Health and Well-being in the Elementary School
ES Program Highlight:
AGENCY
ES Student Agency
Promoting student agency in our CAC elementary school has multiple benefits for health and well-being. When students have agency, they feel a sense of ownership and control over their learning, which leads to increased motivation and engagement in learning activities. This will help reduce stress and anxiety and improve mental health and well-being outcomes. Additionally, promoting student agency aids students’ development of important life skills such as decision-making, problem-solving, and self-regulation, which contribute to a sense of competence and self-efficacy.
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Programs that Promote Well-being
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Student-Led Initiatives
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- Comprehensive Counseling Program
- Standards Based Grading and Reporting
- Speech and Language Pathologist
- School Psychologist
- Occupational Therapist on campus
- Primary Years Program
- Agency
- Approaches to learning
- Approaches to teaching
- Positive Education principles embedded
- Art, Drama, and Music Program
- Peer mediation and class buddies
- Digital Citizenship program
- PE Program with swimming
- Innovation
- Make And Design lab
- I-Wood Carpentry
- I-Space
- Kitchen spaces for cooking/science
- Egypt Culture
- Field trips x 2 per grade
- Egypt Festival
- Alexandria trip for Grade 5 ( 2 nights)
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- CACN
- student weekly news report
- House Captains
- Agents of Change make recommendations for activities/events
- Library Council
- Student-led Assemblies
- Student-led Conferences
- Student lunch committee
- Service invitations
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Activities and Special Events
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Scheduling and Organization
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- Weekly Assemblies
- Divisional, band, house, well-being
- Variety shows x 2
- Annual ES musical
- Annual Visual Art Exhibition
- Co-curricular Activities ( 4 days a week)
- Cairo Challenge Series
- Nanowrimo
- Spelling Bee
- Global Play Day
- Room parents
- Celebrations
- Halloween
- Winter fun
- End of Year fun
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- Purpose built Elementary School
- Creative Play Spaces
- Renovated Cafeteria
- Teacher Aides in Classrooms
- Multiple Teacher Aides in PKs
- Faculty/Student Ratio 1:10
- Class Size limits
- Three recesses
- Snack and play K-5
- Lunch recess - K-2 & 3-5
- PM - K-5
- Extended Classroom Sizes in Early Years programs
- Division together
- Buddy program
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