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Grade 6: Youth Development Class—OKR Sharing and Stress Management

October 29, 2020

On October 22nd in youth development (YD) class, the sixth-grade students summarized and shared their objective key results (OKRs) from the first half of the semester. At the beginning of the semester, each student had set their goals. Now, they shared how they have progressed.

At the beginning of the semester, students drafted two objectives—one for their studies and one for their activities. Objectives are general, nonspecific goals with no quantities or numbers. A common example is “become better at” something. Students received feedback from teachers, and once they had come up with two objectives, they worked on the key results.

For each objective, there are usually 3-5 key results which are the specific steps students will do to reach their goal. The results are very specific and are measured in quantities such as the amount of times or amount of days that are required to reach their objective. For example, “I will do xxx for xxx minutes once every xxx days.” Once again, students received feedback from teachers and came up with a total of six achievable key results.

Then, for about a month, students followed their key results and tracked their progress. In YD class on October 22nd, six students from each class presented their OKR progress, how they wanted to revise their key results, and their plans moving forward. They received advice from their classmates on how they can improve more on their key results in the future. Afterwards, all students drafted their tracking forms, forms which record their OKR, progress, reflection, and revision. Many students learned that they needed to have better time management in order to have time to complete their key results. Others learned that they had no motivation to complete their key results so they should change their objectives to better suit their needs.

Completing OKRs requires a lot of energy and midterms are coming up soon. With all that is going on it is very normal for students to be stressed. Chronic stress can cause your brain to shrink and even change the way it functions, so it is important to learn about stress management.

In the YD class after students had shared their progress, teachers introduced common ways of managing stress. Examples included exercising, going out for a walk, or meditating. The students then watched a TED Talk about managing stress and confronting your fears, which inspired many students to find ways to manage their own stress. Finally, teachers shared a “stress toolkit,” which included many coloring pages with motivational messages and little activities that students could use to manage their stress and cheer them up when they are feeling down.

With the stress toolkit and teachers’ encouragement, students are now prepared to tackle their OKRs and study for the midterm examinations!

(Written by Sara 6(1) Supervised by Ms. Portillo Pictures by Teachers)