Corron families,

This school year we will continue our work focused on social-emotional learning with students. Last year we implemented Morning Meetings across the building, focused on our SEL goal:

By May 2019, all students will identify what causes anxiety and personal conflict. They will also identify 2-3 coping strategies for both of those emotions.

Our Building Instructional Leadership team will be using the information we collected from working with students last year to adjust the goal for this year. About 94% of our students last year were able to identify 2 or more coping strategies that they feel comfortable using when they are feeling anxious. For the next few weeks, our students and teachers will be working on practicing the top 5 calming strategies that our students identified last Spring. Below is the list. I will be sharing descriptions of each of these over the next few newsletters.

• Belly Breaths

• Squeeze a Lemon

• Positive Self-Talk

• Talk to Someone

• Move

These are definitely strategies that can be used anywhere (and by anyone - young or old!), so be sure to ask your child about how they use them and what their favorite strategies are.

Enjoy your Labor Day weekend!
Mrs. Balaskovits

Christine.Balaskovits@d303.org

Friday, Aug. 30

School Improvement Day/Half Day - Students dismissed at 11:40 am

PTO Mums form & payment due

Monday, Sept. 2

Labor Day Holiday - NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, Sept. 4

Curriculum Night:

4th Grade 6:00-6:30 pm

2nd Grade 6:40-7:10 pm

Kindergarten 7:20-7:50 pm

Friday, Sept. 6

5th Grade Band Performs at SCN football game

Monday, Sept. 9

Board Meeting at Corron

7:00 pm

Tuesday, Sept. 10

AT Math Curriculum Night:

4th Grade 6:30-7:00 pm

5th Grade 7:30-8:00 pm

Wednesday, Sept. 11

Yearbook Cover Contest designs due (5th graders only)

PTO Mum sale pick-up 1:00-4:00 pm

Thursday, Sept. 12

PTO Meeting in LRC

7:00-8:00 pm

Sept. 23-26

Corron Book Fair

Thursday, Sept 26

Picture Re-takes

Book Fair Volunteers Appreciated

Corron’s first book fair of the school year will be here September 23-26! We truly appreciate any help you may be able to give us with the following:

• Setting up the fair – Friday, Sept. 19, beginning at 9:00 a.m.

• **Special training on the new Scholastic cash registers – Friday, Sept. 19 @ 11:00 a.m.**

• Assisting students with previewing books – September 23 & 24

• Assisting students with purchasing books – September 25 & 26

• Packing up the fair – Friday, September 27