To celebrate SEL Week, we invited you—students, parents, teachers, counselors, school and district administrators, and community leaders—to share your SEL story. Of the many excellent entries we received, we narrowed it down to 10 finalists. In a public vote, our readers selected Creating a School Where Students Soar as the winning entry. Check out all the excellent finalists below:
- Ingrid Ristroph, Austin, TX parent: How a Trip to the Grocery Store Showed Me the Power of SEL
- Lauren Fardig-Diop, Michigan school staff: Why “That Soft Stuff” Isn’t Soft at All
- *WINNING ENTRY* Lori Lidofsky, NJ school staff: Creating a School Where Students Soar
- Sarah Khan, Educator/psychologist in Pakistan: How Classroom Struggles Led to an Ongoing Journey of Heart and Mind
- Eleisha Malik, Student in Dubai: My Teacher, a Star
- Anshu Singh, Educator in India: Nurturing Tomorrow’s Leaders by Making SEL a Way of Life
- Christina Pickett, Georgia teacher/parent: My Commitment to Building a Connected Community in Middle School
- Tina Centineo, Illinois educator: “Remember When You Taught Me This?” SEL As Heart Work
- Chelsy Tinacba, TX student: Leveling Up SEL with Gaming
- Noemi Vazquez, P.E. coach in Brooklyn, NY: From a Torn ACL to Coaching With SEL