As we continue our work on Habit 1: Be Proactive, here are some fun activities you can try at home. These activities can help reinforce the ideas of taking responsibility, focusing on what you can control, and making thoughtful choices. 

Proactive Language Challenge

• How to play: For a day, challenge family members to only use proactive language. Keep a tally of how often each person says something reactive (“I can’t,” “I have to,” “It’s not fair”) vs. proactive (“I choose to,” “I will,” “Let’s figure it out”).

• Goal: This makes everyone more aware of the language they use and encourages proactive thinking.

Create a "Proactive Family Contract"

• How to play: As a family, sit down and write a contract that outlines how everyone can be more proactive at home. Include things like: “We will take responsibility for our chores,” “We will communicate calmly,” and “We will focus on what we can control.”

• Goal: Creating a contract gives everyone ownership and helps reinforce proactive behavior as a family.

Proactive Vision Board

• How to play: Gather magazines, markers, and paper. Each family member creates a vision board filled with goals, dreams, and proactive behaviors they want to develop. They can add words, pictures, and symbols of what they want to focus on.

• Goal: This activity helps visualize a proactive future and encourages positive thinking and planning.

Cell Phones and Personal Electronics

Please review our school's Cell Phone and Smartwatch Policy. Highlights from the policy are written below. To see the full policy and all details, CLICK HERE for the Parent and Student Handbook on pages 30-31.

Cell Phones

Students may have personal cell phones on campus but they must be turned off or silenced and placed in their backpacks while on school grounds (including break, lunch, and after school activities).

If a student needs to contact a parent or guardian for any reason during the school day, they may use the front office phone or they may use their cell phone in the front office with permission. If a parent needs to contact a student, they should contact the front office, not the student’s personal cell phone.

Students may use their cell phone after dismissal time, when the school day has concluded.

SmartWatches

The Classical Academies recognizes that students may wear or carry smartwatches or other devices for health and/or safety reasons such as emergency communication or location tracking. During the school day, students are not permitted to use their smartwatch for calling, messaging, texting, surfing the internet, social media, or taking photos except in the case of a real emergency or with permission from the teacher.

The device is to be set on silent mode during the school day so that there will not be disruptions to the classroom. If a student uses a smart watch for anything besides checking the time, the device may be confiscated until the end of the day.

Parents can help the school enforce this policy by not texting their children or calling them during the day.  If a parent needs to contact their child they should phone the school office and the message will be relayed promptly. 

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