Thank you to all who contributed to our Can Drive for GRACE in observance of Red Ribbon Week. We were able to donate 858 items to GRACE. When everyone gives a little we are able to give a lot!
A special thanks to Officer Womack for
arranging the Southlake Firefighters’ visit for Kindergarten -3rd
grade students. It was an informative day. Has your family designated a
location to meet outside of your house in case of fire? Ask your children about
suggestions they might have learned.
The firemen loved the cards the
students made for them to show appreciation as an act of kindness. The cards made the firemen smile!
Red Ribbon Week reached a high point
when the Compassion Cup was presented to the whole student body and staff! A Back
to Back honor for JES! What a special event! The picture says it all!
Compassion Cup Winners for 2017
An Attitude of GRATITUDE
Our Core Essential character value
for November is GRATITUDE which is defined as letting
others know you see how they’ve helped you. We will be talking about GRATITUDE on the announcements and in
guidance lessons. Gratitude is an important character value and can easily be reinforce
at home. Working together, we can help
our children learn to recognize the quality of the feeling that accompanies
showing appreciation.
We will be working on multiple
projects throughout the year to give our students opportunities to “give back”.
Research shows that when children (and adults) give, they in turn have positive
feelings that lead to a greater sense of self-worth. Giving promotes cooperation,
social connections and gratitude. And research has found that gratitude is
integral to happiness and health. Here is an opportunity for our students to
get involved in the experience of giving.
ANGEL TREE
Our traditional angel tree will be
decorated in the front office before we leave on Thanksgiving Break. Each year,
we have our own Angel Tree to provide for children at Johnson Elementary and
our extended staff.. If you are able to
help, I hope you will choose an angel and make it a family project of showing
gratitude and compassion for those families connected to Johnson who can use
our help.
BASKETS OF THANKS
Our Ambassadors of Kindness will be
leading us in a collection for holiday food baskets for our cafeteria and
custodial staff. If we each contribute a dollar, we can give them a nice basket
and gift card to show our gratitude. They do so much for us around our campus
and we celebrate the opportunity to show them our appreciation.
As always, if I can help in any way, please contact me.
Kindest regards,
Ziba Johnston
Counselor
817 949 4500
“Giving
connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives
birth to a new sense of belonging.” Deepak Chopra
