Spring Garden School
Weekly Reminder: Week of January 28, 2019
"SUPER" Bowl Friday, Feb. 1
In an effort to replenish the Nutley Food Pantry and to show our support for the upcoming Superbowl, please send in a "Canned" soup item by Friday, Feb. 1. (Doesn't have to be soup). And, on Friday wear your favorite jersey- doesn't have to be the Rams or Patriots....
Grade 6 Fundraiser
Please support the Spring Garden Class of 2019 by purchasing a ticket for a Parents’ Night Out. On Saturday, February 9th at 9:30 PM, the band, The Struggle, will perform at Jim Dandy’s. Tickets are $10.59 and all proceeds will be generously donated back to the class for graduation costs. To purchase tickets, please visit the below link and select fundraising. Thank you for your support.
Https://springgardenpto.membershiptoolkit.com
Https://springgardenpto.membershiptoolkit.com
SGS Wellness Collaborative
As some of you may recall from last year, the SGS Wellness Collaborative is a group of parents, teachers and local health and wellness experts who came together with the goal of sharing health & wellness information, particularly around the concept of mindfulness with the Spring Garden School community.
Mindfulness was determined to be a priority as it provides numerous benefits such as better coping skills and an improved sense of resiliency.
Last year we began to introduce this concept through the Yoga Day, Staff Lunch and Learn and student Yoga Lunch breaks and we are continuing to work to foster mindfulness through a variety of initiatives.
Through generous funding from the Nutley Educational Foundation (NEF) and the Nutley Department of Health and the expert guidance of Tempo Music Therapy and mindfulschools.org <http://mindfulschools.org/> we were able to offer two different training courses this summer for 24 elementary school staff members, 15 of them from Spring Garden.
A number of programs will be offered during the next several months:
• A Family Mindfulness evening which will be a chance for you and your children to attend a yoga/mindfulness session together.
• Parent Mindfulness Evening an opportunity to engage with a panel of experts around the benefits of mindfulness and actionable ways to implement it into your life
• Monthly Yoga Lunch breaks starting in January for students
• Peer mediation-work with current 5th graders to prepare for 6th grade as peer leaders
We will also be opening the Mindfulness Staff Lending Library which will contain a curated collection of Mindfulness/Yoga resources that can be checked out by staff
Also, please check out the Mindfulness Corner in the weekly emails for new resources and tips on how to incorporate mindfulness at home.
This initiative is made possible by support from the following partners:
§ Spring Garden School Administration
§ Spring Garden School PTO Health & Wellness Committee
§ Nutley Educational Foundation
§ Nutley Department of Health
§ Tempo Music Therapy
§ PM Pediatrics
If you have any questions or would like to join the Spring Garden Wellness Collaborative Committee please email Erin Ryan at SGSWellnesscollaboration@gmail.com
Fun Run Thank you!
Just want to thank everyone once again for their support! The Fun Run was a huge success!