Random Acts of Kindness Week - February 13th - 17th
Kindness is Blooming at Bush
Our “Kindness Tree” will soon be blooming at Bush. Stop by the library window to see the many kind acts that students are noticing at our school.
Interfaith Food Drive
In addition to spreading kindness in our school, we will be spreading kindness in our community by partnering with Interfaith for a food drive. Please see the flier below for needed items. Students may drop off items in the collection bins in the front lobby.
Classroom Counseling Lessons
In our most recent round of counseling lessons, we focused on our Why Try Resilience curriculum and reviewing Kelso’s conflict management curriculum.
In Kindergarten we had our diversity lesson. We discovered how we all have a “uniqueness” and when we bring the uniqueness together we can create a masterpiece. We read the story “The Crayon Box that Talked” and created our own unique puzzle piece. We then put our unique puzzle pieces together to create a puzzle masterpiece.
In First grade we went through all 9 of Kelso’s Conflict Resolution choices. These are choices students can use to solve “small problems” on their own. They are: go to another game, talk it out, share and take turns, ignore it, walk away, tell them to stop, apologize, make a deal, and wait and cool off.
Second graders were introduced to the Reality Ride roller coaster. The Reality Ride is a symbol for real life. There are two tracks on the reality ride roller coaster: the “easy/fast track” and the “harder but worth it track”. The easy/fast track often leads to consequences while the harder but worth it track leads to goals, opportunities, freedom and self-respect. Students learned it’s helpful to Stop,Think and Choose before making a decision.
In third grade we talked about reaching our goals and overcoming our challenges by using Time, Desire & Effort. There are no shortcuts in life and we must use these three things to achieve success.
Fourth graders learned that what we see on the outside may not be what’s on the inside. Negative labels can be hurtful, while positive labels can help you achieve your goals and dreams. The label you wear depends on you. Believing in our positive traits and strengths and demonstrating those qualities through our behavior will show people the “real you”.
Campus Information
Bush Elementary: A nurturing and inclusive community where students become empowered citizens and life-long learners. Every student, every day!
Our school hours are 8:00-3:10. Students may arrive as early as 7:30 and will go to their homeroom beginning at that time.
