The Brooklyn Buzz
December 14, 2018
Early Release ~ December 21st @ 1:30
IN THIS EDITION:
- Spirit Weeks - 10 Days of Brooklyn School "Holiday" Spirit
- Lost and Found
- Growth Mindset
- Counseling Corner
- Cell Phones in School & Nurse
- Cell Phones Use and Cyber bullying
- Outdoor Recess
- PTA Updates and information
- Contacting Brooklyn School
- Important Dates
10 Days of Brooklyn School "Holiday" Spirit
Lost and Found
10 Ways to Teach Growth Mindset
Linked is a great article about cultivating a growth mindset at home. The article is broken down into 10 ways to teach growth mindset and gives resources to support that learning.
Counseling Corner
Conscious Discipline provides a proven and comprehensive approach to discipline. It empowers parents with the self-awareness, brain information, developmental knowledge and useable skills necessary to create safe, connected, problem-solving homes.
Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline is the core Conscious Discipline publication for parents. It is unique from other forms of guidance because it:
- Defines discipline not as something you do to children, but something you develop within them.
- Teaches new skills to the adult first and the children second, empowering you to become the mindful parent you want to be.
With Conscious Discipline, we can learn to discipline differently than we were disciplined, break the cycle of “do as I say, not as I do,” and discipline our children without permissiveness, aggression or guilt.
Check out more helpful advice/tools at:http://consciousdiscipline.com/about/conscious-discipline-for-parents.asp
If you or your family have additional needs, please do not hesitate to call. There are many community supports/programs that we may be able to direct/guide you to for assistance.
Previous resources in newsletters:
Connecting for Kids: If your child is struggling with behavior, anxiety, attention/focus issues or is having difficulty making friends or dealing with bullies, Connecting for Kids is a great resource. It is a non profit organization serving Cleveland's west side that provides education and support to families. You can call 440-250-5563 or visit their website at connectingforkids.org.
Cornerstone of Hope: Cornerstone offers individual therapy and support groups for children, teens and adults who have experienced the death of a loved one. Licensed counselors see adolescents in their offices located in Independence, Ohio. Cornerstone also offers a wide range of support services for families, including monthly family workshops, support groups, memorial events, and a summer camp. Some services have a minimal fee, but no one is turned away for inability to pay. For more information you can call 216.524.HOPE(4673) or visit their website at: www.cornerstoneofhope.org.
Parma Area Family Collaborative is located at 11212 Snow road, Parma, Ohio 44130.
They are a social service organization located in Parma that serves 18 local communities. Their objective is to link families with resources that meet their needs and focus on well-being, safety, academic success, and stability of the children in the communities they serve. Some of the supports they offer include:
- Mobile Food Pantry: 2nd Thursday of the month from 2:30-4:30pm
- Clothing Center: Thursday from 2-4pm
- Summer Feeding Program: M-F, June-August in which FREE breakfast and lunch for youth ages 2-18 are served.
For more information on these programs and or the other services offered via the Parma Area Collaborative, please visit their website at:http://familycollaborative.com/.
Cell Phones in School and Nursing
Parents please explain to your child that if they are sick they need to go to the clinic and the nurse will call home if they need to be picked up. The nurse will never ask the child to call from their cell phone. It is important for the nurse to be involved in the decision to be picked up, to ensure we are properly treating children and following up. If your child calls you and asks you to pick them up from the office or a cell phone, please ask to speak to the nurse, secretary or call the school office. We have seen an increase of students calling their parents (from their cell phones) to pick them up after seeing the nurse. The nurse has determined the child has no or minimal symptoms (symptoms that we call home for fever, vomiting, rash etc). Attendance in school is important.
Cell Phone Use and Cyberbullying
We will be communicating out to families in 5th, 6th & 7th grades with more specific information.
Here is a quick read to help parents with cyberbullying and guidelines for internet use...
A three-step plan to address cyberbullying with your child:
Today’s children are the first generation to use technology to bully others. Today’s parents are the first who have needed to learn how to address this issue with their children. The following steps can help your explore this topic with your child:
1. Have the “cyberbullying” conversation.
Initiate a conversation with your child about cyberbullying. Bullying can be hard for children to talk about with their parents for many reasons. They might be embarrassed by what is happening, afraid that the bullying will increase if they tell, or think it is their own problem. Cyberbullying can add additional complications. Many students might not interpret the mean and hurtful behavior that happens on their computer or cell phone as bullying. Children may also worry that they will lose access to their technology if they tell their parents about cyberbullying. As you open the subject for discussion, let your child know that you recognize that phones, computers, and being connected online with friends is a significant part of their lives, but that you also want him or her to be safe from cyberbullying. Explain that if something hurtful is communicated online, it is considered bullying and it is important that you know about it.
To open the subject for discussion, tell your child:
• “I understand how important it is to communicate with your friends by phone and online.”
• “You deserve to be safe from bullying online, just like at school.”
• “If something happening online is hurtful to you, it is bullying and it’s important to tell me about it.”
2. Set cyber safety rules.
You set safety rules for your child in the physical world, such as guidelines for when your child goes to the shopping mall or curfews for visiting a friend’s house. Do the same in your child’s cyberworld.
Specific advice to keep in mind:
• Remind your children that they never really know who is on the other end of cyber communication. It could be the person they think it is, but because they cannot see that person, they should always proceed with caution in their exchanges. Remind them not to do or say anything online that they wouldn’t do or say in person. Stress that they should not reveal anything that they wouldn’t tell a stranger.
• Advise them to never share their email or social media account password with anyone, even their best friend. That friend may share it with other people, or the friendship may end and their private messages could suddenly become very public.
• Decide whether or not you, the parent, will have access to your children’s passwords for email accounts, social media, or other technology. If so, determine if and when you might use their passwords to check on account content.
• Help them determine what is and is not appropriate to share online. This can include avoiding sharing personal photos or data (such as a physical description, phone number, or address).
• Ensure that they keep social media accounts private and do not “friend” people they do not know. Establish rules about whether it’s okay for your child to add friends they haven’t met in person, such as a friend of a friend.
• Establish whether you and your child will be friends on social media accounts, and whether you want to moderate the content they share and post online.
• Set hours that technology can and can’t be used. Decide if there will be limits on access to using technology to communicate with peers, such as no computer or texting after 9 p.m., in class, during mealtimes, or until homework is done.
• Create a code of conduct, such as they will not use social media to humiliate or embarrass other people, even if they are being targeted by cyberbullying.
• Establish that if your child experiences cyberbullying and shares that with you, their use and access to technology won’t be restricted. However, if your child demonstrates cyberbullying behavior and you find out, identify consequences for your child.
3. Continue to be involved with your child’s online use.
Once you have established rules about your parental access to your children’s cell phones, text history, social networking sites, and other computer accounts that they may use for posting information, be sure to frequently remind your child about the importance of established guidelines. As your child grows and has access to new technology, remember to evaluate your family’s safety rules to determine if they are effective and age-appropriate. As a parent, you have a responsibility to know what your children are doing online. Explore parental control options through internet service and wireless providers, and continue to establish with your child what access you will have to their online interaction. Keep encouraging your child to talk with you about any inappropriate behavior, whether it’s happening to them or they see it directed at others.
Outdoor Recess Guidelines
We have had some cold days in December already.
Please make sure your child has the proper clothing to go outside.
We will go outside when it is cold and snowing.
Our guidelines for cold temperatures will be followed and monitored closely.
The temperature for outdoor recess is 20 degrees with the windchill.
Please make sure student have appropriate gear to be in the elements. Winter coats, gloves, hats are important. Students will not be permitted to play in the snow in street shoes, they will have to have boots on.
Students should have hats, gloves, winter coats, boots if it is snowing or there is snow on the ground.
Label your child's gear with their names and if they lose something, check our lost and found.
Information from Brooklyn PTA
PTA Kalahari Fundraiser
If you have any concerns booking a room, please call Cathie Flannigan (PTA president) @ 216-218-4771
Holiday Shop
Thank you!
Contacting Brooklyn School Personnel
Attendance Line ~ (216) 485-8171
- When reporting your child off, please include: first and last name of the child, grade, reason for absence, who is reporting the child off and a number you can be reached.
(216) 485-8177
cristin.cicco@bcshurricanes.org
Ms. Lara Smith ~ Assistant Principal
(216) 485-8178
Mrs. Annie Bir ~ Guidance Counselor (Grades 4-7)
(216) 485-8128
Mrs. Denise Smith ~ Guidance Counselor (Grades PK-3)
(216) 485 - 8173
denise.smith@bcshurricanes.org
Mrs. Laura Paul ~ Brooklyn School Secretary
(216) 485-8176
Important Dates
December 21 - Early Release ( Students will be dismissed at 1:30)
December 24 - January 4 - NO SCHOOL - Winter Break
January 7, 2019 - School Resumes
Brooklyn School
Email: cristin.cicco@bcshurricanes.org
Website: http://www.brooklyn.k12.oh.us/2/Home
Location: 9200 Biddulph Avenue, Brooklyn, OH, USA
Phone: 216-485-8176