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Social and Emotional Learning in Louisville

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Featured Strategy

Location
Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North, Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School, Carrithers Middle School, and the Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, Kentucky

Target Audience
Grades K-8

Mission
To lay the foundation for 21st-century learning by building relationships skills and confidence.

Meet the People at Jefferson County

Darren Atkinson

TEACHER, Darren Atkinson
Carrithers Middle School


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Alicia Averette

PRINCIPAL, Alicia Averette
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School

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Angela Sartin

PARENT, Angela Sartin
Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School

audio symbol  Listen: When educators and parents talk, everyone wins.
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