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ASCD's Whole Child Model

FIT Academy to Consider Adopting ASCD’s Whole Child Model

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At the regularly scheduled board meeting on December 14th, the FIT Academy board will consider adoption of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)’s Whole Child school model. For more information visit ASCD’s Whole Child Model.

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Symbols in the Brain

Energy and Calm: Brain Breaks and Focused-Attention Practices

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When presented with new material, standards, and complicated topics, we need to be focused and calm as we approach our assignments. We can use brain breaks and focused-attention practices to positively impact our emotional states and learning. They refocus our neural circuitry with either stimulating or quieting practices that generate increased activity in the prefrontal…

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Student Running Track

Can Running Make You Smarter?

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To strengthen your mind, you may first want to exert your leg muscles, according to a sophisticated new experiment involving people, mice and monkeys. The study’s results suggest that long-term endurance exercise such as running can alter muscles in ways that then jump-start changes in the brain, helping to fortify learning and memory. Read Full…

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