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We strive to promote a positive school climate to help students feel connected to their school community and to promote positive interactions. We use a school wide PBIS program which stands for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support. We teach expectations for behavior and we reinforce positive behaviors through school wide earning of "YES" tickets for being bucket fillers. 

We also use a curriculum called Second Step. There are 4 units in Second Step that your children will be learning about throughout the school year. We also promote these skills with school wide activities and incentives for students and classroom lessons. 

1. Skills for Learning

2. Empathy

3. Understanding and managing emotions

4. Problem Solving

The first unit that students learned about was  skills for learning which included teaching students to think of learning new things with a growth Mindset, instead of saying, "I can't do it",  we teach students to use growth Mindset language of "I can't do it yet". We also taught students to quiet their body and be able to look with their eyes, listen with their ears and use their brain to think about what the teacher is saying which is called whole body listening.

The second unit we are currently focusing on is "Empathy".  We are teaching students to think about what it might be like to stand in someone else's shoes and understand how others may be feeling and to show that you understand and care about them.

I have included some read alouds and information on how to reinforce practicing empathy at home as well.

How can you talk with your children about empathy and help them learn how to show empathy to others?