Thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered, and donated to this year's Winter Wonderland! Thank you Ms. Dale for the Middle School Music Concert this week!

Saturday:

Advanced Band Marching: Buffalo and Springfield Parades

Monday: NO SCHOOL

Teacher Workday

Tuesday: Mid-Year Assessments Completed This Week!!!

Wednesday:

Tutoring

Thursday:

Leadership Lunch (Stuco Officers)

Friday: Clubs

Stuco Event Pirate Time

Monday: 12/18 SPIRIT DAY: PJS

Honor Roll Trip (Rescheduled-Springfield Rehab)

Locker Clean Out during Pirate Time

Tuesday: 12/19 SPIRIT DAY: Fav Sports Team

Stuco Ala Carte during Pirate Time

Door Decorations Due

Wednesday: SPIRIT DAY: Ugly Sweater Day

Battle in the Halls Winners Announced at Lunches

Winter Fun Day (6th - 8th Hours Only)

No Tutoring

Classes resume: 1/3/24

Our custodian, Mickey Culbertson, is retiring this year. His final day at PHMS will be Tuesday, December 19th. He will be missed! Enjoy your well deserved retirement, Mickey. You have made a difference at PHMS.

Use this link to access the Pleasant Hope R6 Schools website, calendar, and Live Feed to see all the good things happening in the Pirate Nation.

Say It Once and Mean It Whenever Possible

Do you ever feel like a broken record? Are you always having to repeat yourself?

Do you sometimes give in just out of pure exhaustion?

Don't worry, you are not alone.

There are very good reasons why kids don't do what we ask them to do the first time.

* Kids don't share our priorities.

* We've trained our kids not todo what we ask until we're hysterical.

*Kids need us to help them transition to the new task.

* The part of their brain which makes decisions is still developing.

*Kids don't feel heard.

*Kids often feel disconnected from adults.

Here is this month's mantra: Let My Decision Stand

*Observe your child in the moment.

*Remove the distractions by helping them move to the next activity.

*Listen and wait.

*Say it once. Clearly.

*Ask them to repeat what you said.

*Wait and then say thank you.

Remember it is a process that needs practice and repeating. You can do it!

Email: jpendleton@phr6.org
Website: https://www.phr6.org/
Location: 515 West McCurry Street, Pleasant Hope, MO, USA
Phone: (417) 267-7701
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PHR6Schools/
Twitter: @phr6schools