A Wellness Word...
1. Please keep your child home if they are sick. Know your COVID symptoms: Coughing, running nose, sore throat, and headaches.
2. When in “doubt” about when to get a COVID test you can contact the school or you can refer to the symptoms found in #1.
3. Please consider getting your child vaccinated if they are age-eligible. We are all in this together. Let’s stay healthy and safe.
Take 5!!! (w/Mrs. Sphon)
Mindfulness can help with regulating emotions and re-center. They can help us to calm down and focus. It can take just a few minutes and serve as a break during work or when feeling overwhelmed. Try this Activity focusing on the five senses:
· Notice 5 things that you can see - Cast your eyes around and bring attention to five things you might not normally notice.
· Notice 4 things that you can feel - Bring your awareness to four things you are currently feeling (like the texture of your clothes, a breeze, or the smooth surface of the table).
· Notice 3 things that you can hear - Try to tune into the sounds of your surroundings. What can you hear in the background?
· Notice 2 things that you can smell - Tune your senses into smells that you might usually gloss over (smell of the breeze or food from a nearby restaurant or house).
· Notice 1 thing you can taste - Focus on one thing you can taste right now, in this moment (you can even take a sip of coffee or eat something)
Please feel free to contact our very own School Psychologist Mrs. Kaitlyn Sphon, Ed.S., NCSP @ Kaitlyn.sphon@pgcps.org for more “Take 5” support strategies and information. She will be very glad to help you to include more positive ways to strengthen your best self.
#1 IN CUSTOMER SERVICE
Our NOMS “Team Front Office” is #1 in Customer Service and we want to thank our parents and school community for being considerate, patient, and great all-around in every way possible. Our Team Front Office is knowledgeable, caring, thoughtful, and delighted to serve you and will spare no amount of hospitality to assist you when you call. Applause! Applause! Applause! To our office staff team for being #1 in Customer Service. Because we live our Falcon P.R.I.D.E. daily. We are Prepared. Respectful. Intelligent. Determined. And Engaged.
Attendance Matters
Remember if your student is unable to attend classes, parents must send an absence note or a handwritten note (8 ½ x 11 sized paper) with your student when your scholar returns to school. Please write your child’s first/last names, include the date, the reason for the absence, and include your telephone number in case we need to contact you. Please ask your child to bring the note to the school office when they arrive in the morning to receive an attendance pass to show their teachers to receive any missed assignments.
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