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Principal Corner

Happy February! Students have worked so hard on MAP reading and math tests this month. Teachers will be sharing those reports with you soon. Data shows that students are making great gains. Keep encouraging your child at home.

There are a few important events coming up that we wanted to make sure you were aware of:

3/1/21- Kindergarten Enrollment (see more information below)

3/1-3/5- Dr. Seuss Week- we will have a book character dress-up day and outdoor parade.

3/1-3/2- Student-Led Conferences via zoom (teachers will make contact regarding schedules)

We will be having Valentine's Day Parties on February 12th. Please see information regarding those below.


PTA News The Color Run will be here before we know it! Sign up here to help prepare color run student sponsorship packets! Other volunteer opportunities will be posted on social media pages. Our next PTA meeting will be on February 9th at the Harber Meadows Pool House.	Covid Links We work hard to protect all staff and students at BYE. Last semester we had 20 positive Covid cases. This is less than 1% of our Young family. We will continue following safety protocol this semester. If at any time your child is positive for Covid, please go to the site below and complete the form titled Student/Staff Covid 19 Positive. If your child has been exposed to Covid, please go to the site below and complete the form titled Student/Staff Covid 19 Household Exposure. The site is: sdale.org/covid Thank you for your help with keeping us safe.	February Character Word- Friendliness For the month of February, we are focusing on the word friendliness. Friendliness means being pleasant and kind to others. Practice it! Smile and say hello to people around you Greet people with an air high five or any COVID friendly greeting Include others in activities Read About it! Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell Boy + Bot by Amy Dyckman My Friend the Monster by Eleanor Taylor Talk About it! Tell me about a time you were friendly to someone. What do you think friendliness means? How can you be friendly to others?

PTA News

The Color Run will be here before we know it! Sign up here to help prepare color run student sponsorship packets! Other volunteer opportunities will be posted on social media pages.

Our next PTA meeting will be on February 9th at the Harber Meadows Pool House.

Covid Links

We work hard to protect all staff and students at BYE. Last semester we had 20 positive Covid cases. This is less than 1% of our Young family. We will continue following safety protocol this semester. If at any time your child is positive for Covid, please go to the site below and complete the form titled Student/Staff Covid 19 Positive. If your child has been exposed to Covid, please go to the site below and complete the form titled Student/Staff Covid 19 Household Exposure. The site is: sdale.org/covid

Thank you for your help with keeping us safe.

February Character Word- Friendliness

For the month of February, we are focusing on the word friendliness. Friendliness means being pleasant and kind to others.

Practice it!

Smile and say hello to people around you
Greet people with an air high five or any COVID friendly greeting
Include others in activities

Read About it!

Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell
Boy + Bot by Amy Dyckman
My Friend the Monster by Eleanor Taylor

Talk About it!

Tell me about a time you were friendly to someone.
What do you think friendliness means?
How can you be friendly to others?

Notes from Mrs. Nelson

Counseling Lesson Theme: Being an Upstander

In classrooms this month, all grades have been talking about bullying and how to be an upstander.

Bullying is when someone is repeatedly and on purpose says or does mean or hurtful things to another person who has a hard time defending him/herself. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.

There is usually an imbalance of power, meaning the person doing the bullying may be bigger, stronger, have more friends, or have authority over the person he/she is targeting.

Help your child be an Up-Stander!

Encourage your child to include as many kids as possible-invite those who may be alone
Practice with your child what they would say if they saw someone being bullied. Prepare them to say “Stop, that’s not okay, that’s not funny”
Teach them kindness, forgiveness, and tolerance- kids who bully deserve a chance to make changes
Set a good example by speaking up against intolerance in your own life and refusing to participate in gossip- send the message that any kind of bullying is not okay

Here is an online resource about Bullying

Click the "Counseling Corner" to access Mrs. Nelson's virtual office.


Math Does your child enjoy working math and logic puzzles? Looking for a little extra math fun at home? Check out Greg Tang Math.	Lost and Found Our lost and found is growing! We will put all lost and found items on the red picnic tables Tuesday. Feel free to stop by before school, during the day, or after school (until 4:30) to see if you recognize anything that belongs to your child.

Math

Does your child enjoy working math and logic puzzles? Looking for a little extra math fun at home? Check out Greg Tang Math.

Lost and Found

Our lost and found is growing! We will put all lost and found items on the red picnic tables Tuesday. Feel free to stop by before school, during the day, or after school (until 4:30) to see if you recognize anything that belongs to your child.


		Kindergarten Registration 21-22 Kindergarten Registration for the 2021-2022 school year will begin March 1st. This is done online. Please see the information below.