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• Monday, May 26th - No School (Memorial Day)
  
• Friday, May 30th - Meadowood Mile

"While SEL and mental health are not the same, SEL can promote positive mental health in many ways. By promoting responsive relationships, emotionally safe environments, and skills development, SEL cultivates important “protective factors” to buffer against mental health risks. In this way, SEL is an indispensable part of student mental health and wellness, helping to improve attitudes about self and others while decreasing emotional distress and risky behaviors." - CASEL

The Mental Health America's theme for 2025 is "Turn Awareness into Action". This theme encourages individuals and communities to take meaningful steps towards improving mental health, moving beyond recognition and understanding to actual change.

Physical activity can help boost your mood, sharpen your focus, reduce your stress, and improve your sleep improving your overall health both physically and mentally!

Throughout May, students will work on healthy living skills including healthy eating, visiting the doctor, dental hygiene and exercise. Click on the social stories below to review with your student at home. Challenge yourself and your family to #MOVEINMAY! Modify and adapt activities to ability level:

• Strengthen your core and flexibility with stretches and yoga
• Engage your 5 senses in activities to improve sensory processing
• Do arm curls with water bottles to strengthen arm muscles
• Have a catch to improve coordination.

What's Your Move?

Don't forget to attend Red Clay's Health & Wellness Fair!!

• Dates: June 23rd - July 24th

• Monday - Thursday - Summer program will be 4 days/week

• Location: Students in grades k-12 will be at Forest Oak Elementary; Meadowood Transition Program (MTP) will stay in their building

• Time: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

• No School Thursday, July 3rd

• Remember to check if your student has an extra pair of clothes in school in case of accidents or spills. Make sure they are updated from season to season.

• If your student requires use of glasses or a hearing aid, please send these to school every day! Vision and hearing are important for your child to be successful in school.

• Keeping hydrated is important! Especially as the weather starts to get warmer. Please send in a labeled water bottle with your student.

• SUNSCREEN: Warmer days are returning! Please consider placing sunscreen on your child prior to coming to school so they are protected when participating in outdoor activities. This is very important for any field trips that will be outside! Please complete the permission form and return to school.

• Please be mindful! If your student is sick, please keep them home. District protocol states:

• A student must be fever free (without medication) for 24 hours before returning to school.
• If a student is out for vomiting or diarrhea, they must be symptom free for 24 hours before returning to school.

National Speech-Language-Hearing Month aims to raise awareness about communication disorders and the role of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and audiologists in helping individuals with these disorders. The theme for 2025 is "100 Years of Impact: ASHA's Centennial".

SLP Appreciation Day, or National Speech Pathologist Day, is also celebrated each year on May 18th!

Thank you to our amazing SLPs who support our staff and students everyday: Mary Anne Terzaghi, Liz McCormick, Darian Beahan, Keri Luckanavage, Jackie Fulmer, Destiny Galarza, Marissa Giardina, & Jordan Hulse

Friday, May 2nd is School Lunch Hero Day! It is a national celebration in honor of the hard-working individuals who prepare healthy meals to our students every single day. Thank you to all the HEROS who take care of our students and their individual needs - our program could not run without you!

National Teacher Day is May 6th

On Thursday, May 8th, Brenna (McCloskey) Bruns, Mackenzie Frail, and Carol Percy will be going over the edge again as they rappel down the north face of 300 Delaware Avenue - a 17-story building in downtown Wilmington....that's 222 feet! Over the Edge fuels the mission of Special Olympics to provide year-round sports training, competition, leadership opportunities, and health screenings to over 4,000 athletes. Special Olympics athletes show us daily, the courage needed to face extraordinary circumstances on and off the playing field. Click on the links below to support Brenna, Mackenzie, Carol, and Special Olympics athletes today!

Live stream the event here.

"Don't limit your challenges, challenge your limits" - Jerry Dunn

National School Nurse Day was established to foster a better understanding of the role of school nurses in the educational setting. A very special thank you to Nurse Vachris, Nurse Sauder, Nurse Ewing, Nurse McGrath, Nurse Hoffman, Nurse Buck and Nurse Cunningham for all that you do and to ensure the students and staff are healthy and safe!

School Nurse Day is celebrated on the Wednesday within National Nurses Week. National Nurses Week is May 6-12 each year. This year's theme is "The Power of Nurses" to recognize the invaluable contributions of nurses worldwide and the real-life challenges they face every day.

Red Clay Autism Services is launching a fundraising campaign to partner with the Eagles Autism Foundation that brings awareness to diverse needs of students with Autism. Your donations can directly impact the lives of children and young adults with autism, helping them thrive in school and beyond.

The Eagles Autism Foundation is dedicated to raising funds for innovative research and care programs. By providing the necessary resources to doctors and scientists at leading institutions, we will be able to assist those currently affected by autism as well as future generations. Our event aims to inspire and engage the community, so together, we can provide much-needed support to make a lasting impact in the field of autism.

The Secondary Attendance-Zone & Programming Committee was established to evaluate the enrollment, programming, and attendance zones of Red Clay secondary schools and make recommendations to the school board at the July 2025 board meeting. In doing so, the committee will consider:

• Strong and balanced enrollment across schools
• Impact of Attendance Zone changes
  • Align boundaries to middle school attendance zones when possible.
  • Consider Geography and Neighborhood Schools when possible.
• Equitable access to quality education for all students.
  
• Advantages and challenges of each recommended option through data analysis, community feedback, and research.
  

Please take into consideration that this a multiyear project. Please check the district website for updates.

We are less than $300 away from our $1000 in sales goal! Check out our MTP/Meadowood online store today to see all the different clothing and accessory options, not to mention all the different logo styles! New promotions weekly!