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Dear families,
March is upon us and spring is in the air! We arrived back at school on Monday and the Almendro trees have bloomed their beautiful pink. As I walked around the track in the early morning, I noticed the Yellow Wagtail birds had returned, too.
This week, as part of our Lower School goal to improve hallway transitions, our 5th grade students stepped into a leadership role. Volunteers can be seen throughout the week during busy transition times, helping to guide and remind younger students about hallway safety. It's a great example of student leadership in action, and we are proud of them for taking ownership of our shared spaces. Thank you, hallway monitors!
Have a lovely weekend,
Dani
Digital Wellness at ASM
Supporting student wellbeing has been one of ASM’s strategic priorities for the past four years, and digital wellness is an important part of that commitment. As educational technology has evolved rapidly, so too have the opportunities, and challenges, it presents for problem solving, collaboration and communication as well as focus, distraction, and healthy development.
Over the past year, our faculty and leadership team studied current research, learned from other schools, and analyzed our own Day in the Life of a Lancer data to better understand how technology is currently used across our campus. This thoughtful process informed the creation of our ASM Digital Wellness Progression, a developmental framework that informs instructional practices and directs student experiences with technology at ASM from early, protected experiences with technology toward increasingly purposeful, balanced, and responsible use as they grow.
This progression will help ensure that technology at ASM enhances learning rather than replaces human connection-supporting problem solving, creativity, critical thinking, and wellbeing at every stage. It also provides clear guidance for age-appropriate expectations, digital citizenship, and healthy habits, so students are prepared to use technology effectively and ethically both in school and beyond.
Spring Clean!
These RESPONSIBLE G3, G4 & G5 students proud caretakers of our sports field storage. Bravo chicos!!!!!
What else is Coming Up?
Monthly Character Strength: Responsibility
For the month of March, our character strength focus is responsibility—the ability to be dependable, make thoughtful choices, and take ownership of our actions. We’ll be highlighting responsibility in our classrooms and looking for opportunities to celebrate students who come prepared, follow through on commitments, care for shared spaces, and take responsibility for their learning and behavior. Students who demonstrate this strength will have their names entered into a drawing at our next assembly for a chance to have lunch with Ms. Dani. We invite families to talk with their children at home about how they can show responsibility in everyday moments.
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