This month we deepened our knowledge on the Child Protection topic during Advisory and we culminated this month of activities with a Child Protection Assembly. Exploring "Child Protection" topics can never get stale; we can never talk too much about it. Child Protection can cover a wide range of topics such as Child Abuse, Affluent Neglect, Bullying, Racial Discrimination, Corporal Punishment, Child Marriages, Child Soldier Recruitment, War Crimes and the list goes on.

Between 60 and 70 children have been killed in the Israel-Palestine conflict over the past few weeks causing us to take a closer look at the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child during Advisory.

When children and young people are not protected, negative consequences can arise such as depression, developmental delays, as well as the risk of developing mental instability, social-emotional issues, substance abuse and other dysfunctional habits and behavior during adulthood.

Being able to equip ourselves with such knowledge gives us power to advocate for ourselves as well as for others. Awareness of the child protection issues around us gives us confidence when we have to report a child protection concern as well the "know-how" of where and how to report it.

Please enjoy this last Newsletter edition for this academic year 2020-2021 and enjoy the "THANK YOU" video message below as well as our last Advisory Assembly.

Tessa John-Guerra

US Guidance Counselor

"Researching about child protection was very interesting and it allowed me to learn a lot about this pressing issue. Also, presenting at the assembly was a great experience for me, I am glad I could raise awareness about this with Maren." Jingyao Wang

"Learning about and giving a presentation on child protection was a very enriching experience that is especially relevant today in the age of the Internet." - Maren Meinhold

Sophomores

Juniors

We have all read a page and then 5 minutes later don't remember what we just read. There is a simple process that you can follow to remember what you read. To remember what you read:

• 1. Don't try to memorize as you read but instead highlight or underline the key words
• 2. Use the Mind Palace technique
• 3. Create pictures for all the words you have highlighted or underlines
• 4. See these pictures in your mind palace
• 5. Segment chapters by using rooms
• 6. Create pictures for dates if it is a history book

The main thing in remembering what you read is not to try to memorize as you read but take notes and then later go back and use the mind palace technique to remember what you have read. This works for students wanting to improve their memory of what they have read.

Janna Levin also has another amazing book called "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space" that can be found in our Learning Commons.

It is the first book in the critically acclaimed, three-time Hugo award-winning trilogy by NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin. You can find the whole Trilogy in our Learning Commons!

Thank You for coming to the end of our Eighth Upper School Counseling & Advisory Newsletter.

Please send us your feedback and ideas here on topics to cover in future editions.

Did you miss the other Newsletters?

1. Please go over all the past newsletters where you will find different study strategies under the sub-heading of Study Skills.
2. Then go over all the different professions explored under the sub-heading of Career Guidance.

Email: tessajohn@asmadrid.es
Website: asmadrid.org
Location: American School of Madrid, Calle América, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Phone: 34 917401902