A 2020 Grant for Warren County Middle School

The goal of this program is to integrate mindfulness into the daily writing practice of students. Now, more than ever, students are struggling with social and emotional behaviors. Many do not have the resources or the strategies to deal with their new “norm”. As an English teacher, Ms. Dusing has been trying to incorporate daily writing into the students’ routines. A mindfulness journal for each student would allow for students, both hybrid and virtual, to have access to a resource that would teach them strategies for coping, while also practicing their writing skills. Students would write in their mindfulness journal daily and share submissions (on a volunteer basis) in the writing community, which has been built as a classroom.