CREATE STRUCTURE AND ROUTINE
- Schedule all your healthy activities, like exercise
- Set aside time for schoolwork and hobbies
- Schedule and prioritize whatever else you’d like, like family time or outdoor time
- Create a chore schedule to keep your personal space together – or maybe even, use the time home to take on bigger projects like cleaning your closets and bedrooms. Consider this the perfect opportunity to start a donation bag for your local thrift store or church
- Call and check in on a neighbor, especially the elderly
- Zoom with your friends, teammates, or study partners
- Send handwritten cards to friends or the local nursing home
- Offer to help your neighbors with their lawn
- Take a walk
- Make yourself a calm bottle *see below for directions*
- Journal
- Take a break from your phone for a little bit everyday
⭐While we recognize each of our school families have different dynamics, we understand different things work for different families ⭐
Mental Health
https://www.crisistextline.org/ Free mental health support by text messaging
https://probonocounseling.org/ Free therapy with a licensed therapist
https://www.bcbe.org/cms/lib/AL01901374/Centricity/Domain/1760/Coping%20Skills%20Toolkit.pdf Collection of various fun and healthy tools you can use when you are feeling anxious, panicky, or distressed.
https://www.mhanational.org/time-talk-talking-your-parents Information on how to speak to your parents about mental health
http://strengthofus.org/ An online community designed to inspire young adults impacted by mental health issues to think positive, stay strong and achieve their goals through peer support and resource sharing
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/ Crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ)
Education
https://www.amazonfutureengineer.com/free-courses Free access to sponsored computer science courses
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNrrxHpJhC8mNXjrAL3Ey1Q6iI35cymzl Dive into subjects like writing composition, algebra, chemistry and data literacy
https://welcome.babbel.com/en/student-discount/ Three months of free language learning to U.S. students through mid-June 2020 in any of its languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Turkish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Indonesian, and English
https://www.carnegielearning.com/help-center/at-home-resources/at-home-resources-for-teachers/long-live-math-at-home/ Free blend of textbook and software resources to help with math classes
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8667251-the-college-board-free-remote-learning-ap-exams/ College Board is offering free learning opportunities for students preparing for their Advanced Placement exams, which are being delivered remotely in early May
Families
https://www.bcps.org/ All things related to BCPS and COVID-19 updates
https://www.parenttoolkit.com/ One stop resource center for parents
https://www2.ed.gov/parents/The U.S. Department of Education provides resources to help parents in a variety of ways, covering early childhood education all the way through paying for college
https://www.collegegreenlight.com/ They connect first generation and underrepresented students to caring colleges, generous scholarships, and life-changing counselors and mentors
https://www.careervillage.org/about/mission/ CareerVillage.org's mission is to democratize access to career information and advice for underrepresented youth
