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Body-Day Keynote, Sean Goode: “Uncertain times are prime real estate for possibilities to be born.”

Body Day on August 7 will be the last day of our three-part learning journey — YDEKC’s Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) Symposium, Whole Child, Whole Day: Heart, Mind, & Body. Our keynote speaker, Sean Goode, a national expert on justice reform and ParentMap’s 2020 Superhero, [...]

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Announcing Keynote Panelists for Mind Day for our SEL Symposium

We will kick off Mind Day (July 31) at YDEKC’s Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) Symposium — Whole Child, Whole Day: Heart, Mind, & Body — with a thought-provoking chat on our essential question for the day: How do we create learning environments that center racial equity and a [...]

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