“Sweet Success” Taught at the Cathedral

“Sweet Success” Taught at St. Louis the King School at the Cathedral

ST. LOUIS, MO. September 25, 2015 – Since 2008, Ms. Terhea Jones has taught emotional, social and ethical skills to middle school students at St. Louis the King School at the Cathedral through a program known as “Sweet Success.”

“In the beginning we learn how to properly introduce ourselves, sit in a chair, and make and maintain eye contact. After we work on character development,” she said.

Character development is a difficult concept to teach, and requires a variety of hands-on strategies for students to understand and apply lessons in their daily lives.

“The biggest challenge is to teach respect, especially when situations arise where they are not shown respect,” said Jones.

Respect is defined as:
• a feeling of admiring someone or something that is good, valuable, important, etc.
• a feeling or understanding that someone or something is important, serious, etc., and should be treated in an appropriate way
• a particular way of thinking about or looking at something

Since it is an incredibly difficult concept to apply in a variety of daily situations, Jones has found that role play has been the most successful way to teach the concept.

“It is like a lightbulb going off when they see characters they are playing experience hurt,” she adds.

For more information, please contact Ms. Joslyn Sanford, Graduate Support Director at St. Louis the King School at the Cathedral, by calling 314-373-8252. For more information regarding this release, please contact Julie Linder, Public Relations for Access Academies, by calling (573) 268-0639.

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