Launch
Students will experience the project hook through quick wellness stations, co-build respectful circle norms with the counselor, respond to the driving question, and begin the class mural of evidence with one academic growth hope and one wellness habit that can help classmates feel seen, included, and cared for.
Day 1
🌿 Wellness Walkabout Café
Launch 30m
Research & Empathy
Students will gather empathy evidence from counselor-led circles, partner interviews, and brief observation of school wellness habits; organize that evidence into patterns about what helps classmates feel seen, included, and cared for; and use those findings to draft a clear How Might We statement and a revised mural entry that can guide later prototype work.
Days 2 - 5
🧠 Wellness Habit Interview Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building 25m
💬 Counselor Circle Mural Evidence
Community Experience 30m
👟 School Habit Notice Walk
Research 30m
📝 How Might We Need Card
Deliverable 30m
Prototype & Validate
Students will turn empathy findings into quick wellness-message and routine prototypes, test them with classmates and the school counselor, revise using evidence from peer and counselor feedback, and document how their ideas better help classmates feel seen, included, and cared for.
Days 6 - 9
🧠 Wellness Routine Idea Sprint
Knowledge/Skill Building 25m
🎨 Message Card Prototype Build
Project Work 30m
💬 Peer Sticker Feedback Round
Knowledge/Skill Building 30m
🩺 Counselor Validation Circle
Assessment 30m
Showcase
Students will present their final wellness messages and class evidence to guests, participate in a counselor-led closing circle, and contribute a final revised entry to the commitment wall showing how their class can help people feel seen, included, and cared for.
Day 10
🌟 Heart of Our Classroom Expo
Assessment 30m