Newman Catholic Schools Implements Social Emotional Program

An educational program is aiming to ease students' stress, while tackling friendship and relationship challenges.

Coronavirus as another school year comesinto view?

"* some students may feel anxious about being back in the classroom after being out for several months.

An educational program is aiming to ease students' stress ?

"* while tackling friendship and relationship challenges.

Live kimt news 3's alex jirgens is looking into what this new program means for students at one north iowa school.

He joins us live in mason city ?

"* amy ?

"* kids could soon walk through the doors here at newman catholic school.

And if they come back ?

"* they'll notice a slight change in curriculum.

Preschool thru 12th grade students will be utilizing the friendzy program.

It's a social and emotional learning program that students will be enrolled in ?

"* with lessons also sprinkled into other courses.

Student services director vicki ries says the program is aimed to carry these skills not just in "whether it's testing anxiety or change of the schedule due to the covid or maybe it's social emotional issues with friends, relationship issues.

We're going to be teaching these skills so they can have a backpack, if you will, of strategies."

Research from the collaborative for academic social and emotional learning ?

"* shows that social economic learning benefits students in better academic performance ?

*- improved attitudes ?

"* and reduced emotional stress like depression ?

"* anxiety and social withdrawal.

Live in mason city?

"*alex thanks alex.

Whenevere students return ?

"* ries says n assessment will be done at the beginning and end of the school year to determine results ?

"* and improve in the future.///