{"id":2735,"date":"2022-09-28T19:35:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T19:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monarchacademy.org\/annapolis\/?p=2735"},"modified":"2022-09-28T20:49:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T20:49:42","slug":"book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monarchacademy.org\/annapolis\/2022\/09\/28\/book\/","title":{"rendered":"MAA School Counselor Nikki Pritchett-Johnson Authors First Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD, September 28, 2022<\/strong> \u2013 Anne Arundel County Public Schools School Counselor Nikki Pritchett-Johnson, who provides counseling services for The Children\u2019s Guild Monarch Academy Annapolis, wrote and published her first children\u2019s book <em>Purposed Through Joy<\/em>.\u00a0 With the mental health challenges facing many children post-pandemic, <em>Purposed Through Joy<\/em> is being released at the perfect time to help teach children to have a resilient attitude, while equipping parents and teachers with insightful tools to inspire kids of all ages to keep their joy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2740 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/monarchacademy.org\/annapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/book-cover-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monarchacademy.org\/annapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/book-cover-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/monarchacademy.org\/annapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/book-cover.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 30-page book for children of all ages is focused on Grace who questions her purpose for the day. A mountain of problems crowds Grace&#8217;s heart and mind stealing her very joy and causes her to question, &#8220;What is my purpose for today?&#8221; This charming story reminds children to never let the cares and concerns of the day rob them of the strength they need to succeed. With the support of her Nana, Grace learns to toss her heavy loads aside and get her joy back!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to sharing my new book with our 5<sup>th<\/sup> graders during Mental Health Awareness Week (Oct. 2-8).\u00a0 I published this children&#8217;s book during my service as School Counselor at Monarch Academy Annapolis as I came to love the foundational beliefs that drive the many intentional things that the Children&#8217;s Guild puts forth to educate the minds and hearts of children.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve always lived by the \u2018Educate th<\/p>\n<p>e Heart\u2019 quote by Aristotle and working at TCG\u2019s Monarch Academy Annapolis has reminded me that there are still educators that believe in the power of educating \u2018the mind AND THE HEART\u2019,\u201d explained author Nikki Pritchett-Johnson.\u00a0 \u201cIt is truly my goal to get a copy of this book into the hands of all teachers in our system.\u00a0 I want our scholars across this county to know that social-emotional wellness is a PROACTIVE practice and not reactive.\u00a0 Preparing our scholars with skills to problem solve; self-love; and cope with the cares of life is key.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2738\" src=\"https:\/\/monarchacademy.org\/annapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Nikki-reads-to-class_thumbnail-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD, September 28, 2022 \u2013 Anne Arundel County Public Schools School Counselor Nikki Pritchett-Johnson, who provides counseling services for The Children\u2019s Guild Monarch Academy Annapolis, wrote and published her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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