Parents

Dear Parents and Guardians, The second graders have taken the DARE! They have been dared to be upstanders. This week our second grade students have learned how to be an upstander in their classroom guidance lesson. The purpose of this lesson is to teach, model, and practice standing up for others. This lesson works to create a positive and supportive …

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” —Mother Teresa   Dear Parents and Guardians, Bullying, a behavior that hurts, harms, or humiliates someone physically or emotionally, is a serious issue that impacts thousands of students every day. As damaging as bullying may be, there is hope! With education and …

Dear Parents and Guardians, What is bullying? At first glance, many people might think this behavior is easy to define. Their first image of bullying might be of a physically intimidating boy beating up a smaller classmate. While that would still be considered bullying today, parents need to know that bullying behavior can be much more complex and varied than …

Dear Parents and Guardians, This week the 7th and 8th grade students will be discussing respect. I have planned a classroom guidance lesson around the meaning of respect. In this lesson students will devise their own meaning of what respect is to them. They will be brainstorming the meaning of respect in three forms (Sounds like, Looks like, Feels like). …