Soar is an elective class designed to teach skills that will assist sixth-graders in becoming successful in middle school and beyond. This course focuses on each student’s strengths and challenges within ten executive functioning skills, such as planning, time management, task initiation, and perseverance, which are crucial to success. Students will also learn the importance of self-reflection and self-advocacy, keeping an organized notebook and reminder binder, utilizing school loop and loop mail, establishing a growth mindset and building confidence, as well as discovering their own multiple intelligences and implementing study strategies into their core classes. Gratitude, empathy, kindness, peer relationships, team building, and self-control are other topics covered in this elective class. Come SOAR with us!