EVERGREEN'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
JANUARY 2023
PRINCIPAL'S CORNER
Thank you for all of your support, and we look forward to a strong second half of the school year!
~Laura Maier
SCHOOL COUNSELOR'S UPDATE
Kindergarten -Empathy can motivate students to respond to others in a caring way. Young students often try to comfort others through physical affection, by offering a toy, or by saying something comforting. However, students may have trouble showing care and concern in emotionally overwhelming situations. Unit 3 includes emotion-management skills to help further students’ ability to offer support. Feeling empathy and expressing care and concern are different from each other, and both require practice. Click here for a Home Link activity.
1st Grade -The objective of this lesson is to recognize that we are all different and we must respect those differences.
2nd Grade - The objective of the lesson is to be able to identify your positive qualities.
3rd Grade - This lesson continues to build students’ perspective-taking ability by examining scenarios where people have different feelings about the same thing. Perspective-taking is a critical skill for working in groups, making friends, and successfully resolving interpersonal conflicts.
4th Grade - The students will learn the definition of diversity as the condition of having or being composed of differing elements: variety; especially the inclusion of different types of people in a group or organization. The objective of the lesson is to accept and celebrate our differences.
5th Grade - Having empathy and expressing concern are two different skills. Both skills require practice. This lesson puts empathy into action, with a focus on children responding sensitively and respectfully to their peers. By directly expressing empathy, students can help their peers feel less isolated, provide emotional support in difficult circumstances, and strengthen friendships. Students who are bullied can experience fewer difficulties if other students are compassionate and show them empathy and support. Increasing students’ ability to show compassion helps to create a caring and positive school climate.
In addition, every month, WGSD will be highlighting a spotlight skill. Please check out each month’s newsletter to see more about the spotlight skill including keywords, definitions, and areas of focus. Our District Wide SEL Spotlight Skill this month is Self-Awareness
More about Self-Awareness
Keywords: Empathy, Compassion, Perspective taking, Gratitude
Definition:The ability to understand one's own emotions, thoughts, and values and how they influence behavior across contexts..
Focus area for each grade level:
4K-5K:Learners will be able to demonstrate awareness of their emotions and how they may be the same or different from others.
1st-3rd:Learners will be able to recognize and label a variety of their own basic emotions.
4th-5th:Learners will be able to recognize and label a variety of complex emotions in self and others.
--Mrs.Tricia Kedrowicz
Evergreen Elementary School
School Counselor
School:262-514-8210 Ext. 1048
Mobile (Google Voice): 262-342-6765
UPCOMING DATES
January 12th - Evergreen PTO Meeting 4:00
January 13th - Wear purple or Be Kind Shirts
January 19th - Dress Like Your Favorite Character
January 20th - No School - In/Service
January 26th - MATH 24
January 27th - Pajama and Comfy Clothes Day
ART ROOM SUPPLIES
Evergreen's Art room is looking for donations of old newspapers that can be recycled into art projects. If you're able to help, please have students drop it off at the art room.
PTO CULVER'S NIGHT
EVERGREEN PTO
Coming up PTO Meetings:
Jan 12th 4:00 PTO meeting
Jan 16th 5-8pm Culvers Night (Burlington location)
Feb 15th 6:30 PTO Meeting
EVERGREEN'S COMMUNITY DRIVE
BUSINESS OF THE MONTH
FAMILY CONNECTIONS
COPING WITH EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION
WHAT HAPPENED IN JANUARY
Health Services - New Covid-19 Form
The Waterford Graded School District has a new form available to you when it is necessary to report a Covid-19 absence.
- If your student has tested positive for COVID, please stay home and notify the Attendance Office. Fill out the following Google form.
Absences related to COVID ISOLATION will continue to be medically excused only if proper documentation is provided, including a photo of your positive home test or written statement from a healthcare provider. Medical absences due to COVID will be acceptable for 5 days. If at the end of the 5 days, the student still has a fever and/or symptoms aren’t improving, then they need to continue their isolation until those criteria are met. At this point, to be excused any additional days, a doctor’s excuse will need to be provided for absences to be marked as medically excused.
Here you can also find other helpful information under the Parent Links for some of the more common illnesses we will see this winter.
WHO TO CONTACT IN THE OFFICE
Mrs. Tricia Kedrowicz, Evergreen School Counselor
Mrs. Sue Nicoson, Principal Secretary (Enrollments, student information/needs, Health room)
Mrs. Melissa Adams, Building Secretary (Attendance, Food Service accounts, Health Room)
Mrs. Rachel Pankonin, WGSD Nurse
Mrs. Kim Rivera-Kloeppel, WGSD School Social Worker
Mrs. Lisa Peterson, Aramark Food Service Coordinator