This Week at AES
11/2 - 11/6
This Week at a Glance
Monday 11/2
- $2 Jean Day
- Decorating Party in the Front Lobby
- Lego Club
- Homework Committee
Tuesday 11/3
- NO School
Wednesday 11/4
- Bus Evacuations STLP Club
Thursday 11/5
- No Special Events Planned
Friday 11/6
- Intermediate AR Celebration
Notes for the Week:
This Week is a Primary Guidance Week
- Each week I want to recognize the great things going on at Audubon. If you know someone who needs to be recognized, please let me know.
- Congratulations to the Kindergarten Team. Their grade level was the winner of the most money raised for our Fall Fundraiser. They have won the privilege of leaving an hour early or having an hour lunch.
Hot Links
- Information on the Sessions with Sarah and Barbara can be found here.
- Please be mindful of your printing. When possible, always print to the copy machine and not actual printers. Printer printing costs 5 times the amount of printing to the copier. Reports of our largest printers can be found here.
- Our October WIG has now finished. Please submit your final totals using this form.
- There are 17 instructional days in November. Our school goal is 7,426.
It takes a village....
Wow!
You are Awesome
Tweets of the Week
Circle of Influence
So what do we do? As a school we can sit back and say, "Well until mom stops spending all of her money on tattoos and cigarettes; nothing will change." Do we as a team look at our students and say, "All students can Learn." Yet our actions show a self-fulfilling prophesy where we water down the work and lower expectations for "those" students.
Obviously, neither of those options is the answer. I believe that the answer is owning what you can influence. I have always been impressed with Audubon's ability to relentlessly search for the avenues to help a student find success. That intensity is really the only piece that resides in your Circle of Influence. Nearly 2 our of every 3 students in our building (K-5) fall into the impoverished category and they all need you to be focused on finding out how they succeed.
The picture above is a quote I found this week that really made me think about our at-risk students. So many times we try to "fix" the student to help them learn instead of modifying the environment. Our teaching and learning environment is exactly what we own and what we can change for our students.
The information below comes from a very brief article on poverty. The title is the actual link to the article if you would you would like to read the article in its entirety.
What you can do? - Click me to see the Article
- Operate like NASA - failure is not an option. If you cannot connect people or resolve a poverty issue, who in your network or community might be able to? Use an “If not me, then who?” approach.
- Build stronger partnerships. Poverty is complex and requires a comprehensive community-wide approach. Connect with other businesses, organizations, and individuals in the neighborhood who can help. Rely on your “full resource backpack,” an inventory of who in your community may be able to assist people in moving out of poverty.
- Learn proven strategies. In spite of the lack of education in our country about poverty, there are theories that provide strategies for breaking the iron cage of poverty. The following page outlines five theories and provide suggestions for how educators and others can break the barriers of poverty.
- Mentor. Take the time to build meaningful relationship with students
The video below shows the impact of Poverty on the Brain and serves as a reminder about why we must break the poverty cycle for our students.