Barnett Elementary - Carli Wright
“I want to thank the Nebo Education Foundation for funding my grant for items to use in my counseling office at Barnett Elementary! As an elementary counselor, so much of what I do is help students recognize, understand, and regulate their emotions. I teach classroom lessons, run small group sessions, and work with students individually. In every one of these settings, I love to use games and books to teach and reinforce the concepts I am teaching. I tell students these things are ‘tools,’ not toys. I was moved to a completely empty office at Barnett this year, so it has been difficult to have no resources or ‘tricks of my trade’ that I have acquired over the past few years in my other school. My Nebo Foundation grant included many items such as maze balls, kinetic sand, art supplies, books, and puzzles/games that will help me as I work with kids in many different situations. When kids are working with their hands or seeing a visual representation of a concept, I am able to make difficult abstract social and emotional concepts become a little more concrete and accessible. I so appreciate that the Nebo Foundation supports students in our district with not only their academic needs, but their social and emotional needs as well,” stated Carli Wright, a counselor at Barnett Elementary.