Patricia Jobin, M.Ed 

It is very important that children are set up for success! Help your student prepare for school each day. If they are old enough then they can do it themselves and you can check that they have everything they need for the school day ahead.  

Each day students should: 

*Eat breakfast

*Make sure backpack is packed with the following items that will be needed for school each day: 

• snack 

• homework 

• extra pencils  

• agenda book (grades 4/5)

• lunch (if needed)

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

     The beginning of the school year is extremely important for establishing routines at home and at school. Since the first day of school, students have been learning classroom routines, hallway routines, and line up procedures. Students throughout the school need to learn new routines each school year.  

     Our school teaches positive behavioral expectations and supports. This system allows each school to create its own expectations and then states how to meet those expectations in each environment of the school. This helps guide students in learning how to act and what to do, and then staff acknowledges students with positive praise (verbally, with a sticker, etc.). When learning a new expectation staff shows students what it looks like and students practice this skill.