We have had a week filled with all kinds of learning! Teachers are continuing with predictable routines to help students build stamina for reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. Hopefully, your child is adapting to our school day and not as tired as when we started. We have a new literacy resource that the Hamilton Southeastern School Corporation has adopted, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt or HMH. Teachers have been engaged in HMH collaborative professional learning since the start of school. We will be officially launching our use of this resource with students on Monday, August 29. Although our curricular resource has changed, our beliefs about learning/guiding principles have not. Your children will still receive standards-based instruction reflective of our HSE21 model.

Today marks the end of our NWEA assessment window. We will finish any necessary make-up testing by Wednesday. You should receive an individual student report for your child on Thursday or Friday of this week. These results are just one measure to indicate your child's current understanding of reading and math. Teachers will use this information to create responsive instruction to help each student learn and grow. If you have any questions about your student's results, please contact his/her teacher.

Families are such an important part of our school learning community! If you plan to volunteer in class or in the library, you must have a current background check on file. To apply for a background check, please use the following link:

Visiting and Volunteering - HSE Background Check Information

Per our HSE Operations Plan, we are not currently allowing visitors at lunch. This decision will be reviewed within the next few weeks. I will share any updates when we have new information.

If you have a student at New Britton, you are automatically a part of our PTO (Parent-Teacher Organization). This group does many things to support students and teachers at NBE. Be sure to review the dates below to see how you can get involved, both as a volunteer and through connecting with other families at events like Dine to Donate and our upcoming Bulldog Pancake Breakfast on Sept. 10 (tickets can be purchased at the door). As always, thank you for partnering with us in education!

Sincerely,

Lori Mankin

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NBE is pleased to announce the return of the Snack Attack program for those students in need. This program, supported by the Fishers Youth Assistance Program, is designed to provide students a little extra nourishment for the weekend until they can receive a hot meal at school on Monday.

Here's how the program works. Your student will pick up a small sack of food to be taken home over the weekend. The sack is filled with individually wrapped snacks such as granola bars, fruit cups, pop tarts, peanut butter/crackers, Goldfish crackers, etc. The type of snacks will vary each week. Please let us know if your child has a peanut allergy as he/she will receive a special bag of peanut-free snacks.

There is no cost to you or the school. This program is open to students that qualify for the reduced lunch program or have an increased need currently.

To be part of this free program, you must sign up your family online. https://forms.gle/xrKNaxRaLypSqKvV8

If you have any questions, please contact Sherri Leiner, NBE School Counselor at sleiner@hse.k12.in.us

Kindergarten

Second Step Kit or Second Step Kit online - Kindergarten Lesson 2: Focusing Attention

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child will learn that you need to use your eyes, ears, and brain when you focus attention on something. Your child is also learning how to make an “attent-o-scope” to help focus.

Try This at Home:

Share with your child important information or instructions, let your child know that you really need his or her focused attention. Ask your child to show you how an attent-o-scope helps them focus.

1st

Second Step Kit or Second Step Kit online – 2nd grade Lesson 2: Focusing Attention

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child will learn that you need to use your eyes, ears, and brain when you focus attention on something. Your child is also learning to say things to yourself (self-talk) can help you pay attention.

Try This at Home:

Ask your child about what you can do to help you focus attention. What does focusing look like (Use an attent-o-scope)? What words can you say to yourself to remind you to pay attention?

2nd

Second Step Kit or Second Step Kit online – 1st grade Lesson 2: Focusing Attention

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child will learn that you need to use your eyes, ears, and brain when you focus attention on something. Your child is also learning to say things to yourself (self-talk) can help you pay attention.

Try This at Home:

Ask your child about what you can do to help you focus attention. What does focusing look like (Use an attent-o-scope)? What words can you say to yourself to remind you to pay attention?

3rd

Second Step Kit or Second Step Kit online – 3rd grade Lesson 2: Self-Talk

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child will learn to identify classroom distractions and demonstrate the use of self-talk in response to different scenarios.

Try This at Home:

Ask your child to share with you about what self-talk means and how it can help you each day.

4th

Second Step Kit or Second Step Kit online – 4th grade Lesson 2: Listening With Attention

Summary:

In this week’s lesson, your child will learn and practice techniques that improve their ability to focus and listen well. Listening with attention is a skill necessary for effective communication with others and academic success.

Try This at Home:

Ask your child to share with you about when a good time would be to practice listening with attention and how they use their listening skills each day.