South Meadows Parent News
January 3, 2017
Parent News
Dates to remember
January 3- School resumes
January 5th-Coffee with the Principal 7:30am
January 12th-14th - Drama Performance- Revenge of the Pigs
January 16th-No School Martin Luther King Day
January 19th- AVID Family Night 5:30pm
What's Needed to be a Global Citizen
As we move into a new year and are working to prepare our students for the future, Massachusetts educator/author, John D’Auria suggests there are four proficiencies that students will need to be “nimble learners responding to challenges and opportunities that none of us can foresee”:
• Seeking out diverse perspectives – “Too often, we gravitate toward like-minded people,” says D’Auria, “a behavior that insulates us from expanding our perspective. Preparing for a global society requires that we become curious about how others think.” It also helps to learn another language.
• Valuing emotional insights – “Recent research into emotional intelligence helps us to appreciate that emotions often contain important data,” says D’Auria, “information that our cognitive processes are slower to grasp. Emotional connectivity also links us to other human beings, even when we cannot speak their language.”
• Embracing creativity – “The global economy thrives on inventive thinking,” he says. “We need to value creative skills and develop them in our students. This should not be the domain of a ‘talented’ few”.
• Developing a growth mindset – Students will need to be continuous learners, which requires perseverance and resilience in the face of unknowable challenges and setbacks, says D’Auria. “We need to provide time and support for our students to value experimentation and strengthen their capacity to learn from mistakes,” he concludes. “Though errors, failure, and setbacks are not what we seek, we need not fear them, and we should learn to recycle them into new learning.”
At South Meadows we are working hard to develop these areas in all of our students. Happy New Year.
Revenge of the Pigs
January 12-14th at 7:00
AVID Family Night
Come learn more about your student's participation in AVID
Child care and snacks provided
Coffee with the Principal-
January 5th at 7:30am
Mary Mendez, Principal
Email: mendezm@hsd.k12.or.us
Website: http://schools.hsd.k12.or.us/southmeadows
Location: 4690 SE Davis Rd, Hillsboro, OR, United States
Phone: 503-844-1220
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/874310209328004/