Newcastle Elementary Charter School

Newcastle students receive lessons multiple times a week helping to grow social and emotional intelligence.  What is social and emotional intelligence you might ask?  It is the ability to identify, manage, and express emotions constructively, express empathy, be an effective communicator, and among other things, negotiate and resolve differences.  There are a great many benefits to this for our Knights.  Research shows that by learning these things it (along with many other benefits) reduces bullying, increases self-esteem, and improves intellectual development. The curriculum we use for this is called In Focus. 

In Focus helps your students do the following:

• Improve their intellectual development and academic performance
• Elevate their awareness, management, and expression of feelings
• Develop focusing and attention skills
• Reduce bullying and impulsive behavior
• Learn how to deal with conflict and stress
• Elevate self-esteem and confidence
• Strengthen social skills
• Increase sensitivity and empathy
• Build self-reflection and self-awareness skills
• Develop problem-solving skills
• Improve teamwork and collaboration skills
• Increase social and emotional intelligence