The Slater Scoop
Jan.12, 2024
Slater Families
Thank you for all you do each and every day to support your students' success. I am looking forward to the winter dance tonight from 6-7. This is a great chance for students to mingle and visit and dance! This is an amazingly welcoming community and I am so proud to be a part of it. I hope you enjoy this edition of the newsletter and the pictures of the kids at the Stock Show. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
In Partnership
Brooke
Reminders
- Don't forget to take the Family-School Survey https://surveys.panoramaed.com/jeffco/family/surveys?language=en
What an amazing day at the Stock Show
The deadline to submit is Friday, January 12th. Making this submission assists the district and our school with preparing for next year's staffing, budget, resources and more for our school.
Please take a moment and go to EnrollJeffco and submit your enrollment plans for the 2024-2025 school year. We hope you continue to entrust your student's educational journey with Slater. Please let me know if you have any questions or issues.
Talent Show Information
- Slater's Talent show will be on March 14th
- Registration for auditions will be due by Monday, January 22nd. Here is the online link for registration and will also send home paper fliers. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMVsHvLwSxyO3xjh52yztNQDO1EGS01rMtpzxZjTEkrkWpuA/viewform
Spelling Bee
For the top spellers in 3rd -5th grade will compete against each other on 1/25 at 1:15pm. Students will be competing have receive a letter home. Winners will move on to the online round.
A letter from Love & Logic
Dear Families,
Few things can tear at our hearts more than hearing our kids say, “I’m stupid.” At first glance the following parent seems to be right on track:
No, you are not stupid! Think of all the things you are good at. How about reading? You’re good at that! And remember how much you improved in baseball last summer. Stupid kids don’t learn how to hit curve balls like you did. And your art is wonderful. If you were dumb, would you have been able to learn how to create those drawings with such wonderful three-dimensional perspectives? I don’t think so!
At second glance, we realize that this well-meaning parent is lending credibility to their child’s remark by spending so much time and energy addressing it.
Listed below are other tactics that have created selfish kids rather than ones with a good sense of self:
- Constant praise
- Ensuring that they are always the center of attention
- Making sure that they never encounter any hardships
- Buying them everything they want
- Rescuing them from the consequences of their misbehavior
- Setting no limits so that they can “express their creativity”
Instead of using these tactics, consider employing a much simpler approach, one that avoids unintentionally reinforcing your youngster’s self-deprecating remarks. The most effective parents smile, pat their child on the back, and give this sweet and simple response:
Aren’t you glad I don’t believe that!
For truly improving self-concept, there’s only one approach that really works in the long term, and it’s based on the age-old truism:
The best way to feel good is to do something good.
When parents place a high emphasis on good and respectful behavior, children look at themselves and think, “I act pretty darn good and responsible. I must be pretty darn good and responsible.”
True self-concept is developed when children encounter struggles, are taught how to overcome those struggles, and see themselves acting in respectful and responsible ways. Stated quite simply, self-concept is an inside job.
Shaping Self-Concept, one of our most popular audios, teaches a very special type of love. It’s the type that allows our kids to struggle, lets them work through their trials, and guides them toward independence instead of insecurity.
Self-concept is also important for empowering your kids to handle teasing and bullying, which is the topic we'll be sharing tips about in next week's free virtual event, When Your Child Is Teased or Bullied.
Join Slater's PTA
PowerPack Application
The Powerpack provides weekly snacks for students from the Applewood Baptist Church. It is free to sign up. Below is the application form. If you have any questions please reach out to Brandi.Mallard@jeffco.k12.co.us
Lunch is No Cost for 2023-2024
Thanks to the passage of Healthy School Meals for All (HSMA) by Colorado voters, all students in Jeffco Public Schools who attend a school participating in the National School Lunch Program will now have access to healthy and nutritious meals at no cost beginning in the 2023-24 school year, regardless of income eligibility. View this webpage to learn more about what meal service will look like for students in the 2023-24 school year.
Families are Still Encouraged to Complete a Meal Benefits Application
Families are not required to complete a Meal Benefits Application; however, all families are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Completing a Meal Benefits Application will help with additional education funding for schools and may allow for waivers of school-related fees.
- This Application is now Available on School Café.
- You must log in to School Café or set up a new School Café account; you will need an account and may not complete an application as a guest.
- Once you log in, select Apply on the left side of the screen (under Benefits) and this will take you to the Meal Benefits Application.
- All household income information provided through the Meal Benefits Application is strictly confidential and protected by law. Please note: Only one Application is required for all students in the household. Families who are receiving benefits through programs such as SNAP, TANF, and FDPIR do not need to complete a Meal Benefits Application.
- While online applications are preferred, paper applications are available at your student’s school as well as the Food & Nutrition Services office - 809 Quail St., Building 1, Lakewood, Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- Contact Lorena Gomez-Vazquez, Free & Reduced Specialist, Food and Nutrition Services, with questions about applications at FreeandReduced@jeffco.k12.co.us.