Bauer Bits
March 3, 2023
From the Principal's Desk
Jim Rohn was a great communicator and visionary thought leader. He was influential to many "self-help" gurus like Tony Robbins, Jon Gordon, and many others. This week I'm sharing an article by Jim Rohn which I hope will challenge and grow your thinking.
4 Powerful Little Words That Make Life Worthwhile
“You can have more because you can become more—and unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.”
1. Life is worthwhile if you LEARN.
You have to have learning to exist, let alone succeed. What you don’t know will hurt you. So you have to learn from your own experiences—negative or positive. We learn to do it right by first sometimes doing it wrong—we call that a positive negative. We also learn from other people’s experiences, both positive and negative, too. I’ve always said that it is too bad failures don’t give seminars. Obviously, we don’t want to pay them so they aren’t usually touring around giving seminars. But that information would be very valuable—we would learn how someone who had it all messed it up. Learning from other people’s adventures and mistakes is valuable information because we can learn what not to do without the pain of having tried and failed ourselves.
We learn by what we see, so pay attention. We learn by what we hear, so be a good listener. (Now, I do suggest that you should be a selective listener; don’t just let anybody dump into your mental factory.) We learn from what we read, so open a book (or two or three). Learn from lectures. Learn from songs. Learn from sermons. Learn from conversations with people who care. Always keep learning.
Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.
2. Life is worthwhile if you TRY.
You can’t just learn. Now you have to try something to see if you can do it. Try to make a difference. Try to make some progress. Try to learn a new skill, or a new sport. It doesn’t mean you can do everything, but there are a lot of things you can do, if you just try. Why not go all out? Try your best. Give it every effort.
How long should you try? Until.
3. Life is worthwhile if you STAY.
You have to stay from spring until harvest. What does that mean? If you have signed up for the day or for the game or for the project, see it through. Sometimes calamity comes and then it is worth wrapping it up—and that’s the end. But just don’t end in the middle. Maybe on the next project you pass, but on this one, if you signed up, stay until it’s finished—and always leave it better than you found it.
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you’ve signed up for a season, see it through. You don’t have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
4. Life is worthwhile if you CARE.
If you care at all, you will get some results. If you care enough, you can get incredible results. Care enough to make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough to start a new enterprise. Care enough to change it all. Care enough to be the highest producer. Care enough to set some records. Care enough to win.
The more you care, the stronger you can be.
Mark Your Calendar
Saturday, March 4th - Bauer Girls' Night
Wednesday, March 8th - Bauer Skating Party
Friday, March 10th - Wear your Favorite Sports Team & Popcorn Friday
Monday, March 13th - 5th Grade Camp Vitale's Fundraiser
Tuesday, March 14th - Jet's Pizza Night & BPC Meeting
Friday, March 17th - Early Release (12:15) & Wear Green Day!
BAUER GIRLS’ NIGHT
Tickets still available for Bauer Girls’ Night — tomorrow, Saturday, March 4th, 7-9 PM at Baldwin Street Middle School. Join us for games, activities and dancing. Dress up or dress down — just come ready to have FUN! Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bauerparentclub/843261
BAUER SKATING PARTY
Join us for another fun Bauer skating party at Tarry Hall Roller Rink in Grandville on Wednesday, March 8th from 6:00-8:00pm. Cost is $6 for admission and $2 for skate rental or $3 for rollerblade rental.
JET’S PIZZA NIGHT
Easy dinner alert: our next pizza night is Tuesday, March 14th! Order dinner at Jet’s on Baldwin and they will donate a portion of our sales back to the Bauer Parent Club. More orders = more money back to Bauer! Please make sure to mention your classroom teacher's name when placing your order. As a bonus, the class with the most orders will win a pizza party!
MARCH BPC MEETING
Please join us for our March 14th Bauer Parent Club meeting at 7:30 PM in the Bauer Media Center (Library). New 5/6 Building Principal Melanie McClure will be at this meeting to share 5/6 Building updates, what a typical day will look like for fifth and sixth grade students and answer any parent questions.
HPS Staff Appreciation
We have AMAZING staff members at Hudsonville Public Schools. A group of parents is collecting stories of positive ways that HPS staff are impacting our students and the greater community. We will be sharing these with staff as a way to express our gratitude and encourage them in their good work. Please use the link here or QR code to share your story. Thank you!
STEAM Tidbits
Some classes are moving on to their new units this week. Kindergarten has moved on to learning about pushes and pulls. We'll be talking about how forces are used to move objects and how we can make it easier to move certain objects by limiting friction. First grade has moved on to learning about animal adaptations. We'll be investigating certain animals and learning what attributes they have that allow them to survive in their habitats. Second graders will be practicing their coding skills and will attempt to make a game using code. Third grade will be studying flight. They will gain an understanding of how planes are able to travel so far and stay in the air. Fourth grade has started a new project with their Vex kits. They will be creating a mechanism that can lift heavier objects. Fifth grade will be wrapping up their autonomous robots. They've done a fantastic job programming their vehicles. Have a nice week!
-Mr. Lloyd
STEM Summer Camp
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