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DDIssue31April152016
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Elementary School<br />
Becky Jobes, PhD—Elementary Principal—bjobes@isp.edu.pa<br />
Transition Information<br />
This semester will be the last at ISP for some of our students and families. If you are a family who is<br />
leaving, our entire team is here to support you and your child during your move. Our counselors<br />
play an important role in this process and will be hosting a transition parent coffee on Thursday,<br />
May 12 at 11AM.<br />
Random Acts of Kindness<br />
April 18 th -22 nd<br />
Next week at Elementary we will celebrate Random Acts of Kindness (RAK)! This will focus on kind words and deeds<br />
and the idea that when you are kind to others without expectation of reward, that kindness in turn always comes<br />
back to you! It’s true kindness! In the hallway near the Teacher’s Lounge we will have a paper tree that starts the<br />
week with empty branches. As the week goes on, counselors and teachers will be passing out paper leaves when they<br />
see kindness in action from students and staff. The student receiving the leaf will write a kind word on it, color it<br />
and cut it out. Throughout the week we will watch our tree bloom and fill with all the kindness being shown at ISP.<br />
During this week make sure to ask your child about the kind deeds they did that day or could try the next day. Did<br />
they challenge themselves to invite a new friend to play at recess? Did they give someone a sincere compliment? Did<br />
they help be an active problem-solver even in a difficult situation? Did they stop and take a deep breath before responding<br />
when they were frustrated?<br />
You can try to do your own random acts of kindness and model this for your children and be part of the discussion!<br />
You could clean out your closet to find items to donate. You model sincere compliments. You could give food or a<br />
special treat to someone to show appreciation.<br />
We are looking forward to a week focused on KINDNESS!!!<br />
In two weeks…<br />
Final Conscious Discipline Parent Workshop<br />
Wednesday, April 27 th – 11:00am<br />
Please plan to join us in the ES Conference Room to share, reflect and learn together<br />
about this behavior management program that is used in PK and Kindergarten<br />
at ISP! This final session will focus on Consequences.<br />
ISP’s WEEKLY NEWSLETTER #thereisnoplacelikeisp www.isp.edu.pa Issue 31
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