Pine Island Update
Friday, January 22, 2021
Dear Families,
The Power of Vision
• Revisit the concept of having a “family flight plan” from Habit 1 (Last week) and explore the significance of having a clear destination and a compass.
• Discuss the importance of vision and clear purpose in the creation of creating a family mission statement. Discuss, as parents: What abilities do we want our Children to develop to be successful when they are grown?
• Identify some of the benefits that flow from having a vision. For example: a deeper sense of purpose and meaning, a sense of hope or of future possibilities, and a focus on opportunities rather than on problems.
Creating Your Own Family Mission Statement
• Discuss and apply the 3-step process:
− Explore what your family is all about by answering some or all of the following questions together:
• What is the purpose of our family?
• What kind of family do we want to be?
• What kind of things do we want to do?
• What kind of feeling do we want to have in our home?
• What kind of relationships do we want to have with one another?
• How do we want to treat one another and speak to one another?
• What things are truly important to us as a family?
• What our family’s highest priority goals? • What are the unique talents, gifts, and abilities of family members?
• What are our responsibilities as family members?
• What are the principles and guidelines we want our family to follow?
*How can we contribute to society as a family and become more service-oriented?
− Write your family mission statement based on your family’s answers to the questions.
− Use your family mission statement to stay on track through weekly family meetings.
• Identify the 4 Unique Human Gifts. Discuss how developing a family mission statement helps develop these gifts.
Planning Makes Things Better
• Ask: If we were taking a trip tomorrow, what would you pack? Don’t tell family members where you are going or how long you will be gone. When they are finished packing or making a list of what they would pack, ask what difference it would have made if you had told them the destination was the North Pole and the plan was to live for a month in an igloo.
• Ask: Is it smart to cook a meal without a recipe or a plan? To build a house without a blueprint? Help the family understand that a family also needs a plan to succeed.
• Ask Children to imagine what they would like to see happen in their future. Help them translate that vision into words or pictures you can hang on their wall. The ideas expressed could be most helpful as you start developing a family mission statement.
Exploring What Each Child Is All About
• Set aside time when each family member tells one strength they have noticed about a designated child. Write them down. Keep these in mind as you develop your family mission statement. Continue until everyone has had a turn.
• Encourage your Children to contribute to your family mission statement. Distribute index cards and ask them to write down or draw things in their family life that make them happy, activities they love to do with the family, or any good thing they see in other homes that they would like to be doing. Keep the cards and use them as you develop your family mission statement.
Mrs. Reehl, Principal
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Office Contacts
254-5504
Secretary, Mandy Rodriquez
254-5501
PBIS Coordinator, Pat Calkins
254-5503
Upcoming Events
Feb 15 & 16- NO SCHOOL
Feb 26- PTO Reading Logs due
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Little Caesar's Pizza Kits
It’s pizza time! Starting today and for the next 2 weeks, January 18th to February 1st, we’re selling Pizza Kits to raise money so we can continue to support the elementary schools in the Comstock Park school district. To reach our goal and be successful, we need everyone’s help - It’s super easy to join the fun!
To get started follow this link -
https://fundraising.littlecaesars.com/login/join-fundraiser/584ea864-d689-4046-ac5a-2d6f39abfc 3a
There you will create your very own seller page. You can customize your page, upload a video, create an avatar, and watch how many pizza kits you’ve sold. You’ll get your own special link to send to your friends and family so they can buy delicious pizza kits and support our fundraiser. Pizza Kits will be delivered directly to their home by FedEx (there will not be a local pick-up option this time), so send the link to your out of state family and friends, too!
Every kit we sell earns $6 profit and makes an impact. Don’t forget to buy some for yourself! The top seller from each school will also win a treat to share with their entire class (or family treat for our virtual students).
As always, thank you for your continued support!
Comstock Park PTO
Pine Island Elementary
Email: sreehl@cppschools.com
Website: cppschools.com
Location: 6101 Pine Island Drive Northeast, Comstock Park, MI, USA
Phone: 616-254-5500
Facebook: facebook.com/pineislandelementary