From the Desk of Mrs. Brush
News from JC's Assistant Principal
Congratulations, Retirees!
Mrs. Monica Rothstein will be retiring after working for 25 years as a school psychologist, 18 years of which have been with the Greenwich Public Schools. We will miss Mrs. Rothstein as a vital part of our PPS team, helping both children and families navigate the challenges of school life. She is looking forward to traveling and baking, as well as spending more time with her family - including her adorable grandson Oliver!
Ms. Darlene Gerald will be retiring after serving the Greenwich Public Schools for 38 years as a professional assistant, spending 35 of them at Julian Curtiss. As many of you know, Ms. Gerald has been a key part of helping students with special needs access their general education programs on a daily basis. Her gentle, caring manner will be greatly missed! She is looking forward to being able to get up without an alarm and to spend more time with her family.
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More on Executive Functioning...
Over the past several months, we've featured tips and tricks to help with Executive Functioning. Here are some quick tips from Understood.org that you can use at home to help with organization:
1. Use a Family Calendar
A large, wall-sized calendar for all the family appointments, commitments and activities can help your child see that organization is a lifelong skill. Everyone—including your child—can see how they fit into the bigger picture of the household. Consider using a different color marker for each family member to help highlight different schedules.
2. Use Visual Checklists
A visual checklist uses pictures to lay out the steps to perform a certain task. For instance, the morning routine might have pictures of getting out of bed, brushing teeth, getting dressed, brushing hair and eating breakfast. Visual checklists take away the stress of reading for kids with learning and attention issues. And they can also be small enough to be posted discretely in the right location. At first glance, they just look like comic strips.
3. Use an Analog Clock
An analog clock can help kids get a better sense of how time can be broken into chunks. It also helps them see how much time has passed or how much is left. Consider buying four colors of cellophane wrapping paper at your local dollar store. Divide the clock face into quarters and put different color cellophane over each section so your child can see time in 15-minute blocks.
4. Use a Supply Caddy
Instead of having supplies scattered all over the house, keep them all in a shower caddy or cleaning supply caddy. Your child can organize supplies by function (such as pencils and markers, and scissors and glue). Best of all, a supply caddy has a handle so it can be stored when not in use and carried to the homework spot when needed.
5. Use Colored Pocket Folders
Provide your child with a few different colors of pocket folders to bring things back and forth from school. Choose one color for papers that need to come home but don’t need to be returned. Choose another color for papers that need a parent’s attention and have to be returned to school. And pick out another color for homework, labeling one pocket “To Do” and the other “Completed.”
6. Try Making Pizza Box Portfolios
Pizza box portfolios are a great space-saving solution. They stack right on top of each other. Ask your local pizza place for some clean, large pizza boxes. Your child can decorate and label them, and then begin putting graded spelling homework in one box, art projects in another and so on. Since there’s limited space, your child will have to make sure the papers are flat and stacked instead of crumpled into a ball.
Taken from 6 Simple Tools to Help Your Grade-Schooler Get Organized
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Below is a link to the AMC website with upcoming showings. The Sensory Friendly Film Series is available at the theater in Port Chester.
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Mrs. Brenda Brush
Email: brenda_brush@greenwich.k12.ct.us
Website: www.greenwichschools.org/jcs
Location: 180 East Elm Street, Greenwich, CT, USA
Phone: (203) 869-1896
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