Change in Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Program!
Fresh fruits and vegetables will be served to classes on Wednesdays and Fridays beginning March 11, after Spring Break.
Staff Changes for 2015-16
Karen Devine will retire at the end of this year after 27 years at Randolph!
Trish Murphy will take a leave of absence from teaching.
Bethany Wood will take a leave of absence to volunteer teach in Honduras, with plans to return to Randolph the following year.
McKenzie Flanagan will resign from LPS to move her family to Omaha with her husband’s new job.
Katie Songster will teach first grade again.
Keri Keller will teach second grade again.
Randolph School will post vacancies for the following positions:
Computer science
First grade
Third grade
Fourth grade (two positions: 1 as a one year only & one for adding a section)
CALENDAR
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 17 Randolph Student Art Fair! All students’ art displayed! 6-7:00
*Face Painting
*Roaming Artist (Monet)
*Interactive Puzzle Art
*6 Junior Artists from surrounding schools: Southeast, East and Columbus will display their drawings, paintings, clay work, and pastels
*4 community artists
*Art Studio
*Mrs. Gaskin is making us a special Comic page
March 18 Title 1 Principals meet 7:30-11:00
March 19 Kindergarten Registration 8:00-6:00
March 19 Club Choice frozen food pick up 3:30-5:30 in the gym
March 19 @ 4:00 Spanish speaking families can register Kinders with interpreter
March 20 Kindergarten Registration 8:00-4:30
March 26 Growth & Development sessions. Parents welcome.
1:30-2:30 for boys, 2:30-3:30 for girls.
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 24 @ 6:30 PNG for Kinder families
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! 7 pm
March 26 @ 3:45 PNG for Spanish speaking families
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
The Power of a Quiet Voice
When your kids act up, does your voice get louder or quieter? When I’m having a good day – and I’m practicing what I preach – my voice gets softer. From years of observing successful parents and educators, I learned the value of leaning close to a child’s ear and whispering a question:
Are you going to settle down, or do you need to spend some time in your room?
Can you use a quiet voice in here or would it be best for you eat outside so you can yell?
Do you think you can play with that nicely, instead of hitting your brother with it?
There’s true power in the quiet voice! In my CD, Oh Great! What Do I Do Now?, I teach the importance of making discipline look easy, even when our kids are taking limit-testing to the limit. When we can handle things with a whisper, our kids begin to reason, “Wow! If Mom handled me that easily, what else does she have up her sleeve?”
While there are times when it’s appropriate to raise our voices a bit, doing it too often trains our children to respond only when we’re flexing our vocal cords. I don’t know about you, but this wears me out! I think I’d rather whisper and then prove to my kids that I’ll follow up with actions rather than words. I heard this example from a Love and Logic dad:
Last week I whispered to my four-year-old, “You may keep the toys you pick up.” That afternoon, I picked up the ones he left out, put them in the attic, and kept my mouth shut. Yesterday, I whispered the same thing, and he yelled, “No! I’ll pick them up!” And he did!
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