School Notes for November 15, 2013
Happy Birthday to Stan Minchow on November 23!
This week is School Psychology Awareness Week. As you know our district is full of highly qualified, highly effective school psychologists. Thank you, Jesse Lichtenberg, for all you do for students at Randolph! We’re glad you’re here!
ATTENTION BAND and Strings FAMILIES:
Many band students are arriving too early on Tuesday mornings for rehearsal. There is no supervision for students prior to 8:00 a.m. Effective immediately, band rehearsals will begin at 8:10 a.m. for the rest of the year.
Students should enter door #3 on the west side of the school no earlier than 8 a.m. A staff member will monitor door #3 beginning at 8 a.m. Students should NOT be dropped off in the parking lot, as all other doors are locked before school.
String students should follow these same procedures and times!
Mr. Scofield, Mrs. Wenstrand and Dr. B.
Student Council Food Drive
Begins: Thursday, Nov. 14th
Ends: Friday, Nov. 22nd
Coordinated by: Randolph Student Council
The details:
Beginning Thursday Nov. 14th, all Randolph students and staff are invited and encouraged to bring donations of non-perishable food and household products that will be donated to the Lincoln Food Bank. Students may take their donations to their classroom. Classroom donations will be taken to the collection tubs near the main office. If we fill three or more of the giant Food Bank tubs……Dr. Bonaiuto will dress up like a turkey on Tuesday,Nov. 26th right before Thanksgiving break. Help us to help others…..and let’s put Dr. B in that turkey outfit!!
Randolph Elementary School
Media Center
Digital Content Resources available from home:
Amazing Animals
ID: lincoln3 Password: home
Grolier Online Encyclopedia includes information about all types of animals.
CultureGrams
http://online.culturegrams.com
ID: lincolnps Password: lincolnps
CultureGrams includes three databases with information about countries and cultures around the world and one database with information on states of the U.S.
Gale Online Resources
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/linc68958
Password: lps
Kids InfoBits – is for students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Kids InfoBits includes articles in magazines, newspapers and reference books with a read aloud feature
Learn360
http://www.learn360.com
User ID: lps Password: lps
Learn360 is our media-on-demand provider for videos, audio, images, and etc.
NetTrekker
User ID: lincolnps Password: lincolnps
NetTrekker is a search engine that is safe, fast and easy to use for students, teachers, & parents.
PebbleGo
User name: lps Password: lps
PebbleGo now includes three databases – Animals, Biographies and Earth and Space.
TeachingBooks.net
http://www.teachingbooks.net/home
ID: LincolnPS Password: LincolnPS
TeachingBooks.net features more than 1300 four- to five-minute movies on well-known authors and illustrators.
World Book Online
http://www.worldbookonline.com/?subacct=N7584
Calendar
Nov. 18 Technology Committee meets 8:10
Nov. 19 Staff Meeting 4:00: Agenda = budget, 40 developmental assets
Nov. 20 BIST Consult Day: see sign up in staff room
Nov. 20 grade 4 Basic Aid Training
Nov. 20 Community Meeting (staff) 4:00
Nov. 21 Papa John’s pizza night
Nov. 22 Movie Night: Monsters University
Nov. 25 District Safety & Security meeting (Dr. B.)
Nov. 25 Elementary Principals Curriculum Council
Nov. 26 PLC Early Out 2:18
Nov. 26 PTA Board: Fun Night Meeting
Nov. 27-29 Thanksgiving Holiday: NO SCHOOL
December 2 NO SCHOOL: Elementary Plan Day
Dec. 3 Grade 3 to Morrill Hall (Klauman & Flanagan)
Dec. 3 Chorus Concert 7 p.m. in gym
Dec. 4 Gr. 3 (Dougherty) & Gr. 5 (Enstrom) to Morrill Hall
Dec. 5 Grade 5 to Morrill Hall (Parks & Johnson)
Dec. 9 School Improvement Process (SIP) Committee meets
Mrs. Schwaninger here for observations and walk thru
Dec. 10 Staff Meeting 4:00 p.m.
Dec. 10 Band Concert 7 p.m. in gym
Dec. 11 Elementary Principals Council 7-12 at LPSDO
Dec. 13 BIST Q2 practice information due on google
Dec. 16 Technology Planning Committee meets 8:10
Dec. 17 PLC 2:18 dismissal; Day 0
Dec. 17 PTA Board meets 5:00
Dec. 17 Strings Concert 7 p.m. in the gym
Dec. 18 Gr. 4 to Heritage School
Dec. 19 Gr. 4 to Heritage School
Dec. 20 Gr. 4 to Heritage School
Dec. 20 End of semester
Dec. 23-Jan. 3 Winter Break
Jan. 6 Back to School!
School Psychologists Work With Students to:
- Provide counseling, instruction, and mentoring for those struggling with social, emotional, and behavioral problems
- Increase achievement by assessing barriers to learning and determining the best instructional strategies to improve learning
- Promote wellness and resilience by reinforcing communication and social skills, problem solving, anger management, self-regulation, self-determination, and optimism
- Enhance understanding and acceptance of diverse cultures and backgrounds
School Psychologists Work With Students and Their Families to:
- Identify and address learning and behavior problems that interfere with school success
- Evaluate eligibility for special education services (within a multidisciplinary team)
- Support students’ social, emotional, and behavioral health
- Teach parenting skills and enhance home–school collaboration
- Make referrals and help coordinate community support services
School Psychologists Work With Teachers to:
- Identify and resolve academic barriers to learning
- Design and implement student progress monitoring systems
- Design and implement academic and behavioral interventions
- Support effective individualized instruction
- Create positive classroom environments
- Motivate all students to engage in learning
School Psychologists Work With Administrators to:
- Collect and analyze data related to school improvement, student outcomes, and accountability requirements
- Implement school-wide prevention programs that help maintain positive school climates conducive to learning
- Promote school policies and practices that ensure the safety of all students by reducing school violence, bullying, and harassment
- Respond to crises by providing leadership, direct services, and coordination with needed community services
- Design, implement, and garner support for comprehensive school mental health programming
School Psychologists Work With Community Providers to:
- Coordinate the delivery of services to students and their families in and outside of school
- Help students transition to and from school and community learning environments, such as residential treatment or juvenile justice programs
Library/Media Services
The DVD/CD players ordered by Computing Services for use with the new teacher laptops have now been barcoded and are arriving in your building to be checked out from the library as needed. Learn360 (our educational streaming videos) are available through a direct link from your school library web page. No external drives are needed for most of our digital content. This would be a good time to have your librarian show how to access Learn360 at your next faculty meeting if they have not done so this school year.
Love and Logic Moment
What’s the first rule of Love and Logic?
Take good care of yourself by setting limits without anger, lectures, threats or repeated warnings.
Many parents feel guilty about putting themselves first. Why? Because they have a little voice in their head that is always telling them what good parents “should” do, for example:
- Good parents should do everything for their kids.
- Good parents should sacrifice all of their own needs so that their children are never uncomfortable.
- Good parents should never be happy if their kids aren’t.
Don’t fall into the trap of raising your kids according to these “shoulds.” Doing so creates kids who aren’t prepared for the real world. Doing so also creates kids who are a terror to be around!
When we put our children first all of the time, we are typically too drained to show them how much we love them.
Never feel guilty about taking good care of yourself. Feel guilty if you don’t.
To master the first rule of Love and Logic, watch our video that aired on PBS titled: How to Discipline Kids without Losing Their Love and Respect.
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