The current research examines an evidence-based program called Communities In Schools located in Texas that provides services to elementary students and teaches them how to navigate socially and emotionally through grief. Childhood experiences through losing a loved one can subsequently impact an elementary student's academic outcomes. However, implementing an evidence-based program inside schools can help students build skills and connect the gap between grief and learning. "Grief" is a natural human experience filled with overwhelming emotions stimulated by losing a loved one. This study highlights a student's experience of losing a loved one and how those experiences affect their learning and mental/physical/emotional health. The research also highlights how implementing social, emotional, and other support structures can help student achievement. Therefore, the researcher used a qualitative research methodology that employed interviews better to understand the lived and shared experiences of grief as viewed by the child enrolled in Communities In Schools. Various themes emerged through each interview that captured the essence of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's five theoretical stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, and John Bowlby's attachment theory. The participant sample size for the study was 11 elementary educators who taught or mentored students who suffered from grief and were enrolled in the Communities In Schools program. The educators' demographics were: three elementary counselors; three 3rd-grade teachers, one 504 Coordinator, two social-emotional learning counselors, one librarian, and one curriculum instructional specialist. The students' demographics were: four females, five males, also seven siblings, and a classroom of students. The demographics of whom they were grieving were father, stepmother, cousins, and family members. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]