McLoughlin Middle School eighth-grader Brynn Allen sees it simply: If students feel welcomed at her school, they’ll want to come to it.
“Sometimes people have rough lives and school is their escape,” she says, recalling a phase in seventh grade where she was struggling personally. “It kind of felt like everyone was there. It was like a welcoming center.”
School culture may be harder to quantify than academic achievements, but McLoughlin leaders say thought, heart and data spurred their multifaceted efforts to create a supportive environment. Last week, they presented to district officials what they say are the academic fruits of those efforts to boost kindness, inclusivity and, perhaps most importantly, hope, within its old building.
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