Imagine Kissimmee Charter Academy
October 1st 2018 Newsletter
Normalize Setbacks By Asking Your Kids For Advice When You Struggle
A lot of parents are worried about helping their children get ahead in a world that feels increasingly competitive, demanding, and high-stakes. That anxiety can take many shapes including overparenting, over-scheduling, and constantly looking for that special opportunity that will give a child the competitive edge. But while parents are fretting about what they can do to help their kids academically and socially, it's easy to forget about the emotional health that is a foundation for success in life. Discussions of growth mindset and resiliency have become more common in recent years, but how can parents foster a healthy view of struggle in their kids?
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant says protecting kids from struggle may be counterproductive. He shared one tactic he uses with his own children with The Atlantic at the Aspen Ideas Festival. It's not hard to do; he asks his kids for help when he faces a setback. He not only gets good advice from his kids, but he can reflect that wisdom back to them when they struggle. And, by putting his mistakes out in the open, he's normalizing the experience of struggle.
Mind shift: Katrina Schwartz
Published on Aug 18, 2017
STEAM CLASS
Small Group
Hispanic Heritage
Tech Connection
How To Prepare Students for the Unknowable
"For students to be successful now and in the future, we must empower them to direct their own learning, think creatively and critically, and use technology to solve problems."
The way students learn has changed since we have been in school. Students are more technologically literate, crave peer collaboration and hands on learning. At the same time they need to be prepared for jobs and technology that don't exist yet.
This has lead to more online based and small group instruction. Allowing for personalized and differentiated instruction. To understand more about our new curriculum and online programs see below.
- For your child to access school resources at home, they must log in to Clever. Clever Link
- Understand more about our Zearn Math curriculum for K-5 students.
- Understanding more about our STEMScopes curriculum for K-8 students.
Strange Things Dance
Cost:
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade: $1.004th - 8th Grades: $5.00 in advance & $7.00 at the door
Times:
Kindergarten & 1st Grade: 1:30PM - 2:30PM
2nd & 3rd Grade: 2:30PM - 3:30PM
4th & 5th Grade: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Middle School: 8:00PM - 10:00PM
Friday, Oct 12, 2018, 01:30 PM
Kissimmee Charter Elementary, Bill Beck Boulevard, Kissimmee, FL, USA
October Dates to Remember
Monday, Oct 1st - PTO Culver's Night
Tuesday, Oct 2nd - PTO Meeting
Monday, Oct 8th - Friday, Oct 12th - Spirit Week
Friday, Oct 12th - End of the 1st Marking Period, School Dance
Monday, Oct 15th & Tuesday, Oct 16th - Student Holiday/Teacher Work Days
Wednesday, Oct 17th - Beginning of the 2nd Marking Period
Thursday, Oct 18th - Cici's Nigh
Monday, Oct 25th - Friday, Oct 30th - Fall Book Fair
IMAGINE KISSIMMEE CHARTER ACADEMY
Website: http://www.imaginekca.org
Location: 2850 Bill Beck Boulevard, Kissimmee, FL, USA
Phone: (407)847-1400
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Imagine-Kissimmee-Charter-Academy