Social-emotional learning (SEL) is the process of teaching and learning life skills that help individuals to develop a positive sense of identity. Blue Valley focuses on five SEL pillars — self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, relationship skills and responsible decision making. “Students learning social-emotional skills is so big because it’s teaching them not only how to be students in an academic environment but it’s teaching them how to be good people,” said Kelly Lamp, a Wolf S

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