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As we start the New Year, it is a time to think about resolutions. New Year’s Resolutions are not just for adults. It is important for kids to think about goals they would like to achieve in the coming year. Challenging your child to try new things, work harder and achieve goals can be a fun adventure you can go on together. Make your goals SMART.

Here are some important tips when setting goals or resolutions with your child.

1) Set Specific and realistic goals. Encourage your child to pick one or two areas to work on. Make sure they know exactly what they want to accomplish. Example – read a new book each month.

2) Measurable – How will they know when they reached their goal?

3) Achievable - Make sure their goal is not too far to reach, but make it challenging.

4) Relevant – Link the goal to something important.

5) Timely - Have an idea of when you want to reach your goal. If it is longer term, have mini-goals along the way.

Post your goals as a reminder!

Alison Pickett, MS

Guidance Counselor
Bunker Hill Elementary
(317) 860-3426

This year we've decided to update our Student of the Month Awards. We wanted to tie in our monthly core essentials curriculum with our student of the month program. We will be spotlighting one student per classroom that has displayed the core essentials trait. For December the trait we’ve discussed is Compassion. Classrooms read a Dr. Seuss book that portrays the month’s trait and then teachers chose one student from their class that demonstrated that trait. Below is a list of the monthly traits along with a link to a reading of the Dr. Seuss book that correlates.

September: Initiative Horton Hatches The Egg

October: Individuality Happy Birthday to You

November: Service Thidwick The Kindhearted Moose

December: Compassion How the Grinch Stole Christmas

January: Self Control My Many Colored Days

February: Cooperation The Cat in the Hat

March: Hope The Lorax

Apil: Friendship Horton Hears a Who

May: Contentment Yertle The Turtle

Student of the Month lists are available on our website.

December Student of the Month

If your family is in an extreme living situation such as; living in a motel, car, campsite, shelter, temporary housing, combined housing, public places, etc. you could qualify for a McKinney –Vento (homeless) Act.

Please go to the link below to see the rights of students who are living in a homeless situation.

McKinney –Vento (homeless) Act Form

Each month we will send out a newsletter with important information, dates, and reminders. This newsletter will be sent electronically to the email we have on file for each student. If you requested a paper copy, the newsletter will come home with your student. The newsletter will also be available on our website http://www.ftcsc.k12.in.us/bunker-hill or our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bunker-Hill-Elementary-School/172442352820782

Remind is another great way to stay connected to Bunker Hill. You just text the number 81010 and enter message @bhbulldogs and press send. We will send out messages/reminders and you will simply receive then as a text message. We have no access to cell phone numbers nor does anyone else in this group. You can not reply to the message as no one will receive them.

• We do our best to keep classroom disruptions to a minimum. If your child forgets an item and you bring it in, please do not be offended if the front office asks for you to leave the item with them so it can be delivered at an appropriate time.
• If there is a change in transportation for students at the end of the day, we must be notified by a Parent/Guardian before 3:00pm.
• If electronics (cell phones, ipods, gaming systems) are brought into school and removed from backpacks, they will be confiscated by the teacher. A parent/guardian will be asked to pick up the electronic at the front desk.
• When having lunch with your student in the cafeteria please remember to only have your child sit with you at the family table. We like to keep the table open for other families. Please No Fast Food!
• When visiting your child for lunch, please go directly to the cafeteria and exit the building when lunch is finished. We are no longer allowing parents to go to recess with the class. We appreciate your cooperation in helping limit our classroom distractions.

LICE

I have seen an increase in cases of lice. If your child reports their head is itching, please examine and/or call the clinic and I will examine for lice. Lice spread from person to person by direct contact or by using another person’s personal items--comb and brush, hat, hair bows, coat, clothes, etc. Head lice are tiny and brownish in color and only live on the human head. They crawl rapidly, but do not fly or jump. The bugs deposit tiny white eggs (nits) on the hair shaft by using sticky “glue” so the eggs do not dislodge easily. Besides visualizing the bugs/eggs, the only symptom of head lice may be head scratching. Many times, lice will begin at back of neck/behind ear area.

If your child has head lice, please contact me so that we can work together to eliminate the lice. Do not send your child to school with live lice. Nits (lice eggs) need to be removed to stop the cycle of infestation but are not able to spread to other students. Be sure to remind your student to not share hats, coats, combs/brushes, or hair ties. Most lice-killing products do a good job killing the live lice but they likely do not kill all of the nits. The nits that survive the treatment may hatch and the process may begin again. The importance of egg removal and regular inspection is crucial to avoid reoccurrence. Lice may spread anywhere children gather, such as when playing “dress-up” at home, at ball games where children wear a common helmet/hat, at sleep-overs, on movie seats, at a club meeting (i.e. Girl Scouts etc.), and at day care centers and schools. Regular inspection of your child’s head enables you to identify a case earlier, resulting in faster eradication and quicker return to school. As with any health condition, only parents may call the school with information about their child.

Thanks for your vigilance in the months ahead.

Mrs. Knox

SAVE THE DATE

• Don't forget to attend our monthly meeting on Thursday, January 7 at 6:30 pm.
• THANK YOU to everyone that helped with or attended our Snack with Santa on Dec. 12. We hope everyone enjoyed the Santa Shop this year. Thank you to the Green family for shopping, storing, pricing, stamping gift bags and replenishing all the great items this year. Our first year of doing the Santa Shop ourselves, instead of contracting with a company, has been a huge success and the students really seemed to like the gifts.
• We have two fundraising family events planned for January. Mark your calendar for our Wheels of Wonder Bunker Hill Skate Night on Tuesday, January 12th from 6-8 pm. We will also have an Cosmic Bowling Night on Sunday, January 31 from 5-7 pm. We hope you are able to attend these fun evenings spent with family and friends.

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