Tuesday January 3rd, 2017

Duties for the week: 
     
     AM Bus: Lancaster
                 Schroeder
                 Sweet
     PM Bus: Bender
                 Kelly
                 Porter
     Staff Room: Lindquist/Ardito
 
 
  Meetings/Reminders for the week: 


   January 5th, 2017- Thursday- Teaming K-5 with Mrs. Buschhorn, Title 1, ESL, and Resource

   January 5th, 2017- Thursday- Staff Lighthouse/BLT Meeting 3:25

   January 6th, 2017- Friday- Staff Hot Cocoa Bar during morning recess

                                       
Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements:
 
  Rodriguez- Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind


Here is the weekly post of pictures and the weekly note for families. Please share with families, and the pictures would be great to share with students. We had the December student leaders of the month, Sharpen the Paw, Santa, Christmas lunch, tutoring, Christmas fun, and more:

Pictures This Week and Weekly Note For Families


This blog post discusses how Leader in Me addresses social and emotional learning:

Social-Emotional Learning With the Leader in Me


Great thought as we start a new year:

Friday December 16th, 2016

Early dismissal is at 1:15.

Have a great Christmas and holiday break with your family and friends, and sharpen the saw! It's been a busy, and fun, week. Thank you for ensuring that students had fun and laughter. You've earned your break. Our kids are very blessed at Harrison, especially as I've seen them walk out the door with arms full of goodies.

Thought for today:

Thursday December 15th, 2016

Today's Christmas fun is to wear pajamas, and tomorrow's Christmas fun is to wear Christmas scarves and jewelry.

We have Sharpen the Paw, a yummy BUCHHO salad bar for staff, and Christmas classroom parties.

This is a great positive story of a lady bringing Science to children at a hospital:

Inclusive Science

Thought for today:

Wednesday December 14th, 2016

We have a staff meeting after school in the library. Our goal is to start at 3:25.

A big thank you to all the staff that have donated Winter clothing for students, food, and Christmas items for students! Please let the office know if you know of a student/family who could use assistance, especially as we are about to send them home for the holiday break. A box of food was dropped off Tuesday evening to a family. There were tears of thanks, smiling children jumping all around, and one licking their lips as they saw the food!

Today's Christmas fun is to dress like your favorite Christmas toy, and tomorrow is to wear pajamas.

Fun today includes Santa visiting, Kindergarten parties, ESL parties, and Christmas lunch with families.

This a a great thought for today. Remember all the great experiences that students are experiencing at school this week:

Tuesday December 13th, 2016

Today's Christmas fun is to dress like a reindeer, and tomorrow is to dress like a favorite Christmas toy.

Please remind families about Christmas lunch tomorrow. Students love to have a special person eat lunch with them.

Thought for today:

Monday December 12th, 2016

Duties for the week: 
     
     AM Bus: Warner
                 Enders
                 Alexander
     PM Bus: Thomason
                 Music/PE/STEM
                 Rodriguez
     Staff Room: Lancaster/Ardito
 
 
  Meetings/Reminders for the week: 

   December 12th, 2016- Monday- Wear a Christmas hat

   December 12th, 2016- Monday- Staff Lighthouse/BLT Meeting 7:40

   December 12th, 2016- Monday- 4th Grade Teaming

   December 12th, 2016- Monday- Eval Team   

   December 13th, 2016- Tuesday- Intervention Meeting

   December 13th, 2016- Tuesday- Dress like a reindeer
 
   December 13th, 2016- Tuesday- My First Books Visit for Pre/K and K, from Public Library

   December 13th, 2016- Tuesday- Principal's Lunch with December student leaders

   December 14th, 2016- Wednesday- Student Lighthouse Meeting

   December 14th, 2016- Wednesday- Dress like your favorite Christmas toy
 
   December 14th, 2016- Wednesday- Christmas Lunch

   December 14th, 2016- Wednesday- Staff Meeting: 1st, 3rd, 5th, Preschool, PE, Title 1, & Coach

   December 15th, 2016- Thursday- Wear pajamas

   December 15th, 2016- Thursday- Sharpen the Paw for the second quarter, 9-11
 
   December 15th, 2016- Thursday- BUCHHO Salad Bar Lunch

   December 16th, 2016- Friday- Wear a Christmas scarf and jewelry, No Kinders, 
                                                                and 1st-5th dismissal at 1:15

                                       
Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements:
 
  Bender- Habit 1: Be Proactive


This article is one that we can all relate to in some way. Not everybody can work with the demographics that we have. We get to work at the best school and with the best kids! We have kids acting differently, and quite open with their concerns, as they wonder what they are going to do without school for two weeks. School is warm heat, breakfast and lunch, snacks, welcome and forgiving hugs, friends, positive adults, laughter, and so much more. As the article says, our kids need us. As this week can be hard with challenging behavior, remember the why:

Remembering My Why

Here is the list of Christmas Parties for the week:

Christmas Parties

This week is Sharpen the Paw. We have really fun activities, and students will have opportunities to be exposed to great learning. Here is the line up:

Sharpen the Paw Second Quarter

Here are pictures from the past week. We had learning mixed with Christmas fun, family fun, and student leaders:

Pictures This Week

Here is the weekly schedule to share with families:

Weekly Note for Families


Who knew toddlers have the best lessons:

8 Successful Habits You Can Learn From Toddlers


Here is a great thought for the week:

Friday December 9th, 2016

Thank you to our staff lighthouse team members for leading and planning a great family involvement activity, and to everybody who encouraged students and families to attend BINGO for books! It was a really fun evening. Every time we have a family activity, we see new and different family members attend.

We had a visitor Thursday from the new Office of School Safety and Security. We have posters to put up that address: See, Tell, Now. Here is a short video about this that you could share with students, and it includes a llama:

See, Tell, Now

Here is a great positive article as we end the week. The children might be experiencing homelessness, but a librarian visits regularly at a shelter:

Librarian and Children

Thought for today: