For the past few years, Norway Intermediate has been trying hard to help students build communities within our building. One great example of this is what we call Bobcat Dens. Our Dens are made up of a mix of students from each of our grade levels-4th, 5th and 6th. We have 18 Dens total, each with a teacher(s) as their leader.
Every few months these groups meet to work on activities that provide students with the opportunity to get to know each other better, and work on becoming a community. Some of these activities also incorporate many ideas from our Character Strong curriculum, which is used to meet our district’s social/emotional learning goals.