"Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom." -Theodore Isaac Rubin

Be proactive! Start your week right! At the beginning of each week, be sure to check the LOLC calendar for updates and to assist you in planning your week. Thank you for letting me know if you need help accessing the LOLC Outlook calendar. Thank you!

Highlights:

• BOY MAP Window opens; Aug. 27 - September 13; schedule forthcoming
• BOY F&P BAS Window September 4-September 28
  
• Tuesday, September 4: SPED Team Meeting, 3:15ish
• Wednesday, September 5: Lifesavers Meeting, 3:30
• Thursday, September 6: Faculty Meeting, 3:20ish

• Parent-Teacher Conferences must be completed by October 31.
  
• Keep a log of conferences (log can be found on Google Drive > LOLC Standard Operating... > Parent-Teacher Conferences
• Home-School Compact must be reviewed.
• Conferences can include:

1. Face to Face
2. Phone Conference
3. ARDs
4. 504 Meetings

• If unsuccessful, print documentation of email attempts
• Find tips, logs and more at Parent-Teacher Conferences Folder on Google Drive.

Sheila Senterfitt is LOLC's site coordinator for the 21st Century Grant earned by the district. You will be seeing her around campus getting to know students and staff. More information is forthcoming regarding how the 21st Century Grant will be implemented at LOLC/ACISD. Stay tuned! :o)

Be Proactive is about taking responsibility for your life. You can't keep blaming everything on your parents or grandparents. Proactive people recognize that they are "response-able." They don't blame genetics, circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. They know they choose their behavior. Reactive people, on the other hand, are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior. If the weather is good, they feel good. If it isn't, it affects their attitude and performance, and they blame the weather.

All of these external forces act as stimuli that we respond to. Between the stimulus and the response is your greatest power--you have the freedom to choose your response. One of the most important things you choose is what you say. Your language is a good indicator of how you see yourself. A proactive person uses proactive language--I can, I will, I prefer, etc. A reactive person uses reactive language--I can't, I have to, if only. Reactive people believe they are not responsible for what they say and do--they have no choice.

Proactive people focus their efforts on their Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about: health, children, or problems at work.

Reactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Concern--things over which they have little or no control: the national debt, terrorism, or the weather. Gaining an awareness of the areas in which we expend our energies is a giant step in becoming proactive.

From: Stephen R. Covey https://www.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits/habit-1.html

This week, for Leader in Me, use the language of the habits throughout your day.

"John, I see that you are being proactive by sharpening our class pencils so we'll be ready for tomorrow!"

"Linda, thank you for being proactive and picking up the paper towels all around the trashcan without being asked!"

"Kylie, you sure do put first things first! Thanks for bringing me this note from your mom first thing this morning."

"Myra, I love that you were thinking win-win and figured out who could go first by playing 'rock, paper, scissors' with Betty."

"Cheri is really seeking first to understand. Look at the way she is listening to her partner during 'Turn and Talk."

"Jan, you sure are synergizing with your table group today."

"Tam was really sharpening the saw with Mellissa on the playground today by doing all those jumping jacks!"

Some of you have asked about whether or not your students can go ahead and start their leadership notebooks. You are welcome to start if you feel comfortable. If not, that's okay too. The Lighthouse team will be getting together soon to make a plan for new staff and those that just want to go slow. In the meantime, please feel free to explore ideas for leadership notebooks on the leader in me online. Go to:

theleaderinmeonline.org > Log In > Student Learning > Classroom Materials > Leadership Notebooks.

Tabs for the notebooks are:

My Self

My WIGS

My Learnings

My Leadership

My Celebrations

Username: (Your email address)

Password: lolck12

We are committed to being people of action who work together believing that every learner will continuously set, pursue and achieve goals.

By nurturing healthy body, mind, heart and soul, all children will become global citizens of good character and competence.

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