Pepper Drive Family News
December 2, 2022
Self-Control
- Reduce attention robbers (things that distract our kids from focusing on the people and events around them). This can mean avoiding overscheduling our lives-cut one activity for your kids to have time to recharge. Screen time is another attention robber.
- Stretch the wait time- Time your kid's current waiting ability, or how long he can pause before an impulse gets the best of him. Slowly increase that time and stretch self-control over the weeks by teaching wait strategies (breathing strategies, take a break, counting, timers).
- Play waiting games. Self control is like a muscle that can be built up through practice over time. Playing board games, taking turns, playing Red Light, Green Light or Freeze Tag are all ways to improve the ability to control impulses.
- Model self-control. We all have moments of frustration or impulse. Talk through those times with your kids with phrases like, "I am feeling really upset right now, so I am going to take 3 minutes to breathe and control myself before we talk about this."
6th Grade Camp
Please note, we will be holding a 6th Grade Camp Parent Information Night on Wednesday December 14th at 5:30 PM.
Did you know the Santee School District has an App?
Pepper Drive Spirit
Mrs. Shepard (6th Grade)
Mrs. Childress (2nd Grade)
Mrs. Keiser (2nd/3rd Grade)
TIGER Expectations - Kickball
This week, your student(s) continued to learn about how the TIGER traits are shown during recess. This week, our focus was on showing the TIGER traits while playing Kickball.
Upcoming Dates
December
12/7 PTA Stoves on Strike @ Round Table Pizza
12/9 Middle School Honor Roll Luncheon (Tri 1 GPA 3.5 or higher)
12/12-12/16 PTA Holiday Shop
12/22-1/4 Winter Break (no school)
January
1/9 Progress Reports go home
1/16 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (No School)
1/19 PTA Art Night (in Person) & Association Meeting
1/25 Tiger Awards
1/30-2/3 6th Grade Camp
Our School Info
Email: summer.locke@santeesd.net
Website: https://pd.santeesd.net/
Location: 1935 Marlinda Way, El Cajon, CA, USA
Phone: (619)956-5100
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PepperDriveSSD
Twitter: @SSDPepperDrive