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Dear AES Families,

Thank you to the many AES Veterans who joined us for the Veterans Day Breakfast this morning and to those who attended our Community Meeting. Sgt. Edwards shared powerful reflections on the importance of connection, community, and service. We are deeply grateful for the dedication and sacrifice of all who have served.

A special thank you to Peter Chase and Clear Path for Veterans - New England for partnering with us to help organize and sponsor this event.

Enjoy your four day weekend and remember to thank a member of the military for their service.

All the best,

Beth Gibney
Principal, Antrim Elementary School
bgibney@conval.edu • 603-588-6371

11/10: Conference Day (no school for students)

11/11: Veteran's Day (no school)

11/26-11/28: Thanksgiving Recess (no school)

Thank you to the families who have expressed an interest in joining the AES PTO! Please complete this form so we can narrow down days of the week that would work best for meetings. We can also be flexible in our time of day. If you are not able to make all of the meetings, that is ok! We want as many to participate as possible,. Click here to complete the form.

It’s that time of year again! The AES PTO will be selling beautiful holiday wreaths and poinsettias beginning Tuesday, November 11th. These festive favorites make perfect gifts and help support AES students and programs. 📧 Look for an email on Monday evening with ordering links and additional details.

My first and second graders have been working hard on learning the difference between a noun, verb and adjective and are making an adjective pumpkin craft in time for Halloween! In science we are about to learn the phases of the Moon and Earth's place in the universe!

This week third graders combined art and math in a creative project! We designed buildings with windows arranged in equal rows and columns to represent the factors in a multiplication equation. Each building showed a different array, and together they made a colorful “multiplication city.” It was a fun and artistic way to show what we’ve learned about arrays and multiplication!

Kindergarten: We finished our lessons about regulation. Students drew pictures showing how they regulate themselves when they are hungry, cold, tired, and sad.

Mrs. Sullivan's Class: We continued learning about the four zones: BLUE ZONE (low energy and down feelings), GREEN ZONE (calm energy and a sense of control), YELLOW ZONE (increased energy and stronger feelings), and RED ZONE (the highest energy and strongest feelings). Students listened to some books to identify which zones the characters were in.

Ms. Voorhees's Class: We continued learning about the four zones: BLUE ZONE (low energy and down feelings), GREEN ZONE (calm energy and a sense of control), YELLOW ZONE (increased energy and stronger feelings), and RED ZONE (the highest energy and strongest feelings). Students began working on a collage with pictures of people and animals representing the four zones.

Ms. Revaz's Class: We continued learning about the four zones: BLUE ZONE (low energy and down feelings), GREEN ZONE (calm energy and a sense of control), YELLOW ZONE (increased energy and stronger feelings), and RED ZONE (the highest energy and strongest feelings). Students continued working on a collage with pictures of people and animals representing the four zones.

Mr. Morris's Class: We continued learning about the four zones: BLUE ZONE (low energy and down feelings), GREEN ZONE (calm energy and a sense of control), YELLOW ZONE (increased energy and stronger feelings), and RED ZONE (the highest energy and strongest feelings). Students began working on a collage with pictures of people and animals representing the four zones.

Ms. Del Rossi's Class: We began our lesson about the four zones. We defined the vocabulary words EMOTIONS, CATEGORY, and ZONES. Students identified as many feelings as they could in two minutes (they named 32!) and learned about the importance of putting things into categories. We watched a video introducing the four Zones of Regulation: BLUE ZONE (low energy and down feelings), GREEN ZONE (calm energy and a sense of control), YELLOW ZONE (increased energy and stronger feelings), and RED ZONE (the highest energy and strongest feelings).

Getting a good night’s sleep is so important for kids’ mental and physical health. Sleep helps our brains pay attention, learn new things and remember things. Not getting enough sleep can impact mental health by increasing negative emotions and decreasing positive ones.

How Much Sleep Do Kids Need?

Age Range and Recommended Sleep (in a 24-hour period)

Sleep Problems

Sleep difficulties are common in kids. For children in school, it may be due to school demands, extracurricular activities that may result in a later bedtime, increased use of electronics (i.e., tablet, phone, computer, TV) and school schedules.

Sleep problems are associated with a number of physical and mental health concerns, including:

• Excessive daytime sleepiness
• Fatigue
• Irritability or moodiness
• Hyperactivity and impulsivity
• Inattention
• Increase in tantrums or other disruptive behaviors
• Decline in grades or academic functioning
• Increased risk for anxiety or depression
• Difficulty managing stress

Common sleep problems include:

• Bedtime refusal
• Difficulty falling, staying asleep and/or early morning awakenings
• Requiring a caregiver to be present in order to fall asleep
• Nightmares and nighttime fears
• Parasomnia, including sleep terrors, sleepwalking and/or sleep talking
• Snoring, waking up thirsty in the morning, pauses in breathing and/or gasping at nighttime

Helping Kids Sleep

Having a regular sleep schedule and nightly routine is a great first step in helping kids get good sleep, which will improve their mental health and physical health. Your child should go to bed and wake up at about the same time each day.

Your bedtime routine doesn’t have to be the same for each child, but it should signal to each child that it’s time to calm down and get ready to go to sleep. You can help the children in your life get better sleep by following some simple sleep habits.

Got a child who is having bedtime battles? We have more specific advice for the most common bedtime issues.

When Should We See a Doctor?

If your child has difficulty falling or staying asleep for more than two weeks, contact your child’s doctor. Other reasons to contact a pediatrician could include:

• Your child snoring, having pauses in breathing or gasping when they sleep at night.
• Your child experiencing unusual wake ups in the middle of the night.
• Your child having difficulty maintaining good sleep health habits due to behaviors or other barriers.
• Your child communicating poor sleep satisfaction, quality, tiredness or fatigue.
• Your child sleeping during the day and napping after the age of 5.
• Your child sleeps shorter or longer than the recommended number of hours for their age.

Adapted from The Kids Mental Health Foundation

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