Randolph School End of the Week Notes for March 9, 2012
Happy Birthday to Wendy Morrissey on March 12, Jean Kechely on March 22 and Erin Wright on March 24!
Backpacks for Backpacks Fundraiser is set up to end this Friday. People can send the forms in or they can make any purchase from the catalog online for the fundraiser (all commissions go to the Backpack Program).
Here is the link:
www.mythirtyone.com/122962
1. Click “Place an Order”
2. Click “Shop Now” for the Backpack Program Fundraiser
Please review your severe weather relocation plans and be ready to participate in the tornado alert test on or around March 21.
Please review your Code Red procedures for a Code Red drill on our around March 20.
Announcing the Randolph School Science Fair! When: Tuesday, March 20
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
(5:30-6:00, Set up;
6:00-7:15, Judging & Viewing)
Gr. K-2, family science fair projects.
Gr. 3-5, Student projects.
ZUMBA classes coming for students! Randolph PTA will sponsor four class sessions on March 22, 29, April 5 and 12 from 3:45-4:30. The four-session course costs $20 total. Watch for registration information. Space is limited.
CALENDAR
March 12-16 NO SCHOOL SPRING BREAK
March 19 SIP meets 8:10 in Media Center
March 19 Dr. B. meets with each grade level of students to start 4th quarter
March 20 Randolph Science Fair
March 20 Staff meeting 8:10
March 21 Principals Council 7:30-12:30 a.m.
March 22 ZUMBA class for students in gym 3:45-4:30 sponsored by PTA
March 26 SCIP meets
March 26 Principals Curriculum meeting
March 27 PLC Early Out
March 28 Instructional Conferences #4 grades 5, 3, K
March 29 Instructional Conferences #4 for grades 4, 2, 1
ZUMBA class #2 for students in gym 3:45-4:30 sponsored by PTA
March 29 4th Grade Parent Meeting for CAMP! 7 p.m.
March 30 Instructional Conferences #4
March 30 Camp pledge cards go home
April 3, 4 – Eat at Runza on 40th & Randolph to help the Back Pack Program
April 4 All permission forms due for grade 4 camp
April 5 ZUMBA class #3 for students in gym 3:45-4:30 sponsored by PTA
April 12 last ZUMBA class for students in gym 3:45-4:30 sponsored by PTA
April 30 Spring Training for 4th graders for CAMP!
May 3 Camp Volunteer meeting for 4th grade parents!
May 11 Fun Night—Grade 4 Camp Sells S’mores
May 17, 18 Grade 4 CAMP!
LOVE AND LOGIC MOMENT:
Why do kids keep pushing the limits?
Tammy glowed with excitement, rushing up to me minutes before the conference began.
“I made the greatest connection about why you teach us to neutralize our kids’ arguing and begging. Even though I got good at saying, ‘So what did I say?’ And even though it worked well, I was still upset that I had to use it frequently. I kept thinking that if I just did it the right way, my own kids would just accept the limits I set for them. It irritated me that they would test the limits more than the kids in my classroom.”
“So tell me about the connection,” I said.
“I was listening to you and Charles on the new audio CD, The Love and Logic Classroom, where you both talked about limits. Something you said made it clear that testing and trying to stretch limits is a way kids check to assure themselves that the adults can, and will, provide physical and emotional safety.”
“That’s right, but what was the connection you made?”
“Here it is, Jim. Now I have a different feeling each time my kids beg for things they shouldn’t have, or when they try to test limits. I used to get frustrated, asking myself what I was doing wrong. I would also get mad at them. But that’s all changed now.”
“Well, what do you do now?”
“Here’s what’s so great, Jim. Now I tell myself that they are just checking to see if I still love them enough to provide limits. It’s a totally different mindset. I still say, ‘So what did I say?’ when they test. But when I do, I feel like I’m giving them a gift. Thanks for all you do for us. I hope you and Charles keep churning out new CDs. I love listening to them when I drive.”
Thanks for reading, and remember that the child’s job is to test the limits, and your job is to enforce them.
Jim Fay
By the way, the new CD, The Love and Logic Classroom, is about parenting as much as it is about teaching. Check it out. As usual, if you don’t love it, we’ll gladly buy it back.
Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend.
Love and Logic Moment:
When Children Interrupt…
When children are allowed to control whether or not their parents converse, they’re at great risk for developing the notion that they have more importance and power in the family than their parents. While we believe that children should be given plenty of love and attention, we know that kids who believe that the world revolves around them…well…grow up to be adults who believe that the world revolves around them.
Part of the solution involves being very careful to avoid interrupting them when it’s their turn to speak. In my book, Parenting Kids To Become the People Employers Really Want and America Desperately Needs! I discuss the immense power of modeling. Kids who learn these skills via example enjoy far happier lives as adults.
Another piece of the puzzle involves setting and enforcing clear limits. Some parents experiment by calmly yet firmly saying, “I will listen to you when I am done talking with Dad.”
When children continue to interrupt anyway, there must be a consequence delivered with loving empathy. Many possibilities exist. Perhaps the simplest involves doing your best to finish the conversation…then calmly saying, “This is so sad. You interrupted us when we were trying to talk. Now we don’t have the energy to do the things you wanted us to do today.”
One couple commented on their unique strategy:
Our kids had gotten so bad about interrupting us that we decided to hire a baby sitter…at their expense. We said to them, “This is such a bummer. You guys haven’t been letting us talk. Now we need to go out and get all of our talking done. You’ll be staying with Mrs. B. She’s going to ask you how you plan to pay her for her time.” After we did this one time, our kids were far more careful when we said, “We’ll listen when we are done talking.”
Thanks for reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend.
Dr. Charles Fay
March 2012
• Get ready for the 12th annual Cans For Books! Plan on collecting your aluminum cans during the month of April for your media center, in honor of School Library Media Month. Since 2001, the program has donated over $31,342 to LPS elementary and middle school libraries for the purchase of library books.
Participating in Cans4Books is easy!
• During the month of April, bring your aluminum cans to either A-Can Recycling or A & J Recycling.
• Mention ‘Cans4Books’ and donate your recycling refund to the school media center of your choice.
• Midland Recycling, Palmer & Sons Refuse, Shredding Solutions, and Barnes & Noble Bookstore (South Pointe) are our sponsors.
• The prizes: Schoolswith the top dollar earnings per capita will receive Barnes & Noble (South Pointe) gift certificates:
1st place – $400 from Midland Recycling
2nd place- $200 from Palmer & Sons Refuse
3rd place – $100 from Shredding Solutions
Bring in cans April 1 – 30 to:
South location: A-Can Recycling, 3255 S. 10th Street
North location: A & J Recycling, 3250 N. 20th Street
Here’s an idea to increase donations to your school this year: Contact VIP partners and businesses of families and friends to participate and donate on your behalf!• Team Up and Clean Up – Are you looking forward to being outside this spring? Please remember to recycle beverage containers and take care of your liter as you enjoy spring sporting events. LPS high schools have recycled 11,780 pounds of plastic this year. That’s 2,515 lbs more than last year! Now remember to recycle your plastic beverage bottles while you are enjoying the baseball and soccer season! Recycling containers are located at Seacrest and Dan Hartog Fields. LPS is committed to eliminating recyclable materials from the waste stream, therefore please do your part and recycle your plastic bottles. With everyone’s help, recycling beverage containers during sporting events will make us all winners!
• It will soon be time to recycle the OLD PHONE BOOKS – stay tuned for information. LPS annually recycles over 7,500 pounds of telephone books at DC.
• If you need additional recycling containers, please contact LPS Recycling. Containers are provided with grant funding from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
• Reminder: Magazines and catalogs are now are mixed with Newspaper!! That means one less container and less sorting. Be sure to look for the new signs by the toters outside. Contact Marti Franti if you have any questions…..
• If you need recycled materials picked up, please call Recycling Enterprises directly at 421-6655. Be sure to let them know what materials need to be picked up, i.e. cardboard, office paper, newspaper, etc.
• Do you know someone who would like to electronically receive this newsletter and monthly recycling reports? Send me their name, email address and school of interest and I will add them to the list.
• Marti Franti’s LPS Recycling office hours are Mon-Wed and Fri, 9:00-3:00. Phone 436-1072 ext. 82007
Thanks for your continued support.
Marti E Franti
LPS Recycling Coordinator
mfranti@lps.org
436-1072 ext 82007