School Climate

All Are Welcome Here! We want your voices to be a part of our story!

Our Student Support Team includes members of our Mental Health & Supports Team, PBIS Team, our Family Engagement Team.

These teams are opportunities and resources for collaboration to make Eastern Heights Elementary the best we can be. We are always looking for family member participation in our policy and decision making as well as volunteers to support our Positive School Climate. Feel free to contact us to add your brilliance to our teams.

Restorative Practices

Welcome to Our Restorative Center: Room 2102

You have the power to make today great.

Your positive energy is contagious and makes all the difference in a child’s day.

As a whole building we are implementing daily Community Building Circles in every classroom as we begin and end our day together in circles and building our Restorative Impulse as we respond to each day.

As a whole staff we are implementing Restorative Chats and Conversations with our students as well as each other to address challenges and immediate conflicts as they arise.

Josie Baker & Julia Mullan partner with other trained staff to conduct Restorative Conferences, Content Circles to learn, Problem Solving Circles, and Circles to Repair Harm for students and families as well as partnering with the Legal Rights Center for Family Group Conferencing.

Circles and Talking Pieces

Social Emotional Learning Support For Families

Legal Rights Center- Restorative Practices- Family Group Conferencing

SPPS Restorative Practices

Living Justice Press

Minnesota Department of Education: Restorative Practices

PBIS: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

Family Engagement: Voices, Choices and Action

At Eastern Heights we invite and welcome families to share their joys and concerns with us and to join us in creating a school climate that is truly welcoming to all, includes everyone and each unique culture, language, traditions, needs and wants.

Please reach out to your child's teacher, Julia Mullan (counselor), Allen Moe or Elena Siwarat (social workers), or Elizabeth Cherek (principal)! We are here for you!

Julia Mullan: School Counselor
Allen Moe & Elena Siwarat: School Social Workers
Elizabeth Cherek: Principal