March Newsletter
“There is no failure. Only feedback.” -Robert Allen
Construction Updates
Teachers and staff are already beginning our planning thinking about our new science lab and media center.
Traffic Reminders
Supporting Children’s Mental Health: Tips for Parents
Create a sense of belonging. Feeling connected and welcomed is essential to children's
positive adjustment, self-identification, and sense of trust in others and themselves. Building
strong, positive relationships among students, school staff, and parents is important to
promoting mental wellness.
Promote resilience. Adversity is a natural part of life and being resilient is important to
overcoming challenges and good mental health. Connectedness, competency, helping others,
and successfully facing difficult situations can foster resilience.
Develop competencies. Children need to know that they can overcome challenges and
accomplish goals through their actions. Achieving academic success and developing
individual talents and interests helps children feel competent and more able to deal with
stress positively. Social competency is also important. Having friends and staying connected
to friends and loved ones can enhance mental wellness.
Ensure a positive, safe environment. Feeling safe is critical to students' learning and
mental health. Promote positive behaviors such as respect, responsibility, and kindness.
Prevent negative behaviors such as bullying and harassment. Teach children to work together
to stand up to a bully, encourage them to reach out to lonely or excluded peers, celebrate acts
of kindness, and reinforce the availability of adult support.
Teach and reinforce positive behaviors and decision making. Provide consistent
expectations and support. Teaching children social skills, problem solving, and conflict
resolution supports good mental health. "Catch" them being successful. Positive feedback
validates and reinforces behaviors or accomplishments that are valued by others.
Encourage helping others. Children need to know that they can make a difference.
Prosocial behaviors build self-esteem, foster connectedness, reinforce personal responsibility,
and present opportunities for positive recognition. Helping others and getting involved
reinforces being part of the community.
Encourage good physical health. Good physical health supports good mental health.
Healthy eating habits, regular exercise and adequate sleep protect kids against the stress of
tough situations. Regular exercise also decreases negative emotions such as anxiety, anger,
and depression.
If you would like more information and community resources to support mental health please go to http://saysandiego.org.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. -Nelson Mandela
Gala project ready to be bid on.
Gala project ready to be bid on.
Gala project ready to be bid on.
Parent Education Night - Highly Recommended Event for CoOP Parents
Please make this a priority, get it on your calendar and join us for this important information.