Milwaukee Collegiate Academy is partnering with Growing Minds, to offer activities the will lead to calmer classrooms and a stronger sense of community.
Growing Minds is a program designed to provide teachers and students with the strategies, including the ability to focus, to get along with others better, and to feel better throughout the day. The goal is to create a classroom environment that encourages academic achievement.
Students at MCA will find balance through yoga activities and mindfulness. Benefits include:
- Relax and focus during test taking
- Fall asleep more easily
- Avoid argument
- Better concentration
- Learn to enjoy a sense of ease and joy in student lives.
Growing Minds sessions will be held on THURSDAYS starting on September 12 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The courses will last for eight weeks.