THE Newsletter

February 4, 2022

K-KIDS KEEPING IT COZY!

T.H.E. K-Kids "Keeping It Cozy" Drive to benefit local Lions 4 Kids program, next week, Feb. 7th-11th. Please check your closets for gently-used towels, sheets and blankets, and new and used gloves and winter hats to donate! Collection bins will be outside the school office Monday-Friday. After you donate, be sure to mark off this Act of Kindness on your Trailblazer’s Raise Craze dashboard!

*K-Kids is a service organization for elementary school students and is sponsored by Kiwanis Club. Our Tehaleh Heights K-Kids group is comprised of 4th and 5th grade leaders.

LOST AND FOUND

Our lost and found is overflowing! If you are missing a coat, sweatshirt, water bottle, etc. please stop by next week to go thru all of the lost items and claim anything that is yours. We will have all the lost and found outside by the front entrance (weather dependant) between the hours of 8:30 and 4:00. Anything not picked up by the end of the week will be donated.

Writing your students name in their coats and sweatshirts is the best way to make sure lost items get returned to your student. Thank you for your help!

AFTER SCHOOL CO-ED VOLLEYBALL CAMP

Calling all 4th and 5th grade boys and girls! After school volleyball camp registration is now open. Registration forms will be coming home soon with your student and are due to Parks and Rec by 2/22. Sign up and come bump, set and spike with T.H.E.'s very own Ms. Cornett!

FRIENDLY REMINDERS

DISMISSAL; Please try to call/email with any dismissal changes by 3:15pm. The office is a busy place and we need time to coordinate any changes. We understand last minute changes happen, your child's safety is our top priority.

(253) 891-6530

THE@sumnersd.org

WEATHER APPROPRIATE ATTIRE: Please make sure your child is arriving at school in weather appropriate attire that is labeled with their name. Even when children are running around, it tends to be very windy and cold at recess.

FROM YOUR T.H.E. PTA

T.H.E. KINDNESS CAMPAIGN & RAISE CRAZE

The fourth annual Tehaleh Heights Kindness Campaign and Raise Craze PTA fundraiser kicks off today and runs through Feb. 18! (You’ll find all the materials in your student’s folder!) For those of you who are already familiar with Raise Craze, you can click on through to register and start logging Acts of Kindness to contribute to your student’s individual and classroom tally, and our schoolwide goal of 1,500! https://my.raisecraze.com/AXJ33C9/

New to our schoolwide Kindness Campaign and Raise Craze? Here’s a quick video: https://raisecraze.com/how-it-works-video This is a special and unique way for our PTA to raise money to support our school, staff and students, while making an impact in our community. During this two-week fundraiser, students ask for the financial support of friends and family via the online Raise Craze platform and then pay it forward serving others. What a great way for us to teach our students the importance of kindness and gratitude while helping to raise money that directly benefits their school and fellow students. Trailblazers will spend time serving, not selling!

Questions? Contact us at president@tehalehheightspta.org

IN SEARCH OF:

Tehaleh Heights parents and neighbors who have a desire to get involved in our PTA organization at the highest leadership level, have a passion for our Trailblazers’ elementary school experience, appreciate and support our teachers and staff, have a strong attention to detail and respect the need to comply with established state PTA guidelines, and are comfortable leading a meeting and overseeing our PTA chairpersons and teams.

Our PTA Nomination Committee has been tasked with finding qualified individuals to serve on the PTA Executive Board (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer – all elected positions) for the ‘22-23 school year. If you are interested in learning more about these roles, please contact our Nomination Committee at volunteer@tehalehheightspta.org by Feb. 15th to get more details.

CLASS PARENTS GROUPS – HAVE YOU FOUND YOURS?

These are PTA-coordinated private Facebook groups just for the parents in each classroom! Search out “Mr./Mrs./Ms. ____’s Class Parents 2021-22” and request to join! Help us spread the word - join the group and then invite other class parents you may know who are missing!

COUNSELOR'S CORNER

I’ve been writing about physical and emotional self-regulation domains of self-regulation and today I want to talk about the development of cognitive regulation skills. This higher skill level involves more critical thinking, self-monitoring, and the development of insight. Within this domain a child is developing the abilities to modify thoughts, plan responses, process events, problem-solve and prevent problems.

Children often struggle with the belief that others “make” them feel a certain way. This reactive belief systems allows the child to take no responsibility for their own emotions and actions, creating a barrier for positive change. Children spend way too much time and energy trying to change external things, rather than focusing their efforts on their own internal processes where they have a great deal more control.

Convincing children to focus on what they can control is crucial for success. If not addressed early other interventions may not be successful because the child will not “believe” he/she can do anything about the issue. This is a very empowering lesson for a child to learn. He/she will learn that other people and events don’t dictate his/her feelings and behaviors. They will also realize they have been allowing other people and events to “control” them. This shift in thinking is very important.

Please let me know if you need anything at all,

Vicki Johnson, Counselor

Let’s connect: Vicki_Johnson@sumnersd.org

253-891-6530