Gonic Weekly Update to Families

Another dreary day. Hopefully the coming weeks will bring a bit warmer and sunnier weather! Anyhow, it has been a busy week with a lot of hard work and some mixed in fun. The highlight of the week for me (as well as first and second grades) was a great visit from Wildlife Encounters. The students learned a lot about the animals that visited and this goes along great with first grade's animal habitat unit and second grade's insect unit.

If you have not seen it, I did go on a bit of a rant in a Dojo message a few days ago. I very much stand by what I wrote and have linked it here in case you did not have a chance to read. It takes a village to educate a child and we have to support each other in this endeavor that gets more and more challenging each year. Here is the link to that Dojo story.

Grades three through five are continuing to focus on curriculum but also doing some preparation for the NHSAS testing that will take place in a few weeks. I appreciate all of the students and staff persevering through this and look forward to seeing the fruits of their labor later on in the spring.

Meat Bingo tonight!!!! See you there!!

Take care,

Greg

This is a 21+ event and is sure to be a good time. Mark it down on your calendars now and invite your friends!

April is Stress Awareness Month.

Chronic stress can be detrimental to our overall health, it can even become toxic

for us. Stress can have the same effects on our child(ren). It’s easy to say

reduce and/or limit stress but it is difficult to do.

According to the Mayo Clinic these five tips can help to manage stress and

reduce the overall stress of day-to-day activities:

1. Use guided meditation.

2. Practice deep breathing.

3. Maintain physical exercise and good nutrition.

4. Manage social media time.

5. Connect with others.

https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/5-tips-to-manage-stress

Try some of these recommendations and try some with your child(ren).

It won’t take long to see benefits.

Vicki Senter, Gonic School Nurse

* Please see the attached flier for a couple of RFYL opportunities.

* What are your children doing this weekend to work on their independence?

* Link to past Gonic School and Title 1 Newsletters.

* Save the date!!! Wednesday May 28th from 5:30-7:00 Gonic Family and Celebration of Learning Night!

Gonic Elementary School

Main Office: Mrs. Tammy Hart and Mrs. Cindy Foley

Email: brown.g@sau54.org
Website: www.rochesterschools.com
Location: 10 Railroad Ave. Gonic, NH 03839
Phone: (603) 332-6487