Social-emotional learning in Spokane schools

Social-emotional learning is designed to help kids focus and concentrate and may be assigned by a teacher or self-assigned when a kid feels unfocused in class. The activity helps kids return to class more ready to focus on class work

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Fri., Sept. 20, 2019

Fourthgrader Ian Butterfield, foreground, and sixthgrader Myles Gibson walk, jump and hop through a course of steps and activities marked on the floor of Balboa Elementary Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 in Spokane. The activity is designed to help kids focus and concentrate and may be assigned by a teacher or self-assigned when a kid feels unfocused in class. The activity helps kids return to class more ready to focus on class work. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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From left, secondgrader Taiytum Diaz, fifthgrader Lucian Merrill and fourthgrader Ian Butterfield walk a course of steps and physical activities marked on the floor of Balboa Elementary Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 in Spokane. The activity is designed to help kids focus and concentrate and may be assigned by a teacher or self-assigned when a kid feels unfocused in class. The activity helps kids return to class more ready to focus on class work. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Sixthgrader Myles Gibson walks, jumps and hops through a course of steps and activities marked on the floor of Balboa Elementary Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 in Spokane. The activity is designed to help kids focus and concentrate and may be assigned by a teacher or self-assigned when a kid feels unfocused in class. The activity helps kids return to class more ready to focus on class work. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Fifthgrader Lucian Merrill hops through a course of steps and activities marked on the floor of Balboa Elementary Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 in Spokane. The activity is designed to help kids focus and concentrate and may be assigned by a teacher or self-assigned when a kid feels unfocused in class. The activity helps kids return to class more ready to focus on class work. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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