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Direct linkScornavacco, Karla – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
This article is a cross-section of stories of three young men navigating the expectations of a school with a 100% college admissions goal. Similar to their classmates, none of these male teens had a parent who had attended college. In addition, each of them had at one point in their high school lives declared that they would be dropping out of…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Developmental Studies Programs, First Generation College Students, Males
Curry, Marnie W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
This article describes an urban high school's response to gun violence, chronicling how the school's mission, full-service community orientation, and commitment to authentic cariño (caring) allowed students to respond to grief and tragedy and develop an ongoing peace building movement that seeks to transform students' lives and the communities…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Violence, Caring
Hintz, Kathy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
In June 2011, the Souris River flooded the city of Minot, North Dakota, destroying schools, businesses, and more than 4,000 houses. District administrators, staff, and teachers responded creatively to provide continuity for the students over a two-year period while three schools resided in temporary locations. The author details how the schools…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Emergency Programs, Community Support, Institutional Survival
Garran, Christopher – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
All school leaders at some point will find themselves confronted by the need to shepherd their school communities through emotionally draining experiences. Death requires school leaders to act with compassion, care, and awareness that they are modeling for young people how to grieve. Few better examples of servant leadership exist. Communication…
Descriptors: Death, Leadership Responsibility, Leadership Role, Disclosure
Silva, Peggy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
In this article, the author shares the lesson she learned from her young friend, Mirabel, whose mother was dying. By following the daily path of support taken by Mirabel, she learned that it does not matter whether schools have a hundred kids, a thousand kids, or several thousand kids. Teachers must make sure that they can make room for each one.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Coping, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship
Silva, Peggy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
Students are not numbers, and schools do more than just teach academic skills. In this article, the author offers some advice for helping adolescents confront the profound questions of life. The author's school, Souhegan High School in Amherst, New Hampshire, is a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools, an organization built on a shared…
Descriptors: Grief, Death, Coping, Adolescents
