Sorrick Family Focus
Week of February 17, 2020
Weekly Update
Dear Sorrick Families,
This week begins Kindness Week across the nation. At Sorrick School, we are celebrating between February 17th - 28th. All students in Pre-K - 1st grade will be learning about the power of kindness and the positive impact it has on ourselves and our relationships with one another.
Students will engage in a series of lessons about different ways to demonstrate kindness, such as showing respect, caring for those in need, including others, acting with integrity, taking responsibility for one's actions, and having the courage to be yourself. These lessons, which have been approved by CASEL (Collaborative for Social Emotional Learning), can be accessed here.
Throughout the next two weeks, students will be encouraged to take action by doing random acts of kindness. A great way to continue the conversation at home is to ask your child about the ways that they showed kindness throughout the school day. If you are looking for books about kindness to read with your child, below you will find a great list. These books are available at our Sorrick library as well as the Green Hills Public Library:
- Dr. Seuss's you are kind : featuring Horton the Elephant.
- Each kindness
- Fly free!
- The fruit salad friend : recipe for a true friend
- The greedy sparrow : an Armenian tale
- Hank finds an egg
- Have you filled a bucket today? : a guide to daily happiness for kids
- I am kind = Soy amable
- If you plant a seed
- The jelly donut difference : sharing kindness with the world
- Kindness is cooler, Mrs. Ruler
- The kindness quilt
- Nico & Lola : kindness shared between a boy and a dog
- Ordinary Mary's extraordinary deed
- Paulie Pastrami achieves world peace
- Albert the Fix-it Man
- Be kind
- Be polite and kind
- Bucket filling from A to Z : the key to being happy
- Compassion
Have a wonderful week!
Natalie Profita
Principal of Sorrick School
Upcoming Events
Monday, February 17th
NO SCHOOL-Presidents Day
Tuesday, February 18th
Assets 3:30-4:30
Board of Education Meeting 7:00 PM
Wednesday, February 19th
Pre-K Parent Workshop 9:30-10:30 AM
Cook-A-Book 3:30-4:30
Thursday, February 20th
Assets 3:30-4:30
Friday, February 21st
Positive Parenting 9:00-11:00 AM (last session)
Popcorn Day (proceeds go to LLS)
This Week's Breakfast Menu
This Week's Lunch Menu
Cougar Snapshots of the Week!
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Sorrick Elementary School
Email: nprofita@npd117.net
Website: http://www.npd117.net/sorrick
Location: 7825 West 103rd Street, Palos Hills, IL, USA
Phone: (708)233-8200
Twitter: @SorrickNPD117