K-8 Connect November News

Nov. 4: Writing Interim Testing for Grades 3rd-8th

Nov. 7: Science Interim Testing for Grades 3rd-8th

Nov. 8: Razorback Game Field Trip (Permission slips and details are being sent home)

Nov. 11: Literacy Interim Testing for Grades 3rd-8th

Nov. 12: Student's Flu Clinic Day

Nov. 14: Math Interim Testing for Grades 3rd-8th

Nov. 18th: Champions for Kids Reading Program Celebration

Nov. 25-29: THANKSGIVING BREAK (NO SCHOOL)

*PBIS events are being held throughout this month. Please be on the lookout for updates from your child's teacher.

Upcoming Events:

December 19th: Student Awards Assembly, 8:30-9:30 AM

Thanksgiving break will be November 25th- November 29th. We are thankful for our K-8 Connect students and families.

Congratulations to our October Champion's Club student members!

They are receiving a special prize and will awarded an official certificate at our next Student Awards Assembly in December!

The criteria for being admitted to the Champion's Club are:

1. Met 90% daily point sheet goal 90% of October
2. 2 or fewer unexcused absences
3. Put forth adequate effort toward academic work
4. No major discipline referrals for October

We are excited to introduce the Zones of Regulation, a curriculum to support students' social and emotional development and regulation skills! Please see the attached handout for detailed information about Zones. Students will learn about the Zones concepts during classroom guidance and intervention times. Please be on the lookout for future materials sent home that will help you incorporate the Zones of Regulation at home.

In December, the School Counselor will teach a lesson called “Empower Me!” on personal safety awareness. This program, created by the Children’s Safety Center, is provided to students in grades K-5 and is designed to help children learn about personal safety in an empowering and positive way.

Topics covered include:

• Checking first with the adult in charge before going anywhere with anyone

• Identifying five trusted adults who make up their safety net

• Listening to their “uh-oh” or gut feeling

• Saying “no” to anyone who asks them to break a safety rule

• Understanding that they are in charge of their body and that they have the right to tell someone if they don’t want to be touched and the right to keep their private parts private.

These lessons are one step toward prevention, however family involvement and ongoing personal safety conversations have an even stronger impact. Other educational resources and materials are available at zeroabuseproject.org. It is a grown-up’s responsibility to keep children safe, and we take that responsibility very seriously. If you have any questions about the Empower Me! presentations, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you - Joleen Nutter, K-8 Connect School Counselor

Since 2009 volunteers have come together to offer our neighbors some warmth and hope for the Holidays.
On the Saturday before Christmas, December 21st this year, we'll welcome 300 families through our parking lot to receive a dozen cookies, a bag of groceries, household paper supplies, a gift card to purchase a gift for each child, and new coats for each child.
Total donations for this one day event is more than $73,000.00.
An estimated $1 Million in gifts has been donated since 2009!

Please email or call Joleen Nutter, K-8 Connect School Counselor, if you're interested in receiving help for Christmas through the Miracle on 14th St. program. (jnutter@sdale.org, 479-334-4656)

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