McGuffey Counselor Newsletter

This month, our K–4 students will be completing our SEL focus on Bullying Prevention and how to help make our school a kinder and safer place for everyone. During our classroom lessons, we’re talking about the difference between being rude, mean, and bullying:

• Rude is when someone says or does something hurtful by accident—like interrupting or cutting in line.
• Mean is when someone says or does something hurtful on purpose one time.

• Bullying is when someone keeps being mean on purpose and it happens again and again, even after being asked to stop.

Students are learning ways to respond to bullying, by telling a trusted adult, stand up for others, and show kindness every day. Families can help by talking at home about what it means to be a good friend and how to include others.

After completing our Bullying Prevention lessons, students will begin learning about Emotion Management. The goal of this unit is to help students recognize and manage their feelings in healthy ways.

Students will learn to:

• Name the emotion someone is feeling (e.g., happy, sad, mad)
• Identify clues—such as facial expressions or what’s happening in a situation—to understand how others might feel

• Practice slow, calm breathing as a strategy to manage strong emotion

These lessons help students build empathy, self-awareness, and self control - all important skills for success both in and out of the classroom.

Warm November Wishes!

Candice Ungaro-Jones

Community Resource Guides:

Trumbull County Guide

Mahoning County Guide

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Students continue to engage in Social Emotional Learning (SEL), focusing on the application of their knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.

This month, students learn how to recognize bullying and harassment, stand up safely to bullying, and respond appropriately to harassment. This unit’s content helps students develop empathy, understand the impact of bullying and harassment on individuals and their communities, and examine social and environmental factors that contribute to negative behaviors as well as identify solutions for preventing those behaviors.

The goals of this unit include students being able to:

• Recognize common types of bullying
• Understand the potential negative impacts of bullying by taking the perspective of targets and bystanders
• Assess the risks and benefits of using different upstander strategies to respond to bullying under various circumstances
• Be an upstander by making a responsible decision in bullying situations.

ALSO THIS MONTH:

This month, 6-8 students will begin work on NAVIANCE, our college and career readiness program. This helps students understand themselves better and discover career pathways that match

their interests and personality. Students engage in lessons and assessments that help them prepare for college and work.

PARENTS/GUARDIANS:

I am here to help. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out and contact me at the number and extension at the top of the newsletter.

Thank you for trusting us with your most valued possession--YOUR CHILD!

Have a blessed, safe and relaxing Thanksgiving,

Mr. Middleton

Thanksgiving is our annual North American holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and the second Monday of October in Canada. It is a time for giving thanks for blessings, spending time with loved ones, and sharing a meal. Traditional foods include turkey, stuffing, potatoes, and pumpkin pie, though menus vary. The holiday's origins are rooted in harvest festivals and a 1621 feast shared by Plymouth colonists and the native Wampanoag people, but its modern national observance dates to Abraham Lincoln's 1863 proclamation.

WANT TO LEARN MORE FUN AND INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THANKSGIVING?

CLICK ON THE HAPPY THANKSGIVING LEAVES PIC ABOVE!

1. What smell are you grateful for today? 2. What season are you grateful for? 3. What technology are you grateful for? 4. What about you are you grateful for? 5. What color are you grateful for? 6. What knowledge are you grateful for? 7. What food are you most grateful for? 8. What picture are you grateful for? 9. What sound are you grateful for today? 10. What feeling are you grateful for? 11. What in nature are you grateful for? 12. What tradition are you grateful for? 13. What memory are you grateful for? 14. Who are you grateful for? 15. What challenge are you grateful for? 16. What song are you grateful for? 17. What book are you most grateful for? 18. What moment this week are you grateful for? 19. What place are you most grateful for? 20. What taste are you grateful for today? 21. What happened today that you are grateful for? 22. What holiday are you grateful for? 23. What texture are you grateful for? 24. What small thing you used today are you grateful for? 25. What abilities are you grateful for? 26. What sight are you grateful for today? 27. What friend are you grateful for? 28. What family member are you grateful for? 29. What story are you grateful for? 30. What teacher are you grateful for?

Dinner will be served at 155 Tod Ave. NW, Warren, Ohio 44485, and To-Go meals will be served outside the red trailer.

This year’s dinner includes turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, stuffing, sweet potato, corn, rolls with butter, dessert, pop, and coffee.

Donations can be delivered to 155 Tod Ave NW, Warren, Ohio 44485, Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

On this day, participants attempt to make the world a better place by celebrating and promoting good deeds and pledging to carry out acts of kindness, either as individuals or as an organization.

Click on the pic to explore the World Kindness Day website!

Check our District Website for updated and important information regarding your child’s education!