Fox Mill rolls out the purple carpet for its military connected families during Month of the Military Child

Counselor Stacy Keating-Labas worked hard to furnish a calming room where students can engage their senses to regulate their emotions. The newly opened SEL Strategies Lab is furnished with bean bag chairs, massage chairs, a sand and water table, calming lighting. Students can also try on weighted vests and play a giant game of Connect 4 to take a brain break. Students can use, in real time, the coping strategies that they've been taught. The sensory room is a calm, safe space where students can take deep breaths while using a variety of items to help them return to the "green zone," their baseline where they're ready to return to learning.

Parents, firefighters, professional authors and more visited Fox Mill this week to celebrate all things literacy during Read Across American Week.