Actress Maria Broom spends the morning with Ms. Proctor's 8th Grade Crew

Ms. Maria Broom came to our crew on Friday the 20^th of May to help us to meet our love and belonging and fun needs. She did an amazing job of recognizing us as a community and encouraging us to be our best selves.

The children always say it better…

“My crew is fun and interesting but with Ms. Maria here, she made it better.” - Anishia

“In crew today we met someone very special…” – Tykearra

“While with Ms. Maria she made me feel relaxed, calm and peaceful.” – Racquel

“We try and bring people out of their comfort zone in Crew.” – Nicole

“My experience with Ms. Maria was very relaxing, at the same time it was filled with lots of love. She really helped me meet my love and belonging need.” – Kimberly

“Today was fun. To know that there are people in the world that love you is wonderful. I met Maria Broom when I was in the 4^th grade. FOUR years ago and every year I see her she still remembers my face. When ever I see her I get very happy knowing that I’m about to meet my love and belonging need.” – O’Shea

“We did some meditating and we danced. It was not our usual dance, it was different and fun.” – Sinclair

“I felt so happy today that Ms. Maria came to our Crew because I had a lot of anger in my body. It makes me feel happy to see the special people come to brighten our day when we are down.” – Dazja

“… we took time out, forgiving ourselves and also others…” – Monet

<i>If you would like to learn more about Ms. Maria Broom and the wonderful things she does, visit <a href:http://mariabroom.com/home>mariabroom.com</a></i>