School Notes for December 13, 2013
From Mrs. Mahoney:
We are still taking donations of 10 dollar gift cards in the main office!! Our goal is 57 gift cards to go to our families who receive a Friday backpack with food. We are so thankful for your generosity!!
Love and Logic Moment:
Try Not to Worry
“Oh, Blake. That was such a bad decision. I’m going to have to do something about that, but not here in the park. I’ll tell you about it when we get home.”
Blake had just committed an infraction of monumental proportions. Actually, it wasn’t that bad, but he was starting to think so since it was causing him and his brother, Lance, to go home before they wanted to.
Three-year-old Blake rode home whimpering, with periodic sobs of “sorry,” laced with promises of never doing it again.
Sitting beside him was five-year-old Lance who seldom misses a chance to instruct his younger brother on the fine art of being a perfect child. Leaning, with his mouth close to Blake’s ear, he whispered, “Blake, try not to worry about it.”
That did it. Blake yelled out, “But Lance, I have to worry about it. Mom said that she was going to do SOMETHING! And you know what that means. I’m really in trouble. What’s she going to do?”
Blake was very quiet the rest of the way home. As soon as he got out of the car, he hugged Mom’s leg and asked, “Mom, if I set the table tonight, maybe you won’t have to do SOMETHING?”
As Blake’s mom told me about this, she laughed, saying, “Jim, that was so great! I had no idea what I was going to do about his behavior. He took me off the hook that time.”
To learn more about how to get your kids to listen the first time by delaying consequences…and for a great overall introduction to Love and Logic techniques, read Parenting with Love and Logic.
Thanks for reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend. Jim Fay
Information presentations set for LPS bond issue
Informational presentations about the Lincoln Public Schools bond issue – set for Feb. 11, 2014 – will be held in January throughout the community. The Lincoln Board of Education is asking Lincoln citizens to consider a $153 million bond issue that will fund projects at schools and classrooms across the community.
The informational presentations are scheduled for 4-5 p.m.:
- Monday, Jan. 6: Lincoln East High School, cafeteria, 1000 S. 70th St.
- Tuesday, Jan. 7: Lincoln North Star High School, media center, 5801 N. 33rd St.
- Wednesday, Jan. 8, Board Room at LPS District Offices, 5905 O St.
- Monday, Jan. 13: Lincoln Northeast High School, commons, 2635 N. 63rd St.
- Tuesday, Jan. 14: Lincoln Southeast High School, commons, 2930 S. 37th St. (Recommended entry: Park on the east side of the building by the tennis courts and enter the building through the commons entrance, door 18.)
- Wednesday, Jan. 15: Lincoln Southwest High School, commons, 7001 S. 14th St.
- Thursday, Jan. 16, Lincoln High School, theater, 2229 J St.
For more information contact LPS Business Affairs at 402-436-1636.
Additionally, a member of the School Board will be at the January 7th Randolph PTA meeting to share information and respond to questions. Please come and invite your neighbors—especially those without children in school. We want to inform as many people as possible about what the bond issue question means to Randolph, to LPS, and to taxpayers!
CALENDAR
Dec. 17 Dress Rehearsal for Strings 1:45 in gym for any class
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 (Christensen)
Dec. 19 Gr. 4 to Heritage School (Wood)
Dec. 20 Gr. 4 to Heritage School (Hock)
Dec. 20 End of semester
Dec. 23-Jan. 3 Winter Break
Jan. 6 Back to School!
Jan. 6 Each grade meets with Dr. B. in a.m.