Blizzard Soccer Day and Character Checks

Today we had a special guest today from the Blizzard Soccer Club. Each class had a chance to work with Andy in the gym learning some basic soccer skills. He gave every student a card that had the information for registering for outdoor soccer. It looks like registration starts in February.

As our school year goes on we continue to modify and improve things to work better for everyone. One area that we have fixed up a bit as a school is our Character Check. We have been working on developing "ambassadors" that show HEART to improve themselves and others' around them experiences around them. As a class we discussed examples of these characteristics and what they would look like and sound like. All kids (and adults) make mistakes in how we handle situations at times-  mistakes are how we learn. These character checks are reminders and learning opportunities for students to reflect on their choices and understand how their actions can impact others or themselves. The class has been really great so far and very few character checks have been needed. If your child brings one home please go through the back side with them and sign and return to the school. It is a way for us to document and communicate issues that have arisen as well as letting you know that we are working on these skills of problem solving, etc. Take a look at the school wide document we use. Ask your child to explain how they understand HEART- we will go deeper through these characteristics in Health throughout the year. We've also had many discussions about how  "making it right" might require more than an apology- as we know sometimes actions can be more meaningful than words.