December 11, 2023

A message from Principal Villavaso

Hello Cardinal Families,

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. There are a lot of exciting events coming up at LSC during the holiday season. We look forward to connecting with each of you!

Click here for the Cardinal Connection Newsletter!

Sincerely,

Principal Villavaso

Campus Updates

Tiff's Treats Cookies for community

We are partnering with Tiff's Treats to raise funds for Life School Carrollton! From December 11th to December 24th, all purchases made online or via the app using our unique code: CARDINALS will give back 20% to our LSC campus. The highest fundraising campaign sales this month will win an additional $1,000 and the highest for the year will win an additional $10,000 donation. Let's make LSC the big winner for the month and maybe the year! Order your holiday Tiff's Treats goodies for friends, family, staff, etc starting THIS Monday, 12/11. Start planning those yummy holiday treats now!

DECEMBER WINTER DRIVE

Join us for our December Winter Drive! You may remember one of our guest speakers from the Veteran's Day assembly, Jessica Wentz. She is associated with the Dallas Life Recovery Center helping homeless Veterans and their families. All donated items will be given to the Dallas Life Recovery Center, benefiting homeless Veterans and their families. See below for items needed. The front office will have drop-off boxes for these items or students may drop them off with their teachers. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Mr. Perry at edward.perry@lifeschools.net or give us a call at 469-701-1355.

ITEMS NEEDED:

Beanies / Stocking Caps
Gloves
Scarves

WHEN:

December 4th - December 14th

Pictures with santa & chirpie- dec 18

Life School Carrollton and Ed's Media, LLC have partnered together to bring you Christmas Pictures with Santa & CHIRPIE! On Monday December 18th, your students will have an opportunity to take a picture with Santa and CHIRPIE! This fundraiser will help raise funds for school-wide activities in 2024. We will only be taking online payments. Please review the prices below and complete the form/payment by Sunday December 17th. If you have any questions, please email Mr. Perry at edward.perry@lifeschools.net or give us a call at 469-701-1355.

*Students will receive (1) 4x6 physical print and you will receive a digital copy via email - Same Day Delivery on both!*

$3 Per Student
$5 For Siblings (Individually and together)

annual holiday program & holiday parties

Mark your calendars for our Annual Holiday Program happening on Thursday December 21st from 1:45pm-2:30pm! Holiday Classroom Parties will be taking place immediately after the program from 2:30pm-3:00pm. The pre-registration link for the Holiday Program will be coming soon!

A.P. Avenue with Mrs. merry

What an exciting few weeks we have coming up! Our Tiff's Treats fundraiser starts Monday and we have so much opportunity this holiday season to bring a great deatl of money for LSC's field trips & year end activities! We have a chance to also win an additional $1,000 to to $10,000 in funds, so please spread the word, post it on your social media, reach out to friends and family about the "CARDINAL" code! Our Chick-fil-a fundraiser is around the corner as well, so thank you for all your support of LSC and our efforts to bring additional funds to the campus.

Our wonderful Partners for Life team is working alongside our admin team to bless our staff with a Christmas Breakfast on 12/21. If you would like to help in any way, with donations, decorations, set up, serving, etc, please reach out to me at the email link below.

Our room parents are organizing some very fun holiday events for our students. If you are interested in helping with the class parties on 12/21, please contact your child's teacher or their room parent directly. There are so many ways to assist, such as sending in items/donations, set up, clean up, or help run the party. Thank you in advance for making these the "Merriest" of class parties.

Our Chirpie mascot is ordered, thanks to all our fundraising, and will be on campus in January. He is flying across a very large ocean to get here!

As we begin to wrap up 2023, I want to thank you for the opportunity to be your school's Assistant Principal and to help your student grow in their LifeLeader Attributes. Please remember, if you haven't yet joined our LSC Galaxy Digital as a "FAN", it's super important to our Campus Improvement Plan that you do. Please click: Fan of LSC.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to click here: email Mrs. Merry. Thank you, as always, for being a Partner for Life in your students education! Mrs. Merry

Spelling Bee- Dec 18

We are excited to announce that for the first time ever we are having a campus Spelling Bee. Winners will advance to Regionals (and then possibly Washington DC for the final competition-all expenses paid). Here are the spelling lists if you would like to help your child prepare for the campus competition.

attendance matters!

Congrats to our 2nd Grade Team for having 99% attendance last week. They have won either a popcorn party or extra recess, their choice!! Who is going to win this week?

Studies show how critical it is for students to be at school everyday, all day, all the way! To help support our LSC attendance, we are going to host a weekly competition. The class with the highest attendance percentage each week will earn either extra recess or a class popcorn party. Please make sure to help your student's class be the top class by making attendance a priority.

Updates to Student Handbook

The 2023-24 Student Handbook has undergone recent updates to reflect legislative changes. These revisions were approved by the Life School Board of Directors on September 20, 2023. Click here to see the letter to parents.

Counselor Corner

Helping your child manage their emotions

Learning to self-regulate is a key milestone in child development – whose foundations are laid in the earliest years of life. A child’s capacity to regulate their emotions affects their family and peers, academic performance, long-term mental health, and their ability to thrive in a complex world.

To self-regulate, we need to notice, monitor and recognize feelings – and adapt them appropriately for each situation. This doesn’t always mean decreasing negative feelings and increasing positive ones. Merely suppressing negative feelings and forcing ourselves not to express them are not good a self-regulation process.

Their parents’ own ability to practice self-regulation is among the first emotion-related modeling children see. Kids learn the “correct” reaction in different situations. They watch how parents control and struggle with intense feelings and impulses. Research shows that children of parents who struggle with emotional regulation are more likely to end up having dysregulation. If a parent is reactive, screams or yells whenever something goes wrong, the child learns to be reactive and misbehave when things don’t go their way. If a parent is calm and thinks critically to solve problems, the child is more likely to stay calm and look for solutions instead of blames. The younger the child, the stronger is this imitation effect.

To effectively teach self-regulation, parents can adopt the following parenting approach:

be warm, accepting and responsive to their child’s emotional needs
talk about emotions
accept, support and show empathy to validate their negative feelings,
be patient
do not ignore, dismiss, discourage, punish or react negatively to their child’s emotions, especially negative ones

Click the link to read the entire article: Emotional Regulation in Children/A Complete Guide

TO CONTACT ME: Questions or concerns-- Feel free to contact me by phone 469-701-1355 ext 9204 or email me at rachael.ren@lifeschools.net

LifeLeader

LifeLeader: Problem Solver

When you are ready to lead, you think about the information and tools you have to find a solution to a problem. You ask questions, listen to what others think, identify the problem, and then take action. By doing these things, you are using the LifeLeader attribute, PROBLEM SOLVER.

COMMUNITY Resources/Library Events

Check out this link for fun events happening in the community. Full calendar here!

Christmas at the Perry

https://www.cityofcarrollton.com/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/46394/20

Thursdays: December 7, 2023 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

December 14th, 2023 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Free for all ages

Perry Museum

Coffee with a Cop – Christmas Edition

Joe’s at Amici located in Downtown Carrollton

Saturday, December 9, 2023 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Carrollton Wind Symphony Concert

https://www.cityofcarrollton.com/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/46928/20?curm=12&cury=2023

Friday, December 15, 2023 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Free for all ages

Newman Smith High School

Christmas Assistance:

https://metrocrestservices.org/services/seasonal-programs/holiday-program/

www.alihsedu.org

https://www.facebook.com/UNIDOSCarrollton/

LIFELEADER SPOTLIGHT

Gwendolyn Mahin

1st Grade

Marshall Thrift

1st Grade

Rayleigh Clark

1st Grade

shaun lang

1st Grade

Aaliyah Cook

5th Grade

Treasure Zuze

1st Grade

Nora Cook

3rd Grade

Keren Aceituno

3rd Grade

Aaliyah Cook

5th Grade

Carter Sims

3rd Grade

Grayson Rodriguez

3rd Grade

Reed Maney

3rd Grade

Ava Stocker

Kindergarten

Aria Jones

4th Grade

Jade “Kiki” Florence

5th Grade

Ilajane berry

Kindergarten

Molly Bevilacqua

Kindergarten

Ivy Wilkins

4th Grade

Ada Campos

1st Grade

Bella Anderson

6th Grade

Grayclee Shopher

1st Grade

Teacher Newsletters

Safety and Security

Check out the District Safety and Security Newsletters on our website.

Safety Bulletin

Please click here to view the October Life School Safety Bulletin.

Refer a friend while space remains

If you know someone who needs a home school that genuinely loves and cares for students, some spaces remain. Please complete this Form and we will be happy to reach out to them.

Upcoming Events

December 1st thru 14th GT Identification Window

December 11th Girls Empowered & Boys 2 Men

December 18th Girls Empowered & Boys 2 Men

December 18th LSC Spelling Bee

December 21st Semester Ends, Birthday Thursday, Christmas Program & Classroom

Christmas Parties

Bring out the storyteller in you

As a way to celebrate our 5 year anniversary as a Cardinal Family, we want to hear from YOU! Tell us about your LSC Story. You could've joined the Cardinal family yesterday or 5 years ago; at the end of the day, we all are family and we have a story. Below are some things you can talk about:

How you heard about LSC.
Why you enrolled your child here.
How the journey has been since enrolling your child here.
How LSC has grown your student/family.
The impact LSC faculty and staff have made on you, your student and your family.
Any shoutouts to teachers/staff.

We cannot wait to hear from you! If you would like to share your story, complete click here! If you have any questions or concerns, email Mr. Perry at edward.perry@lifeschools.net.

Parent Resources - Helpful Links

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