In this #JoyfromAfar blog post, Christina Medina, Learning Specialist, explains how she developed an online learning program that worked best for her students, striking a balance between providing social opportunities with learning opportunities through live and on-demand videos and giving students chances to have fun while learning, even at a distance.

In this #JoyfromAfar blog post, Laura Gray, Dean of Students and Family Support, and Jonathan Li, Middle School Learning Specialist, describe the ways they support students' social and emotional growth by hosting virtual hangout meetings during The Joy School's COVID-19 closure.

In our #JoyFromAfar series, we discuss The Joy School's transition to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this blog post, learn about how TJS Learning Specialist Kathy Matlage worked remotely with the parent of one of her students to build a document camera, a much-needed resource for a student who was having success using manipulatives to understand math concepts in class before the school closure.

In this blog post, we highlight our 6th graders recent work, the skills they learned along the way, and how TJS teachers include social and executive functioning components into their academic curriculum!  

At TJS, our Learning Specialists serve a variety of students with different learning differences and diagnoses. In this blog post, learn how Mr. Justin, one of our Learning Specialists, has incorporated a daily mindfulness practice into his classroom that helps support students' social-emotional and academic goals. 

In this blog post, Learning Specialist Ms. Farah explains why she chose a dissecting unit for her fourth and fifth graders and how it was a lesson in biology as well as a lesson in developing important social-emotional skills like self-advocacy and positive mindset. 

In this blog post, Nurse Mary answers a few frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 vaccine that she has received from parents and Joy School community members. 

Summer programs at The Joy School are a great way to bridge the gap between school years in a relaxed environment, and for younger students, summer programs are a great way to prepare for their first year of school. Learn more about The Joy School summer programs by reading our most recent blog post!

In this blog post, we talk with our Instructional Technologist, Christine Dinh, and discuss three assistive technology tools that can help students who have dyslexia.

In this post, we discuss scaffolding with Andrea Dorr, our Transition Coordinator and former math teacher, to help you better understand this term and help you visualize how it's used in our classrooms. We also explain the integral role scaffolding plays as Andrea evaluates students' readiness to transition into other schools.

Our speech-language team serves a very important role at The Joy School supporting teachers and leading specials classes for students called Language and Cognitive Development classes. To help build relationships with parents and provide strategies for parents to use at home that complement strategies that they're teaching in their specials classes, our speech-language team hosts coffee talks for parents. Read on to learn more!