dual Language Director, Ms. Ariadna Phillips, has been supporting the community advocates in the development of this temporary school site as schools in Guayanilla have been closed since the initial quake and subsequent hundreds of seismic events since late December 2019. Ms. Phillips will be traveling to Puerto Rico in mid-February 2020 to further support delivery and distribution of materials to community teachers and volunteers at La Escuela Solidaria SE.
As a community in partnership with our families in the Diaspora, we ask our friends and supporters of this work to consider donating to sponsor needed school supplies and temporary classroom shelters for our friends at La Escuela Solidaria in Guayanilla. Direct sponsorship of needed supplies can be done through our Amazon Wishlist (please ship to Arete Education c/o Ariadna Phillips-Santos and Walter Echevarria P.O. Box 560477 Guayanilla, Puerto Rico 00656) . A donation can also be made through Arete Education's donation page with the designation "Guayanilla School Sponsorship". Donations can also be made towards the cost of shipping donated books and supplies to Puerto Rico that have be sent to us by our school community with love for La Escuela Solidaria SE.
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