March 8, 2019

 This is from last year BUT a great reminder for our students. A teacher, Marcey Raymond Kusper, had her students discuss school protests to honor the 17 victims of the Florida shooting. One of her students said, "I think it's stupid. How about you make friends with 17 kids you normally wouldn't instead of walking out of school." She said a great conversation took place in her classroom. Students said smile at 17 people you normally wouldn't smile at, say a kind word to 17 people who might not have someone to speak to, open up your heart to 17 people who might be hurting, offer friendship to 17 people who might have had none. Now that could change the climate of the school. 17 reasons for change . . . 17 reasons to make a difference. What is your 17? I like that slogan. Our students at SV are reporting that students are being mean to them during recesses. How can we teach our students to be kind to each other? BTW this is happening at all grade levels at Suisun Valley :(
At SV we hold community circles weekly or daily depending on the need of our classes, we teach character education lessons daily, we hold RJ circles, we have implemented PBIS. Please reflect on these practices if your class is having a difficult time during unstructured time. What processes can you refine to better support your students. REMEMBER behavior does have to be taught and modeled. 

The staff room will be used by Chris our RSP teacher on the following schedule. If you have prep time you can still be in the staff room to work if you would like to. 

M,W,F days during the weeks below:

March 4

March 18

April 8

April 22

May 6

May 20

June 3

T, Th during the following weeks below:

March 11

April 1

April 15

April 29

May 13

May 27

At the staff meeting I misspoke and said that busing will stop for CHOICE kids. Choice kids will have busing until they have finished their time at SV through 8th grade. 

Observable Fish Moments at SV:

Be There: Thank you Sarah, Cecily, Carole, Ariel, Christina, Patty, and Julie for being prepared for academic conferences.

Play: Have a great weekend!

Choose your attitude: 

To actually choose how you respond to life, not just react, you must be intentional. Ask yourself throughout the day, "What is my attitude right now? Is it helping the people who depend on me? Is it helping me to be most effective?" NO EXCUSES!!

Make Their Day:  Have lunch with a student who is having discipline problems during unstructured time. Giving this extra attention could change their attitude.