THE SUNSHINE GUIDE TO HAPPINESS

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A BEAUTIFULLY. RESTFUL SUMMER. AS WE VASTLY MOVE INTO THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR WE ARE EXCITED TO ENCOURAGE CAMPUS MORAL AND CREATE AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY WHERE ALL STAFF MEMBERS FEEL LOVED AND APPRECIATED AT ALDRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BUT IN ORDER TO DO SO WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT, SO PLEASE CONSIDER CONTRIBUTING TO OUR SUNSHINE COMMITTEE AND VOLUNTEERING TO HELP OUT IN A SMALL CAPACITY AT SOME POINT THIS YEAR! THANKS IN ADVANCE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING AN AMAZING SCHOOL YEAR!

WARMEST REGARDS,

YOUR SIZZILING SUNSHINE DUO

🔅🔆🔅🔆"KINDNESS IS THE SUNSHINE IN WHICH VIRTUE GROWS" 🔅🔆🔅🔆

P.S. SUNSHINE FUND CONTRIBUTION SHEETS WILL BE PLACED IN YOUR MAILBOXES.

Listening to music can be a quick route to getting yourself into a better mood, but it's becoming increasingly clear that there's much more to the benefits of music than just a quick boost for your outlook. Research has shown that music has a profound effect on your body and psyche. In fact, there’s a growing field of healthcare known as music therapy, which uses music to heal.

Those who practice music therapy are finding a benefit in using music to help cancer patients, children with ADD, and others, and even hospitals are beginning to use music and music therapy to help with pain management, to help ward off depression, to promote movement, to calm patients, to ease muscle tension, and for many other benefits that music and music therapy can bring. This is not surprising, as music affects the body and mind in many powerful ways.

Music can be used in daily life for relaxation, to gain energy when feeling drained, for catharsis when dealing with emotional stress and in other ways as well.

Most of us know from experience that music can dissolve the stress of a long drive, keep us motivated to exercise, and take us right back to positive experiences in our past, which can be a happiness booster and a stress reliever.

We hope you enjoy this song and it adds a little something to your day! :)