Trauma is an overwhelming experience for children and parents. Parents want to help their traumatized children but don’t always know what they can do. Providing parents with five ways to help their traumatized children will offer them reassurance for what they are already doing and ideas for how they can do more.

1. Understand
Remind parents that trauma is like no other experience. Traumatized children may not have control over their emotions and behavior because the terror they experienced has left them feeling out of control.

2. Be Patient
Trauma destroys a child’s sense of safety and security. Children will need time to feel safe again. Be patient with regression.

3. Be Nurturing
This is an “all the cookies and milk you can eat” time. Encourage parents to spend more time with their child interacting in meaningful ways. Play games, read books, or go for a walk together.

4. Keep It Simple
A traumatized child will find it difficult to concentrate and remember even the simplest of things. Remind parents to keep things simple by saying only one or two things at a time. Visual charts of the daily schedule or tasks to be completed are helpful.

5. Normalize
Parents should reinforce their understanding that the reactions their child is experiencing are normal following this experience.

 

• Be as predictable as can be in your routines at home while your child is present. Consistency helps create a sense of safety.
• Do not show your fears and worries to your child, as this will frighten them. Talk about your fears to your spouse, friends, or trauma specialist. Bring laughter into your home. If your child sees you laugh, they will feel so much more at ease.
• Read books to your child about others who have survived. Brave Bart is a great place to start. For teens, leave the book lying around where they can see it. If they need to, they will read it.
• Unconditional love and acceptance is the best medicine. This is not always easy to give your child when you are angry, upset, or terrified yourself. Sometimes traumatized children simply need to release the stress created by their fears and they do this by fighting or verbally attacking. As a parent, your initial response to fighting needs to be to insure that your child is not hurt nor hurts others. Words, of course, do not cause bodily harm, even though they can be difficult to hear at times.
• If this outburst is trauma-driven, often after this release your child will be calm and in control. This is not about a physical or verbal release, but a release of the intense stress of trauma, of trauma residue.

This is when your child needs you the most. Your child needs you to stay in control. Do not lose control, scream, or overreact. This may not be easy, but it is so important. Please send a message to your student's counselor or to Dean Poole, if you have a school related question. See email addresses above. 

 

  

 

English Department

Teacher	Subject	Location	Dates & Time
K. Sutton	English	510	Thursday 2:30 – 3:30 pm
J. Miller	English/AP Lit	504	Thursday by Appointment

 Math Department

Teacher	Subject	Location	Dates & Time
M. Mohamed	Math	208	Tuesday 2:30 – 3:30 pm
D. Jones	Math	2210	Thursday 2:45 – 3:45 pm
M. Pace	Math	211	Monday 2:40 – 4:00 pm Tuesday 1st Lunch Thursday 2nd Lunch
M. McDuffie	Math	209	Monday – Friday: 2nd Lunch
S. Strachan	Math	206	Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday by appt
A.    Weikart	Math I & II	2208	Tuesday & Thursday 2:35 – 3:35 pm

 Social Studies Department

Subject	Teacher	Location	Dates & Time
American History	C. Mayo	2505	Tuesday & Thursday 3-4 pm
African Amer Studies	Coach Boddie	1713	Monday -Thursday 7-7:20 am & by appointment
World History  Civics & Econom	C. Hall	2508	Tuesday & Thursday 2:30 – 3:30 pm
World Hist	T. Ellis	2508	Thursday 2:30 -3:30 pm, Tuesday by appt
Civics & Econ	C. Brown	2512	Tuesday & Thursday 2:30 – 3:30 pm
American Hist II Civics & Econ	A.    Harris	2510	1st Lunch A & B Day, After school by appt

Science Department

Subject	Teacher	Location	Dates & Times
Chemistry AP Chemistry Biomed Science	J. Remy	307	Monday – Friday 6:15-7:15 am Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 2:30-4:30 pm 2nd Lunch on A Day, 1st & 2nd Lunch on B Day
Biology	C. Rambacher	2309	Wednesday & Friday 6:55 – 7:25 am & by appt
Biology	D. Harrison	2303	Tuesday & Thursday 6:55 – 7:25 am & by appt
Biology	M. Toth	2307	Monday 6:55 – 7:25 am & by appt
Physical Science	A.    Baker	305	Tuesday & Thursday 2:30 -3:30 pm 1st Lunch B Day/2nd Lunch A Day (M-Th)

World Languages

Teacher	Subject	Location	Dates & Times
G. Oke-Bello	Spanish	1709	Thursday & Friday  2:30-3:15 pm
J. Tabares		1711	Monday & Thursday 2:45 – 3:45 pm

Physical Education/Sports Department

Subject	Teacher	Location	Dates & Times
PE/Sports	M. Logan	603 & 210	Wednesday room 603 Thursday 210 (By appointments)
PE/Sports	E. Gary	603 & 210	Wednesday room 603 Thursday 210 (By appointments)
PE/Sports	M. Carrington	603 & 210	Wednesday room 603 Thursday 210 (By appointments)
PE/Sports	J. Williams	603 & 210	Wednesday room 603 Thursday 210 (By appointments)

Art Department

Subject	Teacher	Location	Dates & Times
Art	S. Difilippo	405	1st & 2nd Lunch & after school by appt
Art	S. Soto	401	1st Lunch A Day 2nd Lunch B Day or by appt
Dig Art/Com Grp Com Animation	D. Prospero	2405	By Appointment

 Special Education

Subject	Teacher	Location	Dates & Times
Curriculum Asst	Campbell	501-B	Monday -Thursday 2:45-3:45 pm

Career Technical Education (CTE) Department & IT/Engineering/Biomedical Academy Departments

Subject	Teacher	Location	Dates & Times
Cyber Security Cisco Netwk Eng Aerospace Eng	A.    Barnes	505	Tuesday & Thursday 2:30-3:30 pm & by appt
Game Art Design Digital Design & Animation	T. Connell	503	Tuesday & Thursday 2:30-3:30 pm & by appt
Career Mgmt Civil Eng  & Archt Eng Design & Dev	J. Griffin	312	Tuesday & Thursday 2:30-3:30 pm & by appt
AP Comp Sci Comp TIA IT Python Program	Y. Jean-Mary	311	Tuesday & Thursday 2:30-3:30 pm & by appt
Into to Eng Design Princ of Engineer	M. Welker	314	Tuesday & Thursday 2:30-3:30 pm & by appt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In preparation for our Spring Semester students who are considering schedule changes or corrections please see the list below of acceptable changes:

• Failed a course and need to be re-enrolled into the course
• Passed a course that you thought you would fail and now you need a new course replacement
• Move into a different course level (exp.: from an academic course to an honors level or higher course). Please see your grade level Counselor for a course waiver form to take home and get a parent consent signature). Note that movement into a new course is allowed only if there is space available in that course.

Courses will not be changed because a student has changed their mind and want to try a new elective, or because they wish to be in a class with friends. Each classroom is set based on the number of students enrolled and teacher schedules have already been created. 

*If you have further questions not addressed above, please direct them to your grade level counselor before school, during lunch or after school.

Thank you, Ms. Poole, Dean of Students

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