Hicksville Staff Tests Out 8-Week Mindfulness Course

Staff members at the Hicksville Public School District are participating in an eight-week course on the practice of mindfulness in preparation of a new program that will be offered to students at the Hicksville middle and high schools in the fall.

The program, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, is designed to reduce stress levels and promote the importance of controlling emotions and remaining on task. To prepare for the program’s rollout, the school psychologist, social workers, guidance counselors and administrators are learning the benefits of mindfulness in sessions at the middle school led by Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher Virginia Blum.

The initiative supports the district’s goal to promote peace as one of the tenets of its ongoing character education.

Story by Syntax, Photos courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools:

1: Hicksville Public School District staff members participated in a session of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program.

2: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher Virginia Blum taught a session at the Hicksville Middle School.