Dear Families,
Happy Monday! We hope you are all doing well. I just have a few things to share today: Peramathon – Pine View’s school “jogathon” is this Friday, November 9th. All elementary students participate, so make sure they are all wearing sneakers and sunscreen! If they have ordered shirts (still available in the front office!) the shirts will be delivered to their classrooms on Friday. 2nd and 3rd graders will run in the morning (9:40 – 10:40), and 4th and 5th graders will run in the afternoon (1:20 – 2:20). If you would like to help, please check out the Sign-Up Genius shared by PVA organizers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F4CA4A622A64-pine Parent Meetings – We wanted to share a reminder that parents need an appointment in order to visit a classroom. We know it can be tempting to “stop by” if you feel you just have one or two things to share, but unfortunately that is not possible. Teachers have numerous responsibilities during the day, and they want to be able to pay attention to you and your concerns rather than being distracted by time-sensitive matters such as attending to their students or preparing for instruction. If you have an urgent or immediate concern, please feel free to call the office and we will get the message to the teacher. Otherwise it is best to set up a mutually convenient time to talk using established methods of communication (which vary from teacher to teacher) including sending an email or writing a message in the student’s agenda book. Parent Book Club – Our first meeting of this year’s parent book club will be this Thursday, November 8th, in the MPR, from 9:15 – 10:00 am. We have chosen the book Mindset by Carol Dweck, which discusses a philosophy of success that has been widely embraced by the educational community of the 21st century. You are invited to join us for a discussion over the next few months – we will share our meeting schedule on the PV website and we will discuss one chapter each meeting. Please feel free to come on Thursday even if you don’t have the book yet, or if you haven’t read chapter 1. All are welcome. (Note – Mrs. Spielman is offering an earlier meeting time on the same book – if you’d prefer to come at 7:30, please join her in the media center, also on November 8th.) Emotional Regulation – At October’s parent coffee, we discussed helping our students develop “emotional intelligence” and I was asked to share the list of strategies that helps students (people!) handle strong emotions. These strategies are from Marc Brackett, who heads the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and they should be interpreted as are more of a starting point than an exhaustive list. What follows are both short-term strategies (which can be used during a challenging situation) and long-term strategies (which can build up resilience that helps us handle challenges with more grace in the future). Some key areas of growth for our students including learning to recognize when they are upset, as well as learning and using strategies (such as those below) to manage and regulate their emotions. Effective short-term strategies for regulating emotions – use in the moment
Effective strategies for regulating emotions – long-term investments
“Short term strategies get you through the moment - Long term strategies get you through life!” – Marc Brackett, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence Finally, we are working on putting together a PV Elementary website where these newsletters will be archived. We will let you know when it goes live! (If you are reading this on the web site, then consider it live!) Have a great afternoon, and thank you again for all you do for our students and our school. Alison Rini
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