January's Character Trait - SELF-CONTROL

THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY
Thank you to all of the Johnson Family for your contribution toward our Compassion Countdown providing a gift for our custodians and cafeteria ladies. The total contribution collected was $1,312. On the last Thursday before the Winter Break, the fourth grade Ambassadors of Kindness presented handmade cards and Walmart gift cards in appreciation for all these staff members do for our school toward keeping us healthy! We honor and acknowledge them for their service!

Our Core Essential character trait for January is SELF-CONTROL defined as choosing to do what you should even when you don’t want to . When thinking about what are the most important skills to teach a child, we think of reading and writing and of course math and then there is science and social studies. But, perhaps one of the most valuable skills a child needs to develop is SELF-CONTROL. There is research that shows that a person’s ability to practice self-control is a predictor of future success. We will be emphasizing the value of SELF-CONTROL all this month.

Mental Health and Wellness are the district's focus for January. Here is the link to the district newsletter. Visit the link to learn more…https://www.smore.com/0p7vk-carroll-dragon-s-breath

DRAGON DIAMONDS Incentive Program

The Dragon Diamonds incentive program provided by our generous PTO continues this year! Dragon Diamonds are rewarded to those students who do acts of kindness “above and beyond” every day courtesy. All eyes are looking for acts of kindness!!! A teacher incentive has been added to the rewards. Each Friday five students’ names are drawn from the collection of Dragon Diamond slips in each grade to come to the Friendship Bench and select a prize! From those five winners, one name is drawn and that student’s teacher (or whoever awarded the slip)will receive a gift certificate. Let’s work together to help our children know that we can choose to be kind in all circumstances.

A PARTING THOUGHT...

One last thing, I want to share an incredible website that offers useful parenting articles based on current research. The website is Hey Sigmund and currently addresses the continuing concern about anxiety in our children.

https://www.heysigmund.com/ 

Resiliency is also a relevant topic. We are working in the district to learn how to increase resiliency in our students. I would enjoy hearing what you think about this website.

As always, if I can assist you in any way, please contact me.

Kindest regards,

Ziba Johnston

Counselor 
817 949 4500

Elizabeth.Johnston@southlakecarroll.edu