Calexico Ed Summit
A look back at the day we spent together — and a look ahead at how we keep supporting you.
Thank you for such a well organized, well executed summit.
From the moment we arrived, it was clear how much care your team put into the day — and it showed in how ready your educators were to engage. We're grateful for the welcome, and even more grateful for the conversations it sparked.
Your ASB Students Ran the Day
Check-in for the entire summit — QR codes, iPads, all of it — was run seamlessly by your ASB students. It said a lot about Calexico before the first session even started: this is a district where students and staff alike are ready for new tools, not intimidated by them.
Your Educators Are Ready
Three things that stood out — in your teachers' own words
Teachers made immediate, specific connections between student voice and their own classrooms — from JROTC leadership development to English class group accountability to tracking growth in PE.
Educators asked sharp, practical questions about day-to-day implementation — a real signal of readiness, not hesitation. Teachers who are already thinking about logistics are teachers who are already picturing this in their classroom.
Instructional staff at every level, from classroom teachers to instructional assistants, wanted to know how they could help facilitate this for their students — a sign of genuine ownership, not just curiosity.
Educators weren't asking whether this is worth doing — they were asking how to do it well.
The questions in the room told us something important. That's exactly the kind of readiness we love to build on.
The Decks We Presented
Pick a session — arrows, dots, or click to flip through.
Curiosity That Went Further
Teachers were already imagining where this could go next — including a biology teacher using UDL who asked whether Impacter could support academic feedback, not just behavioral health and durable skills. That kind of curiosity is exactly the spark we're here for.
All 35 Written Reflections
Verbatim, straight from the feedback form — no cleanup, no cherry-picking
Let's Reconnect
The Behavioral Health Screener is new territory for Calexico, and we're especially excited about where it's already headed.
The counselor at Aurora High School is ready to begin implementation now — she'll be one of our first partners as we bring the screener to more sites across the district.
Here's where we'd love to focus next:
Enablement and support for teachers ready to bring the durable skills curriculum into their classrooms.
Kicking off a behavioral health strategy for designated sites and the practitioners who'll act on that data.