Congratulations to the following students whose art has been selected as part of the VIP (Ventures In Partnership) program. Their art will be featured in various businesses in Lincoln during the 2014-2015 school year!
Fidaa Safaa-1st
Clark Luke-3rd
Trevor Dragoo-4th
Amy Le-5th
Families of Fourth Graders:
Remember! March 1st is the deadline to complete the LPS volunteer form to attend any part of the Outdoor Education camp in May! Go to the LPS homepage (lps.org) and click on Volunteer to complete the application.
CALENDAR
Feb. 24 SCIP meets
Feb. 24 Principals Council 1-4:00 @LPSDO
Feb. 24 Lefler Orientation 7-8:00 p.m. for 5th graders
Feb. 25 PLC Early Dismissal 2:18
Feb. 25 Club Choice fundraiser turn in
Feb. 26 Technology “How –To” Building Flex session by Trish, Liz, & Linda
3:45 in the library.
Feb. 28 Dr. Seuss Day! Read Across America
Everyone wear red, white and black.
All school read outside classrooms 9:10-9:25
Buddy read in classrooms 3:10-3:25
Trivia questions for lunchroom and announcement
Quiz/Trivia handouts available for classrooms
Bookmarks for students
Watch for the “Randolph Readers Recommend” bulletin board photos
K-1-2 students each get one book of their own to keep
Feb. 28 Grade 4 Young People’s Concert at the Lied Center
Feb. 28 MOVIE NIGHT! 5:30-8:00
March Randolph Students’ Art Featured at the Lied Center in March!
March 3-7 Student Council hosts a Penny Drive for the BackPack Program of Food Bank of Lincoln
March 3 GET meets 8:10
March 4 Staff meeting 3:45 in library: data team process & progress review
March 5 Elementary Principals Council 7-12:00
March 5 Dr. B’s Science Fair Prep Session in library 3:45-4:30
March 5 Building Flex session: Developing Independence by Susan Johnson and Jenni Hansen for K-1-2 and other interested teachers.
March 6 Dr. B’s Science Fair Prep Session in library 3:45-4:30
March 6 Test Prep Session led by Kristin Christensen for Certificated Staff: (can be used for Building Flex) 4:00-5:00
March 6 Skate Night 6-8:00 p.m.
March 7 End of Quarter 3
March 7 Qtr 3 BIST practice log due
March 10-14 NO SCHOOL SPRING BREAK
March 17 SIP meets 8:10
March 17-21 Grade Teams “choose an instructional conference time” with Dr. B.
March 18 Coordinators meet at LPSDO
March 18 Randolph Science Fair
March 19 BIST Consult Day
March 20 Grades 4 & 5 Sheldon Art Tours
March 20 Club Choice Delivery of Fundraiser products: 3:30-5:30 in gym
March 20 Kindergarten Registration 8:00-6:00 p.m.
March 20 LPS Science Fair
March 21 Kindergarten Registration 8-4:30
March 21 Freeze Pop Friday! (Benefits BackPack Program)
March 24 Report Cards due to Dr. B
March 25 PLC Early Out 2:18
SCIP 8:10
March 26 Earth Wellness Event for grade 5
March 27 Hy Vee Night at 84 & Holdrege
March 27 Papa John’s Pizza Night
March 28 Report Cards home
March 28 BIST Q3 Reteaching log due
March 28 Freeze Pop Friday! (Benefits BackPack Program)
Love and Logic Moment
Kids and Lying
George Washington may have said, “I cannot tell a lie. I chopped down the cherry tree,” but I’m not sure about that. Humans have an inborn tendency to lie to protect themselves. We’ve all done it. When our brain senses any form of threat, it switches off good thinking and goes into defensive mode. Kids are no different.
So, how do we get kids to lie? It’s easy. Just ask them questions such as:
- Did you brush your teeth?
- Did you talk back to your teacher?
- Did you use my tools without permission?
- Did you hit your little brother?
Wise parents abandon the fantasy that their kids never tell lies. They don’t tempt their kids to lie by asking these kinds of questions if they already know the answer. Instead, they say, “You talked back to your teacher today and I’m going to have to do something about that.”
Ironically, most kids will still try to protect themselves with a lie: “But I didn’t do that.”
“We’re not talking about that. We’re talking about the fact that I’m going to do something about that.”
“But I didn’t.”
“So what are we talking about?”
Notice that this wise parent is not giving the time of day to the kid’s attempts to lie. If this child continues to argue, the parent might use the Energy Drain technique.
“This arguing could cause me an energy drain. Are you sure it’s worth it to you? Thanks, pal. See you later.”
This situation is one in which the parent was certain about the kid’s behavior. Next week I’ll have an answer for a situation where you don’t know if your child misbehaved or not.
Listening to our audio, Love and Logic Magic When Kids Drain Your Energy will give you plenty of ideas for providing effective consequences when you’re dealing with kids who lie to you.
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