HELLO LITTLE EAGLES!!

I hope everyone has had a great first month of school. I enjoyed getting to know each Little Eagle this month with minute meetings!

October will bring lots of fun and important things. We will be learning about bullying and why kindness is so very important with class lessons and character trait focus.

Please join us in celebrating UNITY day on October 16th by wearing orange.

*October we are focusing on RESPONSIBILITY for our Character Trait of the month.*

You can reach me by email: ashley.phelps@myeagles.org or by calling 517-769-8557, feel free to leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as I am available.

See below for fun ways to create connections at home this fall!

Hello!

We welcome in Fall and Bully Prevention month this October.

This month I will continue finishing up the Quick Checks with individual students. I love being able to spend a few minutes with each student, welcoming them back to school and checking in so they know where to find me if needed and checking their well being.

October is Bully Prevention Month so we will be celebrating Unity day on October 16th. Please have your student wear the color orange on this day to be unified in stopping bullying. I will be doing grade level guidance lessons on preventing and stopping bullying as well throughout this month.

• The Character Strong word of the month for October is RESPONSIBILITY. We will be doing different lessons and activities to emphasize the word. We also have family activities that parents can do with their child. Teachers will be sending these in their newsletters.
• The Student of the Month ceremony is during the day this year. More information will be sent individually for this event.
  
• One teacher from each grade level will be piloting an SEL curriculum this year, which is free through a grant from the state of Michigan. Those teachers will use a hybrid SEL curriculum of Character Strong and Navigate 360.

I look forward to connecting with each of your students throughout the month. We have had a terrific start to the year!

As always, please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns -krista.schatzle@myeagles.org or 592-2181.

Each month I will be posting a Mindfulness Moment for students and their families to try at home. This month the mindfulness moment is Walking Through and Enjoying Nature. Take a walk through the woods, fields, and/or a river, lake or pond this month as the leaves change and fall. This is especially cool when the leaves at at their peak. Then go through the senses - Once in the woods or in a comfortable spot in a field or by a river, lake, or pond, stop and sit. Listen to the sounds, feel the leaves and Earth below you and the breeze on your face, look at all the varying colors, and taste the crisp air on your tongue. Enjoy the moment of just being one with nature. Studies have shown that being immersed in nature can lower anxiety and stress levels as well as improve cognitive functioning and lower blood pressure. Not only is nature good for the soul but it is good for the body as well!

Mental Health Resource List

The following document provides a list of different mental health resources available in our surrounding area. If immediate danger is suspected please call 911. For additional guidance and support, our district counselors are available through school email.

Ashley Phelps, CES Counselor, ashley.phelps@myeagles.org

Krista Schatzle, CUES Counselor, krista.schatzle@myeagles.org

Jessica White-School Counselor, jessica.white@myeagles.org

Wendy Diefenthaler-Academic Counselor, wendy.diefenthaler@myeagles.org

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Dial 2-1-1 for immediate access to over 2,000 services available to Jackson County Residents. When you call you are connected to a trained Information and Referral Specialist who can discuss your needs and give you the information and/or referrals you need to find what you are looking for. There is an online directory of available resources as well on the website listed above.

Okay2Say

Michigan.gov/okay2say/

A student safety program that allows students to confidentially report potential harm or criminal activity directed at school students, school staff and schools. Tips can be submitted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Students can submit tips through phone, email, text message, mobile app or Okay2Say website.

Community Action Agency Jackson, Lenawee & Hillsdale Counties

1214 Greenwood Ave. Jackson, MI. 49203

400 W. South St. Adrian, MI. 49221

55 Barnard St. Hillsdale, MI. 49242

517-784-4800

517-263-7861

517-437-3346

Services: Education, Economic Self-Sufficiency, Housing, Health & Nutrition, and Community Development.

LifeWays CMH

1200 North West Ave. Jackson, MI. 49202

25 Care Drive Hillsdale, MI. 49242

517-789-1200

517-439-2641

Behavioral Health Services in areas such as severe mental issues, intellectual/developmental disability, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders.

Family Service & Children's Aid

330 W. Michigan Ave.

Jackson, MI. 49201

517-787-7920

Born Free: Counseling & treatment for females (ages 14+) 12-step recovery program into daily life; Intro to Alcoholics & Narcotics Anonymous and Al-Anon; Families & Schools Together: families attend an 8-week group focusing on family bonding, communication, discipline and nurturing; Other services by referral only: drug screening, counseling (group & individual), First Time Offenders Program, and Breakout Drug Free Education Program in schools (6-12th grade); Child abuse and neglect educational presentations

Lenawee County Community Mental Health

517-263-8905

Behavioral Health Services in areas such as severe mental issues, intellectual/developmental disability, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders.

LJ Gallagher PsyD and Associates PLLC

451 Marshall Street

Brooklyn, MI 49230

(517) 414-0697

A Healing Place, LLC

207/209 First St. Jackson, MI. 49201

1218 Greenwood Ave. Jackson, MI. 49201

517-998-4673

Services: Individual Psychotherapy, Psychological Testing, Children/Adolescent Therapy, Family Counseling, Couples Counseling and Group Therapy for Eating Disorders.

Accepted Insurances (Varies by Therapist): BCBS, BCN, Priority Health, HAP, Aetna, Cofinity, PCN/PHP, JHN, Medicare, Magellan, Meridian