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How to stay calm during the 'Seattle Squeeze' [K5 NEWS]

Try these techniques when you sit in traffic longer than you're used to during the closure of State Route 99 in Seattle. When traffic turns into a nightmare tempers flair and driver frustration turn into road rage.... ....... breathing techniques can help while you drive. The 4-7-8 technique is a common method: breathe for four seconds, hold it for seven seconds, and breathe out for eight seconds. Another way to relax is by momentarily tensing, and then relaxing. Just a few techniques for...

Save the Date – Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - ACEs and Resilience Community of Practice Event

Mark your calendar for the third Washington statewide ACEs and Resilience Community of Practice event, hosted by the Washington State Essentials for Childhood, Washington State Department of Health, and Everett Public Schools. Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm Location: Everett Public Schools Community Resource Center 3900 Broadway Everett, WA 98201 Registration information will be available soon. This event will provide opportunities to connect with people across the state who are working to grow...

Youth Engagement Task Force to Hold Series of Meetings in 2019 [Tacoma Weekly]

Meetings to be held on Saturdays at various locations. Jan. 12 is an orientation. Jan. 26 includes a facilitator from the Institute for Civic Dialogue in Washington, D.C.will give a presentation. Food, transportation assistance provided . School staff will coordinate credits for eligible students . The group plans to propose the formation of the Tacoma Youth Commission by July 2019. Tacoma teenagers have the opportunity for an interesting civics lesson beginning next year. In November, Mayor...

Nonprofit makes art accessible to public school kids in Pierce County [K5 NEWS]

Peninsula Hands on Art brings art instruction to public elementary schools in the greater Gig Harbor area. GIG HARBOR, Wash. — Fifteen years ago Marla Morgan was a mom who wanted her own kids to have more art in school. Today, she leads Peninsula Hands On Art , a nonprofit that provides art instruction to more than 4,000 students in Pierce County each year. Reaching every elementary student in the Peninsula School District, it is the program's foundational belief that students across all...

Wilson High School introduces Edge Foundation coaching to help students with ADHD and adverse childhood experiences succeed [Tacoma Weekly]

Wilson High School for the first time is training staff to provide executive-style coaching to students with executive function challenges often experienced because of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) or trauma, attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and/or non-traditional learning styles. Wilson High School is the sixth school in the Tacoma School District to use a coaching program designed and administered by the non-profit Edge Foundation . Other Tacoma schools that are...

Homeless is a circumstance caused by both societal issues and personal misfortune

On Thursday volunteers and local government employees fanned out across Thurston County for the annual “point in time” count of people who are homeless. It’s a task that’s challenging, important and never quite complete. No matter how hard they try, census-takers can’t find every tent camp hidden in the woods, every family living in their car, or every person who sleeps under a bridge or in a backyard toolshed. Census takers also can’t be sure why the people they’re counting are homeless.

 
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