New Year, New Goals
Many of us set New Year Resolutions for ourselves whether we strive to be more healthy, do more random acts of kindness, become more organized, etc. Helping our children to accomplish their goals through forming habits creates lifelong skills. Try picking something to support your student and make it a habit. For example, together you can check their planner or backpack daily, read together each night, provide quiet time for homework and maybe set a timer with time being increased with each new goal. Here are some times for making new habits that some of our students read about this week:
1. Define Small, Specific Goals (Make more specific and concrete goals.)
2. Make it Easy for Yourself (Think of ways to work around barriers.)
3. Get an Accountability Partner (Find someone working toward the same goal as you.)
4. Use External and Internal Reminders (Post-it notes, to do lists, and daily alarms)
5. Give Yourself Time (Allow yourself to make mistakes.)
Yearbook Sale January 17th-28th
Yearbooks will be on sale next week and are $16.00. Order envelopes will be going home on Tuesday, but they can also be ordered online at this site.
Winter Weather
Please remember that students will go outside on days where the temperature with wind chill accounted for is at or above 20°f. Be sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather each day. Coats, hats, and gloves are necessary at this time of the year. Boots are required for playing in the snow. If you need assistance with winter outerwear for your child, please contact our school, and we will happily find warm clothes for them.
Idle-free Zone
For pick up, please do not arrive until 3:30. There is no stopping, standing, or parking on E. Brooklyn St. allowed. Also, please reminder that our school is an Idle-free Zone. Protect our children and the community by turning off your engine.
Principal- Wiggin Street Elementary
