December 2nd, 2019- Monday- eval team
December 2nd, 2019- Monday- November Principal lunch with leaders of the month
December 3rd, 2019- Tuesday- Intervention Meeting/MTSS
December 5th, 2019- Thursday- Christmas dinner- free- 5:30-6:30 pm
December 6th, 2019- Friday- Student leaders selling candy canes for .50 cents each
December 6th, 2019- Friday- Friday fun- Ugly sweaters, pajamas- Dress with holiday spirit
Next week:
December 9th- Hour of Code Starts
December 11th- Breakfast with Books and readers of the month recognized
December 11th- Christmas Concert- 6:30 pm, at Roper
Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements:
Kelly- Habit 6: Synergize
Next week: Yarbrough- Habit 7: Sharpen the saw
While we don't have pictures of Thanksgiving lunch, we completely forgot and instead enjoyed the awesome turn out of families, we do have a picture of employees from Rivercrest Apartments helping to serve the meal. They are always so kind to assist every year and our kids love seeing people they know. Those apartments are in our school zone and I love how the employees give back to our kids every year by giving of their time.
We also don't have pictures from Friday, but we gave out 25 Thanksgiving dinner boxes due to a very generous family and donations. Families were very appreciative and faces were so happy as they saw what was being given to their family.
We do have pictures of students learning. Fourth grade has been working hard to increase student academic skills. There is a great picture of hashtag ISAT, as students are practicing skills. There are also great pictures from kindergarten. We start literacy skills with our three year olds. We expect our kinders to be writers and the student samples are great to read.
We have great pictures of kindergarten students sampling different pies. Not all of our families have experienced Thanksgiving and every family includes different food items at their meal. I grew up eating lasagna and focaccia with holiday meals, with a side of meat. Kinders got to taste yummy pies.
We have a great picture of student lighthouse team members updating lead measures for our school wide WIG. It's their data and their learning.
I love the picture of the young lady who saw a disaster with lost and found and chose to jump right in and make a plan. She saw a need and fixed the problem. I was super proud of her.
All of our grade levels have a bulletin board to celebrate student successes and progress towards increasing reading scores. We have a picture from fourth grade that recognizes their hard work.
Pictures This Week
I love this post. We hear about Giving Tuesday, but maybe not from the perspective of a child. We need kids to develop empathy and be involved with service, giving to others. The four important areas for every student include academics, playing, working, and giving back with service to others. Lack of empathy can be an indicator of potential future involvement with the juvenile system. Giving Tuesday can be anytime of the year. Many of our kids may not have a lot to give, but giving doesn't always have to involve money:
Giving Tuesday
This post has great resources for global learning. We are all connected:
Global Learning
Hard to believe that the holiday season is just around the corner. With that comes family activities that may be challenging or overwhelming. It reminds me of my family trying that family reunion thing last summer for the first time. I was out of the country and happily enjoyed all the pictures instead. My aunt sent an email reminding those attending that politics were not to be discussed, so everybody stayed happy. Here are a few tips for boundaries:
Boundaries With Your Family
Thought for today:
