Outside the Classroom
Move2Learn’s Outside the Classroom programs play a big role in the well-being and social-emotional health of our students and are key to their academic growth. Our programs include clubs like running, walking, yoga, lacrosse, boxercise, dance and jump rope. Here’s some of what makes them unique:
- Most of the students participating in these programs are hand-selected by their teachers because they’ve been identified as struggling in school. Teachers make our programs part of a student’s success plan;
- Our programs are led by our teacher, counselor and other school partners who have key relationships with students and know and understand their complex needs.
- Like all of our work, our Outside the Classroom programs incorporate Social, Emotional and Academic Learning lessons to teach students how to recognize and manage stress and other strong emotions using movement. Understanding that body-mind connection helps them overcome feelings that get in their way of learning.
All of this is free to students and takes place right at the schools, removing barriers of like cost and transportation. Plus, we make sure everyone has essentials they need to participate like shoes, socks, sports hijabs, and sports bras.
We also supply all of the equipment needed like yoga mats, jump ropes and lacrosse sticks. And we provide you ongoing and onsite assistance—we do everything to support our teachers.
We often hear directly from our teachers on the benefits of our outside the classroom programming. One teacher said, “Life changing! The kids are always excited for yoga. They come back to me relaxed and calm. It makes so much difference. Thank you for offering this to our students.
