School News for October 26, 2012
TRUNK or TREAT
Friday, October 26 from 5:30-7:00
Food, Haunted Hallway, Pumpkin Decorating Contest, and Trunk-or-Treating!
Dr. Bonaiuto will be out of school Friday, October 26 and Oct. 29-Nov. 2 on a trip to Scotland. Roger Reinhardt, retired LPS Principal, will be here to help Mrs. Bushaw, teachers, staff, and students.
UNITED WAY RESULTS:
District: A record high in participation (43.05%), record high number of donors (5,471), record high number of schools at 50% participation (44), and donated over $150,000 for only the second time in district history.
Randolph: More than doubled our donors (14 to 30 donors this year) and raised participation from 23.73% to 49.18%. Thank you, from the children and families you’ve helped!
Veterans’ Day Is November 12.
To Honor and Thank
Our Veterans and Active Duty Military Personnel
Please join the students and staff of
Randolph School
For lunch on
Friday, November 9, 2012.
Lunch Schedule:
11:15 Second Grade
11:35 Kindergarten
11:55 First Grade
12:15 Third Grade
12:35 Fourth Grade
12:55 Fifth Grade
Menu:
Chicken Fingers or
Hot Turkey “Ham” & Cheese
with
French Fries
Pineapple Tidbits
Low-fat Milk
$3.10
Students have made thank-you gifts for each Veteran and Active Duty Personnel who attends.
Please call the school office (402-436-1163) by Fri, Nov. 2 to make your reservation!
Interventions with popular bullies
Reframe
Initiate a conversation with the student to identify their personal power. For example, “I notice that when you make a suggestion in class, everyone listens to you.” Once this personal power is identified and explored, then discuss your concerns about the danger of this power being misused. “That power is a gift and you must choose how you will use it. I know that I will be reading about you in the newspaper in the future. I want to see you in the business section as the ceo behind a new dot-com start up–not in the police blotter as someone who was arrested for assault.”
Teach positive power skill
Give the popular bully a specific, and well-monitored, task such as recording acts of kindness on the playground, helping a handicapped student navigate the halls or welcoming a new, late-start student to the school. More important than the assignment is the review as this is where the learning is realized. “What did you accomplish here?” “How did that feel for you?” “How can we create additional ways for you to pursue this feeling?” The goal is to help the popular bully realize that he can get his power needs met in ways that help rather than hurt other students and that, additionally, he can get his needs met without getting in to trouble with school administrators!
Bubba’s Closet is a FREE clothing give away for elementary students. It will be held at Elliott Elementary School (225 S. 25th Street) on Saturday, Nov. 17th from 8:00-9:30 a.m. Donate clothes for Bubba’s Closet to any HANGER’S Cleaners before Nov. 3rd. On Saturday, Nov. 17th elementary students can pick out items to adopt and wear.
This Spring, Randolph School will hold its own free clothing share. Watch for details on the date to bring gently used, outgrown spring and summer clothes to school for our Spring Fling Closet Swing.
Randolph is a Read-Aloud Nebraska School!
That means we’ll highlight reading with several events throughout the year—Read Across America (Dr. Seuss’ Birthday), Family Reading Night (in January), and special guest read alouds leading to our Multicultural Fair (in April).
Multicultural Fair:
The planning committee for this year’s Multicultural Fair (April 19th) will meet soon. To be part of the planning (and selecting the date to meet) please go to this link at “When Is Good” and pick the times you are available:
http://whenisgood.net/s4w2txf
Everyone interested in being part of planning the MCF is encouraged to attend!
CALENDAR
Oct. 29 SCIP meeting
Oct. 30 WELLNESS COMMITTEE meets 8:10
Oct. 30 PLC EARLY OUT 2:18
Nov. 2 BIST Qtr 2 Reteach Due in google docs
Nov. 5 GET meets 8:10 in library
Nov. 5-9 Cognitive Aptitude Tests given in grades 3 and 5
Nov. 6 Staff Meeting: “Summarizing & Note Taking” Jean K.
(Grades 1 and 3 share comments from 10-23 on race/ethnicity conversation.)
Nov. 7 Instructional Conferences for teachers of grades 4, 2, K
Nov. 8 BIST Consult Day: “First 15” in office for each teacher team
Nov. 9 Veterans’ Day Lunch in the gym
Nov. 9 Instructional Conferences for teachers of grades 5, 3, 1
Nov. 12 School Improvement Process Committee meets 8:10 in library
Nov. 15 Student Talent Shows 5:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 17 Bubba’s Closet at Elliott School 8-9:30 a.m. FREE clothing give away!
Nov. 19 Technology Planning Committee meets 8:10 a.m.
Nov. 20 Staff Meeting: “Homework and Practice” Annette, Jenni H., Susan J.
Nov. 21 NO SCHOOL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS!
Nov. 22-23 NO SCHOOL—Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 26 Principals Curriculum Council meets– afternoon
Nov. 26 SCIP meets
Nov. 26 Turn in Eileen’s Cookie Dough orders!
Nov. 27 PLC Early Dismissal 2:18
Nov. 28 Individual Student Photo Retakes
Nov. 28 Building Flex Session part 1 of 3 Webinar Student Behavior 4:00
Nov. 30 PTA’s Family Movie Night FREE ADMISSION
Dec. 5 Building Flex Session part 2 of 3 Webinar Student Behavior 4:00
Dec. 12 Building Flex Session part 3 of 3 Webinar Student Behavior 4:00
LOVE AND LOGIC MOMENT:
Telling Kids What to Do
We see it all the time. Parents lessen their effectiveness, to a large extent, when they tell children what to do. Why is that? Because parents cannot:
a. Ensure that the child does it.
b. Provide effective consequences for refusal to do it.
So, it’s often better not to run around telling children what to do. That often invites rebellion. There are good Love and Logic alternatives:
Give an enforceable statement: “Right now I am expecting (hoping, thinking) that you’ll choose to….”
Imply something: Take out a little notebook and start writing. Mutter softly to yourself, “This is something I really need to remember.”
State your response as a fact, not a threat: “When we get home you will be able to put some energy back into my system because you are certainly draining it now.” (Make sure you follow through with the chore and bask in the energy rays that rain down on you as your child mops the kitchen floor or whatever.)
Thanks for reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend.
Dr. Foster Cline
Happy Halloween from the Health Office:
Have Fun, read your candy labels and choose wisely!
Eat This- Nestle’s 100 Grand Bar, 2 bars = 180 calories
Not That- Snickers, 1 bar = 280 calories
Eat This- Pull N Peel Cherry, 1 piece = 100 calories
Not That- TWIX Peanut Butter, 2 cookies = 280 calories
Eat This- Starburst Fruit Chews, 8 pieces = 160 calories
Not That- Nestle’s Butterfinger, 1 bar = 270 calories
Eat This Not That-2009