Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Out of the dozens of schools from across El Paso that applied to be part of the program, eight were selected. Now she hopes to create a more welcoming and affirming environment for them through the El Paso School Design Collaborative, which aims to reimagine how schools can better serve students and communities.Īs part of the 10-month program which started in May, schools were tasked with identifying an issue at their campus and coming up with a plan to address it with the help of experts from Transcend, a nonprofit with the goal of improving education systems in the U.S. Welch Elementary School, has worked to integrate social and emotional skills into her students’ education. Like, ‘I can’t be my true self because of what (other students) might say about me,’” said Daisy Garcia, principal of the school in Horizon City.
“There’s some students that feel like they have to be different. Welch Elementary School in the Clint Independent School District found that about a quarter of its students felt they did not “fit in” at school.
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