What a fabulous Homecoming Week! It has been great seeing our students show their school pride all week long in participating in dress-up days and looking forward to our fun Thursday filled with activities to celebrate our school!
We are officially kicking off Character Counts next week and looking for our most Trustworthy students for October. Character Counts defines Trustworthy as:
Be honest. Don't deceive, cheat, or steal
Have integrity. Do what you say you'll do
Keep your promises
Be loyal. Stand by your values
How can you help reinforce our Character Counts value of trustworthiness at home?
In addition to activities and discussions related to trustworthiness, classroom counseling lessons in the next two weeks will re-introduce students to regulation. Regulation is what we do to help control our thoughts, behavior, and emotions. In other words, what we do to help ourselves feel better when we have a strong emotion. All students will watch a quick video explaining what happens in our brain when we feel a strong emotion and become dysregulated. The video explains this process as "flipping our lid." When we flip our lid, our logic center (top of our brain) can't communicate with the emotion part of our brain (lower brain). This can make it hard to think clearly, express our needs, avoid conflict, focus, and much more. Identifying ways, we can regulate, and regularly practicing them, helps us bounce back quicker when we feel a strong emotion and become dysregulated. What strategies do you use to help regulate yourself?
