Student Wellness

Freshmen are required to attend "Freshmen Flex", a formal study skills programs during Flex Time each Monday throughout the year.  Freshmen Flex focuses on learning styles, test-taking strategies, organizational skills, and health and wellness best practices.  Recent topics have included:

• Technology: My Homework, Netclassroom, Grade Calculation, Digital Citizenship, Turnitin.com
• Study Skills: Note Taking, Test Taking, Self Advocacy, Academic Integrity & Honor Code
• Wellness: Friendships, Self-Compassion, and Community Building

Sophomores participate in quarterly counseling seminars during Flex Time.  Sophomore Seminar is focused on school culture building and promoting the "3 Be's" (Be There, Be Positive, Be United). Each quarter is focused on a different "be" with the fourth quarter focusing on college application preparation and walking the girls through the next steps, giving them a timeline for taking the ACT/SAT, etc

Juniors and seniors are invited to attend small group sessions with our counselor, Ms. Amie Gray, throughout their junior and senior year. 

Incarnate Word Academy hosts a "Senior Launch" for seniors and their parents. This event will be educational and helpful in preparing senior students and their parents for the changes that come with transitioning from high school to college. Additionally, there will be a roundtable discussion with questions about launching into young adulthood. 

Students may choose to participate in Wellness Week activities prior to midterms and exams.  Wellness Week activities have included in the past: yoga, coloring mandalas, decorating Christmas cards for St. Dominic's with Campus Ministry, making stress balls, making weighted neck wraps, and serving hot tea.