{"id":79242,"date":"2024-03-04T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casel.org\/?post_type=blogposts&#038;p=79242"},"modified":"2024-08-22T16:08:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:08:34","slug":"sel-week-blog-contest-2024","status":"publish","type":"blogposts","link":"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/sel-week-blog-contest-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 &#8220;National SEL Week&#8221; Blog Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To celebrate SEL Week, we invited you\u2014students, parents, teachers, counselors, school and district administrators, and community leaders\u2014to share your SEL story. Of the many excellent entries we received, we narrowed it down to 10 finalists.\u00a0In a public vote, our readers selected <a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/creating-a-school-where-students-soar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creating a School Where Students Soar<\/a> as the winning entry. Check out all the excellent finalists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/how-a-trip-to-the-grocery-store-showed-me-the-power-of-sel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ingrid Ristroph, Austin, TX parent: How a Trip to the Grocery Store Showed Me the Power of SEL<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/why-that-soft-stuff-isnt-soft-at-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lauren Fardig-Diop, Michigan school staff: Why \u201cThat Soft Stuff\u201d Isn\u2019t Soft at All<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>*WINNING ENTRY* <a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/creating-a-school-where-students-soar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lori Lidofsky, NJ school staff: Creating a School Where Students Soar<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/how-classroom-struggles-led-to-an-ongoing-journey-of-heart-and-mind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sarah Khan, Educator\/psychologist in Pakistan: How Classroom Struggles Led to an Ongoing Journey of Heart and Mind<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/my-teacher-a-star-poem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eleisha Malik, Student in Dubai: My Teacher, a Star<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/nurturing-tomorrows-leaders-by-making-sel-a-way-of-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anshu Singh, Educator in India: Nurturing Tomorrow\u2019s Leaders by Making SEL a Way of Life<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/my-commitment-to-building-a-connected-community-in-middle-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christina Pickett, Georgia teacher\/parent: My Commitment to Building a Connected Community in Middle School<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/remember-when-you-taught-me-this-sel-as-heart-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tina Centineo, Illinois educator: \u201cRemember When You Taught Me This?\u201d SEL As Heart Work<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/leveling-up-sel-with-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chelsy Tinacba, TX student: Leveling Up SEL with Gaming<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/from-a-torn-acl-to-coaching-with-sel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noemi Vazquez, P.E. coach in Brooklyn, NY: From a Torn ACL to Coaching With SEL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"write-for-us\"><strong>Write for Us<\/strong><\/h2><a class=top href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you interested in writing for CASEL\u2019s blog,&nbsp;<em>Constellations<\/em>?<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1zSZFveKA8xsmlCADpfDP8t-y9emN0qswHQh1MnfmqBI\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>about what we\u2019re looking for and how to pitch your idea!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate SEL Week, we invited you\u2014students, parents, teachers, counselors, school and district administrators, and community leaders\u2014to share your SEL story. 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