Focus On Education

The new school year started off on a high note, with our staff and students working hard and going strong! Although they have been work, work, working, they're also finding time to spread kindness and have fun! We love to see our Brickies Being Excellent On Purpose! Browse this week's edition of Focus on Education to check out what's been happening around SCOH and what we have coming up next!

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Khanmigo is an innovative AI-powered tutoring tool that can support your student around the clock. Khanmigo offers personalized assistance, making learning engaging and accessible anytime, anywhere. Click HERE to learn about Khanmigo from our very own Mrs. Higgason.

Khanmigo Writing Coach is designed by teachers with the purpose of producing better writers. Instead of just generating AI feedback or grading essays, Writing Coach supports students during each stage of the writing process without doing any of the writing for them. Click HERE to learn more about Khanmigo Writing Coach.

Check out the SEL page for great tips and advice for Social Emotional Learning for students, parents, and families! Lots of great information with what we do in school with students and what you can do at home.

How do we create the kind of home environment that enables our kids to reach their potential academically? Read How to Equip Your Kids for School Success to learn what matters most. While some of the things parents need to do are more long-range and cumulative, there are lots of things you can start doing today to help your child shine in the classroom, like our 9 Ways to Help Your Child Do Better in School.

Take our 30-Day Back to School Challenge—little ideas with BIG results!

Looking for other 30-day challenge ideas? Just click here!

In the latest Screenagers blog from Dr. Delaney Ruston, she shares why sleep is so important and what you can do to help make a tech-free bedtime less painful. Most importantly, she shares some of her favorite ways to set and maintain rules around sleep time...and they might surprise you!

It’s no wonder a person becomes addicted to vaping so quickly with the amount of nicotine being ingested!

Indiana has several FREE resources for adults and students.

Additional information and resources:

*Contact the SRO officer at each school

*Vape Free Indiana
in.gov/vapefreeindiana

*Indiana High School Athletic Association and Indiana Department of Health partnership

https://dontpuffthisstuff.com/

Click here to check out the HHS Alumni Association website

Click here to hear the definition of a Brickie!