Early next month, the implementation of a resilience reading program at the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School will commence with students receiving the book Judy Moody Was in a Mood, by Megan McDonald, to read at home with their families. Projects and conversations will follow, with a focus on “what it means to be resilient,” said Stephanie Ivancich, a special education teacher in the district.

Ivancich applied for an AtlantiCare Healthy Schools, Healthy Children grant to fund this “Teaching Resilience Through…