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Week eight was full of so many amazing memories🌟😇

Our goal was to encourage our students to use teamwork and learn about strong friendships. We paired these lessons with many fun activities, including our annual favorite, @deertracksjunction ! We had the opportunity to visit with the animals, explore the corn pit, and have a picnic lunch.

Earlier in the week, we practiced teamwork by using the veggies we grew in the @standalereformedchurch community garden🥕🥬 to make homemade pizzas! It was so fun to create a healthy and yummy meal from scratch.

Lastly, we partnered with @lanterncoffeebar again by decorating cups. This project focused on empathy, and putting ourselves in the shoes of customers. On each cup students practiced empathy with creative drawings and positive affirmations!☕️💫 by @_beyondschool

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Week seven was so full of fun! We had a very busy week, and made so many memories.💫

Our lessons were based around having positive self-esteem, which we were able to practice in many ways. From compliment circles, to talks about why being different makes us special, we covered a LOT of important topics.

We were so blessed to enjoy a pool party, @konaice, and a visit from @critter_barn 🐰this week! We also made slime🫟, another item on our students summer 2026 bucket list.

This summer is FLYING by, but we are so thankful to have such an amazing community and group of students. Looking forward to our last two weeks.🤍 by @_beyondschool

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Week six was such a happy week! Coming off of our week break, we were all feeling refreshed and excited to spend time with our mini family.

During this week, our SEL focus was self-awareness. This included an activity where students held hula-hoops and if they got in other students “bubble”🫧 they were “space-invaders”! Lessons like this help prepare our students for social interactions now and in their future.

We also practiced self-awareness at the @grcmuseum 🔍 and the @kentdistrictlibrary 📚this week! They both had so many fun activities and we had SO much fun exploring. by @_beyondschool

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WOW!! Week five was AMAZING. 🌟😇

Our lessons this week focused on building self-esteem and empathy. Which included being able to host our third annual lemonade stand!🍋Our students were able to confidently run all the different parts of the stand. Including talking to many customers! The lemonade stand always brings so much excitement, and we are so proud of how it went. Thankful for a supportive community as well.🤍

To build empathy and give back, we were able to volunteer with @friendsofgrparks this week. We spent time at Aman park, removing invasive species from the trails! This was a great learning experience for our students.

Overall, the week was full of excitement, hard work, and kindness! We are so blessed. by @_beyondschool

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Week four is in the books! 🤍

We spent the week learning about life skills and work ethic. Perseverance, communication, teamwork, and many other skills which lead to better work ethic and success were explored! 💪🏆

We also spent some time discussing how it is okay to feel more than one emotion at the same time. You can be sad, and excited! You can be happy, and tired! This lesson was very important, especially for our friends who struggle processing how they are feeling.

For our field trip, we were able to visit @battlegrgames to play laser tag! This is always one of our favorites. Later in the week, we enjoyed a movie day with a candy salad.🍿🍭🎬

We planned to have our annual lemonade stand during this week. However, due to the extreme heat, we had to push it to this week, July 9th instead! We hope to see you there. 🍋 by @_beyondschool

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Week three was SUCH a blessing! Our focus was on social skills, which included practicing positive social behaviors in many fun ways.

For our field trip we had the opportunity to go to @meijergardens. We had so much fun exploring their gardens and play areas. Social skills were extra important here by respecting other guests and the fragile exhibits! 🪴

Another highlight of the week was going to @uccellosristorante for lunch, where each student ordered their own meal! We are so thankful for Ucellos’ generosity and patience.

Aside from those trips, we spent time preparing for @standalereformedchurch craft fair, doing a mini talk show, and gardening! This week was challenging, yet we are so proud of every member of our mini family. 🤍🌟😇🌸 by @_beyondschool

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Week two of summer 2026 was so much fun!

Our lessons this week focused on emotional regulation and using coping skills. We talked about the upstairs and downstairs parts of the brain, and how to know which part is controlling your reactions.🧠🧩

Throughout the week, we were able to visit @forthekidzgym for the second summer in a row. We had SO much fun, and the jumping was a perfect example of a healthy coping skill! We also decorated book marks for the @standalereformedchurch upcoming craft sale, and got to plant our own sunflowers. by @_beyondschool

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4 months ago

Week one of Beyond School 2026 is complete!

We had an amazing start to the summer. This week, our lesson focus was on emotional identification and the different emotional zones.🌟

Our mini family had the opportunity to visit the wonderful @johnballzoogr , which gave us the perfect opportunity to practice staying in green zone.☺️💚

Earlier in the week, each student created their own mini volcano, which we were able to take outside to make mini explosions. We used these to show how when in red zone, it can feel like your emotions are going to explode 💥😡

We are so proud of each one of our students, especially our new kiddos who have adjusted so well already. And as always, we are so blessed to have the amazing group of staff that we do.🤍🤍🤍 by @_beyondschool

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WOW💫 Week 7 was such a blessing, definitely one of the most amazing in Beyond School history!

This week’s lesson focused on the importance of resilience. This is such an important thing for kids to learn, as it helps them learn how to handle and self regulate when hard things come their way.

While practicing resilience, we were able to go to our favorite place, @deertracksjunction ! We have the MOST fun here every year.🌽

This week we were also able to surprise the kids with a field trip to @battlegrgames . They were SO incredibly excited and had so much fun. We even stopped for ice cream on the way back🍦. We are so thankful to be able to create these core memories for these amazing kids. They deserve the world 🌎🤍 by @_beyondschool

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Weeks 5 & 6 were so much fun. During these weeks we focused on life skills and social skills!

For life skills week, the kiddos planned and ran a lemonade stand🍋. They helped make the lemonade, learned how to use small talk, and even learned how to count money and give back change. We are so thankful for everyone that stopped by to support us. 🤍

Social skills week was also full of fun. Early in the week, we visited @tippycowicecream and every single kid used social skills to order on their own!🥹 Later in the week, we were blessed to take a field trip to a local family’s pool. The kiddos used their social skills to introduce themselves to our hosts and use proper manners while there. They had so much fun and we are so thankful for our supportive community! by @_beyondschool

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What a wonderful week 4🌟 This week focused on the feeling of EMPATHY! Our kiddos did absolutely amazing this week, we are beyond proud of them.

To start the week, @lanterncoffeebar provided us with cups and sleeves for the kids to decorate! For this activity, they “stepped into the shoes” of people who might purchase the coffee, and practiced empathy by designing positive messages/drawings for costumers!

Later this week, @20liters came and showed us how to make the water filters they send to people without clean water. This was SO important for the kids to learn about. Using the skills they learned regarding empathy and the help of 20 Liters, our kids built almost 50 water filters🤍🥹 by @_beyondschool

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Week 3 focused on self-esteem! It is so important to us that our kiddos learn how to love themselves🤍

This week we spent a lot of time painting positivity rocks for the Heart of Neighboring garden. We also learned how to navigate what emotions are “driving our bus”. 🚎 This lesson helped our kiddos understand that emotions are OKAY and how to navigate big feelings. by @_beyondschool

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