Hello Custer Families, Ms. Wood here! I hope that everyone is staying safe and getting a chance to enjoy warm tea, cocoa, and apple cider during these rainy days! Here is an update from the Custer counselor corner Community Supports Some families have holidays or other events happening in the coming weeks, and our school community knows that this can be both an exciting and sometimes stressful time. Please reach out to me if you need any material or emotional support. I am here to help! Here are a couple of winter supports that are coming up.
Wednesday Wellness These next few weeks our Wednesday Wellness lessons will focus on bullying prevention. Click here for the K-2 and here for the 3-5 Bullying Prevention units. Students will learn what bullying is, how to respond to bullying behavior, and how to report bullying to adults in the school.
Lunch Bunches Are your students needing some social time? We have weekly lunch bunches on Wednesdays. If you are interested in signing up your kiddo for a weekly lunch bunch with grade level peers, you can sign them up here. I will send you and your family a Zoom link and time for where to access our virtual lunch bunch!
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Hello Custer Cougar Families, I hope that you have had a great first week in November! It has been amazing to see all of our 2nd and 3rd grade students come into the building this week! We look forward to seeing the 4th and 5th graders next week! See below for this week’s counselor update! -Ms. Wood Wednesday WellnessWe have wrapped up our series on big feelings and treating others with kindness! Our next few weeks of Wednesday Wellness lessons will focus on bullying awareness and prevention. Every year, our school counselors raise awareness so that we can keep an accepting and safe environment here at Custer. Community and Family SupportsIf you are looking for assistance for the winter season and holidays or looking for ways to help others, check out these wonderful community resources.
Lunch BunchesMany of you have expressed wants to continue virtual lunch bunches. I also know that our distance learning students still want to see their friends! I will continue these lunch bunches to keep our students connected. See blow for dates, times, and links for your student to join!
GratitudeRenowned author, professor, and researcher, Brené Brown found, after examining 12 years of research, an irrefutable link between joy and gratitude. Her initial conclusion was that people who described themselves as joyful were more likely to be grateful for the people and experiences in their lives. However, to her surprise she found that instead, it is practicing gratitude that results in joy.
The wonderful thing about gratitude is that it doesn’t have to be something extraordinarily good or special to have a positive impact. Simply recognizing the small things in your life that you are grateful for—perhaps your health or the health of your loved ones; the relationships you have with those who mean the most to you; or even something as simple as the pillow that you rest your head on each night. The more that we practice gratitude, the more we experience it naturally. Consider keeping a note to yourself—it can be on paper, in your phone, or wherever—and keep track of 2-3 things that you are grateful for each day. It might be tricky to think of things at first, but the more you practice, the easier the process should be. If you are interested in reading more about Brené Brown’s findings on gratitude, consider reading this article. |
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