Thank you for supporting PTA with a visit to Raising Cane’s last Thursday. Cane’s donated over $300 to Randolph PTA! Thank you.
CALENDAR
March 2 Dr. Suess Day! Hall and Buddy Class reads 9:10 and 3:15.
March 2 GET meets 8:10
March 2 PBiS Training at Sheridan Lutheran: afternoon
March 2 Swing Dance class in the gym 5-6:00 p.m.
March 3 Test Prep building flex session 4:00 room 200
March 3 PTA 6:30
March 4 Elementary Principals meet at LPSDO 7:30-12:00
March 4 BIST consult day
March 4 Building Flex: Following Directions Quickly & Exactly 3:45 in Rm. 114
March 5 District Science Fair
March 6 End of Quarter 3
March 9-13 NO SCHOOL: Spring Break
March 16 Students meet with Dr. B. by grade level in the cafeteria
9:10 grade 5
9:30 Kindergarten
9:45 grade 2
10:00 grade 4
10:20 grade 1
10:40 grade 3
March 17 Staff Meeting (required) CITW2 Reinforcing Effort 4:00-5:15
March 18 Title 1 Principals meet 7:30-11:00
March 19 Kindergarten Registration 8:00-6:00
March 20 Kindergarten Registration 8:00-4:30
March 23 Technology Planning Committee 8:10
March 23 Principals Curriculum Council meeting 1:00-5:00 at LPSDO
March 23 Report cards due to Dr. B. by 4:00
March 23 and 24 NeSA Reading Test for grade 3!
March 24 Dr. Joel meets with Randolph staff 8:10 in library
March 25 Grade 5 Earth Wellness Festival
March 25 Targeted Title 1 meeting at Lefler 1:00
March 26 Grade 4 ALL PARENTS meeting for camp information!
March 27 Report cards home
March 30 School Improvement Process Committee meets 8:10
March 30 and 31 NeSA Reading test grade 4!
March 30 Making Classroom Videos flex class in library 3:45
March 31 PLC Early Out 2:18
April 1 and 2 NeSA Reading test grade 5
April 1 Instructional conferences Dr. B. with teachers grades K-1-5
April 2 Instructional conferences Dr. B. with teachers grade 2-3-4
April 3 NO SCHOOL
April 7 Chess Club for grades 3-4-5 begins for 6 weeks
LOVE and LOGIC MOMENT
By Dr. Charles Fay
Helping Unmotivated Kids
Helping unmotivated kids is one of the most complex challenges we face as educators and parents. Therefore, giving a quick and easy solution in less than 300 words would be impossible…and downright irresponsible.
In approximately 99% of cases, the child’s lack of motivation results from far more than simple laziness or a conscious desire to act out. The roots of apathy go far deeper, into feelings of frustration, anger, hopelessness, lack of control, or loss. The majority of these feelings lay at the subconscious level, where they wreak havoc on a child’s ability to engage in higher-level thinking tasks, such as sustained attention to detail, problem-solving, memory, perseverance, and self-control.
This is why punishing children for getting bad grades usually backfires. Since they are already feeling bad about life, how is making them feel worse about it going to get them motivated to succeed?
In my award winning book, From Bad Grades to a Great Life, I teach a variety of alternative strategies for getting at the roots of apathy…rather than making it worse with anger, lectures, threats and punishments. At the core of what we teach is the importance of loving kids for who they are…rather than who we want them to be. Yes! The healing process begins when we end the power struggle by saying, “We will love you no matter how well or poorly you do in school. Your grades are your grades…not ours. That’s why we are no longer going to fight with you about them. Just let us know how we can help.”
Thanks for reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend.