Michael Hynes, Ed.D- Superintendent of Schools for the Patchogue-Medford School District.
I've had the good fortune to work as a school administrator since 2004. If someone told me twelve years ago I would become an advocate for implementing yoga, meditation, mindfulness and increased recess time into a school system, I would have said to that person they have mistaken me for someone else. My training and schooling was steeped in educational psychology and organizational learning. I was always searching for increased results in student tests scores because scoring well on assessments was something we needed to measure during the NCLB days.
The truth is, a series of events in both my personal and professional life have led me to say with one-hundred percent certainty; high student test scores is not the purpose of schooling. I believe the purpose of schooling is to become educated and to improve your wellbeing as a person. Twelve years later I am proud to share, not only has my school district implemented yoga, meditation, mindfulness and increased recess; but this has made the deepest impact on all our students.
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