Isham News
March 2022
From the Principal's Desk
Isn’t it wonderful to be heading into March with spring just around the corner? Hopefully very soon, tiny buds on trees will appear and once again we will be outside mowing the green grass. How quickly time passes as we prepare for spring and the many events we have planned over the next few months.
Can you believe we are beginning our third and final trimester of the school year? We have twelve more action packed weeks ahead of us before summer break. Please support your child in keeping a focus on school. Life tends to speed up again this time of year with outdoor fun and games. That is our cue to maintain our healthy routines with a continued emphasis on the joy of learning.
Here’s to another great month! I hope to see many of you at our Open House/Ice Cream Social/Basket Raffle Event on Thursday, March 10th!
Happy Spring!
Mr. Steven Brady
Ohio State Testing: Grades 3 & 4
3rd & 4th grade students will be taking the Ohio English/Language Arts and Math assessments in the spring. The window for students to take the tests is March 21 - May 6, 2022.
Showcase of Smiles
Important Dates
- March 4 - Report Cards go home and are available online in Progress Book
- March 7 - Family First Night
- March 10 - Isham Ice Cream Social/Open House (6-7:30)
- March 14 - Board of Education Meeting (7:00-9:00)
- March 15 - Last day to Purchase Yearbooks
- April 1 - Isham Island Day
- April 1 - First Friday (Downtown Wadsworth) - British Invasion
- April 4 through April 8 - NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
- April 11 - Board of Education Meeting (7:00-9:00)
- April 15 - NO SCHOOL - Good Friday
Yearbook Orders
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Isham PTO News
Next PTO meeting will be March 17th at 6:30 pm
INTRA-DISTRICT OPEN ENROLLMENT
Intra- District open enrollment for current Wadsworth Families is open as of March 1st. The open enrollment application can be found on the district website (under Parent Information). This page also contains information about the Parent Meeting, which will be help on March 14, 2022 at 6:00 pm in the High School media center.
** Please note that applications will not be accepted prior to March 15 at 7 am
March News from the School Counselor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14bBuluwB8&ab_channel=TED
The second lesson of this month will be the mandatory personal safety lesson that addresses body boundaries, which will be delivered at all schools. Our younger students (K-1) will learn about practicing rules of personal safety as they listen to the book, I Can Play It Safe (click here for a link to the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Can-Play-Safe-Alison-Feigh/dp/1575422859). Students will hear about the difference between keeping surprises and keeping secrets, following that ‘uh-oh’ feeling when something doesn’t feel right, and making good personal safety decisions in potentially dangerous situations. This story also discusses the Touching Rule: A person should never touch your private body parts except to keep you healthy. Students color a miniature coloring book to reinforce each important concept about personal safety.
Older students (Grades 2-4) will learn how to spot a Red Flag for a body boundary. The data that I share with students as the basis for this lesson is compelling: A 2009 study about sexual abuse revealed that strangers accounted for only ONE PERCENT of the reported incidents of unwelcome or inappropriate touch. Overwhelmingly, children are most at risk for sexual abuse by an acquaintance or family member (40% neighbor or family friend, 39% family member). The most frequently cited situation where incidents of sexual predation occurred were sleepovers. While I reinforce to students that they should always follow the safety rules they learned about strangers, this lesson aims to protect students by teaching them to follow their ‘gut feelings’ when they sense danger, even in the presence of someone they already know.
Again, my intent is never to alarm or frighten students, but rather, to equip them with the knowledge necessary to keep them safe. If you have any concerns about the lesson as planned, please contact me by phone or email.
Julie Gunn, M. Ed.
School Counselor