The Bear Necessities
10/16/18
Parent Teacher Conferences and a Kuerig
Conferences - no school tomorrow or Thursday due to Parent Teacher Conferences. Cristi already sent info about Friday, no staff with the exception of Zach is on duty.
Lunch/Dinner - we will have BBQ from Summit Hickory Pit, buns, beans, slaw, veggies, chips and desert tomorrow....available at noon.
Parents as Teachers International Conference
Dipesh Navasria is a pediatrician working in the public interest. He blends the roles of physician, occasional children's librarian, educator, public health professional and child health advocate....and he was so absolutely in alignment with our beliefs!
Read slowly, repeat 2 times....let it sink in, reflect on what this means for your work......
"The interactive influences of genes and experience literally shape the architecture of the developing brain and the active ingredient is the "serve and return" nature of children's engagement in relationships with their parents and other caregivers in their family or community."
3 Slides below
The 3-legged stool for developmental and health trajectories
This is what we work hard everyday to achieve in our work....
A calm adult = less toxic stress
Our Week:
Tuesday - Jeanie here, Kerry to mtg at SLC at 3:00
Wednesday - Jeanie Home visit observation 10:00, Kerry here (Other principals doing Learning Walks here 9:00-11:00)
Thursday - Jeanie and Kerry out at SLC 11-1:00, Kerry out 8-11:00 as well for district mtgs.
Friday - Both here, First Aid Refresher 12:30-1:30