CHOOSE WELL, LIVE WELL
Did you know?
– One 20 oz bottle of Sunkist Orange Soda has the sugar equivalent of 17 chewy chips ahoy cookies?
-If you walk an extra mile a day you can lose 10 pounds in one year?
-If you stop drinking one 12 oz non-diet soda per day you can lose 15 pounds in one year?
Healthy Choices Healthy Lives
Watch for upcoming Randolph Health Tipsin our weekly newlsetter to learn more about the small changes you can make in your daily habits that can make a big impact on your health.
For more information contact Joan Creger, Randolph
Calendar:
August 14 SCHOOL STARTS! Dismissal at 2:38 all week!
August 21 Curriculum Night 6:00-7:30 p.m. (Conference Sign Up Time!)
August 22 Grade 5 students attend Saltdogs baseball game
August 27 G.E.T. meets at 8:10 in library
August 28 PLC Early Out: Dismissal at 2:18
August 29 BIST Consultation with Teacher Teams “First 15”
August 30 Club Choice Fundraiser Kick-off
Grade 4 to Spring Creek Prairie
Instructional Conferences, Dr. B & Teachers in 5, 3,1
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Recruiting Night 7-8:30 p.m.
August 31 Instructional Conferences, Dr. B. & Teachers in 4, 2, K
Sept. 3 Labor Day: NO SCHOOL
School Messenger is our new automated communication tool.
To begin School Messenger, the district moved the Connect Ed information over to the new programming. This was done so that schools did not need to re-enter phone numbers.
School Messenger allows for more telephone numbers to be called, email messages and now text messaging. This will satisfy the numerous parents who wanted to be contacted on more than one phone. If parents mark the form correctly they can choose to have messages go to several phones or only one.
Parents need to be aware that if they mark “Y” to each phone number listed for the Outreach School Messages, along with text messaging and email, they will get numerous calls or notifications for the same message.
*Clinic with a Heart will host Two School Physical and Immunization Clinics at no cost:
Saturdays: August 18, 2012 and August 25, 2012: 9:00-11:00a.m. and 1:00-3:00p.m.
Please visit your school’s health office to request a pass for your child to attend the clinic.
(Bring the pass and a copy of your child’s immunization records for admission to the clinic.)
No appointment is needed. This is a first come, first serve clinic. Each student must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
Click http://www.clinicwithaheart.org/here for Clinic with a Heart web site.
LOVE AND LOGIC MOMENT:
Parenting Through Divorce:
Are You a Rock … or Are You a Leaf?
Weekly Tip from the Love and Logic® Experts
The other night we had a ferocious storm. Rain fell in sheets, lightning lit the sky, and the sound of thunder drove our dog under the bed. The trees bent in the wind, and just about everything not tied down took flight.
I watched leaves fluttering around the driveway, driven in circles by the wind. In stark contrast was a huge rock decorating our garden. That chunk of granite did not move!
Do children need leaves blown in the wind
or the security of rock-solid love?
Divorce can uproot even the most secure parents, leaving them unable to provide the type of limits, accountability, and consistency essential for raising respectful, responsible, and happy kids. Oftentimes, people are so overwhelmed by grief, loss, and other stress that they find it incredibly difficult to be the solid leaders their children need. When combined with dramatically different parenting between homes, we have a recipe for failure.
So … what can you do to give your kids the stability they need?
Keep your focus rock solid and simple:
Limits, Accountability, and Love
Regardless of what’s going on at your ex’s home, can you provide healthy limits in yours? Of course, wise parents set limits only over what they do or allow…not what their ex does or allows. While the kids may play endless hours of video games when they are with mom or dad, one strategy when they are with you, would be to say: “In my house, we do things such as ride bikes, play ball, or play board games instead.”
If your ex fails to hold the kids accountable with empathy and logical consequences, can you still do so when they’re in your home?
When limits and accountability are provided within the context of love, kids know that the parent setting the limits is strong enough to keep them safe and secure. While they may waver and wander, the odds are extremely high that they will come back to you…their rock.
Thanks for your reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend.
Dr. Charles Fay