Newsletters (2019-2020)

This section includes a history  and link to the 2019/2020 newsletters:

2020 

•  January Issue 10

  • Welcome back 

  • December holiday break video collage

  • Setting SMART goals

  • Celebrating responsibility launch

  • For teachers: The science of learning podcast.

  • New parent orientation linked under Teachers and IA section (January 20).

• January Issue 11

  • Grief and Loss

  • Book recommendations for kids and adults on grief and loss

  • Articles on building resilience

  • Responsibility lessons linked under Teachers and IAs section.

• January Issue 12

  • Responsibility- why it matters?

  • Book  and article recommendations 

  • Age-appropriate chores to promote responsibility

  • Link to "Responsibility is possible," video

  • Link to January presentations including Kelso's choices (how-to), responsibility, new parent orientation etc.

• February Issue 13

  • Newsletter now available as a podcast! (4.35 mins)

  • Child protection lesson recap- Safe touch, unsafe touch, and unwanted touch

  • Kelso's choices "how to" delivered to all grade 1 students

  • March 20th- Celebrate "Fairness" by dressing in Orange.  

  • Screenagers recap and resources.

  • Free mindfulness apps.

  • Congratulations to HS students for completing basic child protection training.

• March Issue 14

  • Now available as a podcast (#2) (6 mins long)

  • Fairness resources for parents and students

  • Color as a memory enhancer

  • Links to Coronavirus resources for kids

• March Issue 15

  • Spring break 

  • Things to do at home with the kids during the corona virus lockdown

• March Issue 16

  • Link to ES Parent presentation on ES Virtual Counseling services

  • Link to booking online virtual individual/group counseling appointments

• April Issue 17

  • "Supporting families" school-wide parent counselors' presentation

  • Lesson/assembly re-cap "Your Brain and Cyber Safety, "Identifying feelings", "Caring", "Gratitude"

  • Announcement for Grade 4 transition to Grade 5 parent session

• April Issue 18

  • Lesson Recap (Learning Styles; Cyber Safety)

  • Parent Forums (Transition to MS; Child Protection and Technology)

  • Upcoming- (Caring Challenge, Teacher Appreciation Week, Citizenship)

• May Issue 19

  • Citizenship

  • Caring month video recap

  • Mindfulness and Citizenship

  • Touch Base Tuesdays parent forum (Let's talk about Grief;  Mindfulness; Bring it to the 21st Centruy: managing conflict with conscientious discipline techniques.

• May Issue 20

  • The importance of naming feelings

  • Final week activities- Memory book; what I need to know; AISL Got talent; Farewell Assembly.

2019

• August Issue 1 

  • Welcome Back

  • Summer Fun Video Collage

  • Gratitude video

  • Launch of new ES Counseling Corner website

  • New parent orientation presentation linked on Teachers and IAs section (August 19)

• September Issue 2

  •  Trustworthiness: building confidence

  • "Tips for encouraging honesty"

  • Helping your child with a crisis

• September Issue 3

  •  Reading and empathy

  • "The Little Prince"

  • Trust yoga

  • Trustworthiness delivered lessons by grade level (linked on Teachers and IAs section)

  • Link to intervention resources (under the "Resource" section of ES Counselor corner website)

  • Good manners video.

• October Issue 4

  • Overview of child protection lessons

  • Child protection Lesson 1 home link (upon request). Theme:  "how to stay safe", and "never never rules"

  • Holiday photos due date

  • Video recap on Trustworthiness

• October Issue 5

  • Welcome back from the holiday assembly

  • Good sportsmanship

  • Holiday photos due date announcement 2

• October Issue 6

  • What is a lunch bunch?

  • October break video collage link

  • Wake-up; Wake up video link

  • Child protection delivered lessons by grade level linked to teachers and IAs section. (October 19)

  • Parent and all AISL staff child protection training presentations linked on teachers and IAs section (October 19)

• November Issue 7

  • Celebrating respect

  • Book and article recommendations

  • AISL students show respect to visiting WAISAL sports teams

  • Throwback video link: Showing good manners

  • Respect lessons linked by grade level on teachers and IAs section. (November 19)

• December Issue 8

  • Child protection lesson 2. Home links available upon request. Theme: asking first and assertively saying no

  • Special holiday photo moment announcement

  • Respect video recap

  • AISA conference photos

  • Kelso's choices presentation (Identifying small problems versus big problems)

• December Issue 9

  • Importance of sleep

  • parents mark calendars for  "Screenagers screenings"

  • Child protection lesson 2 for all grade levels available under teachers and IAs section.