JC Daily Update
April 9, 2020
Morning Announcements
Today's Flipgrid - Terrific Thursday!
Happy Thursday! This week focused on how we CARE for ourselves offline. Today we are on our final letter - E! How do you exercise and energize? Do you go for runs or walks? Ride your bike? Do yoga? Have you made up a new outdoor game or sport? Tell us...what gets you energized?
A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM YOUR JC FAMILY!
Some food for thought...
Schools have been out for a few weeks, and it looks like this will continue for many more. Many people are concerned about students falling behind because of this. Yes, they may fall behind when it comes to classroom education...
But what if...
What if instead of falling “behind," this group of kids is ADVANCED because of this?
What if they have more empathy, they enjoy family connection, they can be more creative and entertain themselves, they love to read, they love to express themselves in writing?
What if they enjoy the simple things, like their own backyard and sitting near a window in the quiet?
What if they notice the birds and the dates the different flowers emerge, and the calming renewal of a gentle rain shower?
What if this generation is the one to learn to cook, organize their space, do their laundry, and keep a well-run home?
What if they learn to stretch a dollar and to live with less?
What if they learn to plan shopping trips and meals at home?
What if they learn the value of eating together as a family and finding the good to share in the small delights of the everyday?
What if they are the ones to place great value on our teachers and educational professionals, librarians, public servants and the previously invisible essential support workers like truck drivers, grocers, cashiers, custodians, logistics, and health care workers and their supporting staff, just to name a few of the millions taking care of us right now while we are sheltered in place?
What if among these children, a great leader emerges who had the benefit of a slower pace and a simpler life to truly learn what really matters in this life?
What if they are AHEAD?
-writer unknown
JC Reads Together
Happy Passover and Happy Easter to our Families Celebrating!
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Mrs. Trish McGuire - Principal
Email: trish_mcguire@greenwich.k12.ct.us
Website: www.greenwichschools.org/jcs
Location: 180 East Elm Street, Greenwich, CT, USA
Phone: (203) 869-1896
Twitter: @jcsprincipal