In 2018, LAEF was proud to fully fund District-wide Sixth-Grade Summits, part of the C.A.R.E.S. Program (Compassion, Action, Responsibility, Empathy and support), which were presented and facilitated by Embassy Consulting Group. Sixth grade teachers from McAuliffe and Oak middle schools facilitated break-out sessions and every 6th grader participated in this social-emotional learning opportunity during one school day. The summits provided an intensive, one-day training for students in a wide range of interactive social and emotional learning skills, including character education, communication, team building and conflict management. All the lessons were designed to provide students with a foundation to increase positive classroom and school-wide community behavior and academic performance. Below, left and right are the check presentations for the 2018 6th Grade Summits. Lower left shows students participating in a Summit.