At the end of the first term at Washington Middle School,  24 8th-grade Health students participated in a social and emotional enrichment program called “Mindful Teen: From Surviving to Thriving in a Busy World”. This curriculum comes from Iowa 4-H and was delivered once a week on “Wellness Wednesdays” by Washington County Extension & Outreach youth coordinator Amy Green. 92% of the participants said they had learned new mindfulness practices, skills, and resources that could be applied to their own lives. Students reported the workshop series made them feel “relaxed, confident, good, calm, welcomed, good to know more”. Green will return to WMS to teach the remaining 8th grade Health classes this coming spring reaching a total of just over 110 8th grade students.