The Creek's Corner:

The CKH Leadworthy Character Word for August/September is EMPATHY.

Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Our students who are exceptionally empathetic throughout August/September are likely to be chosen as the Leadworthy Spotlight Winner for their class. Winners get to have a special lunch with the principals!

Please encourage your child to lead with great character each day!

Please send/bring in Peanut Butter!

Primary Care Triple P: Positive Parenting Program

(This is a one-on-one intervention)

Targeted Population:

• Parents of Pre-K through 5th grade students

• Parents seeking information about how to address a specific parenting or child behavior issue

• The family situation is reasonably stable (i.e. not in the middle of separation/divorce, parent has psychological issues themselves, or the child has major psychological issues that have not yet been addressed)

Families will participate in a few assessments. Based on the outcome of those assessments, the Triple P Team may determine whether this level of intervention will be beneficial for a family. If it is not going to be beneficial, and they recommend a higher level of care, such as family counseling that would involve more intense involvement, the team will make an outside counseling recommendation to the family and let the referring principal know.

Program Objectives:

• Increase parents’ confidence in managing common behavior problems and developmental issues

• Reducing parents’ use of coercive and punitive methods of disciplining children (focusing on pre-teaching desired behaviors, rather than just reacting to a bad behavior)

• Improving parents’ communication and reducing parental stress

IF you are interested, please reach out to Mrs. Williams (Principal) or Ms. Dockery (Counselor), and they will get your information submitted to the team. Thank you!

• Parents, we had more tardies and absences last week than we've had all year. PLEASE help our students get to school on time, as our ATTENDANCE incentives are in full effect with both class and individual incentives in place for our students who come to school each day, and on time. REMEMBER:
• Each class is working hard as a team to reach 20 stars! Each time a class has perfect attendance (all students present all day and on time), the class receives a star. Upon the 20th star, the class receives a class incentive/prize!
• Each student who has perfect attendance (present all day and on time) within a nine-week period will receive a very special Sonic lunch/treat and special recognition!
• PARENTS, Please continue to ensure that our students are in attendance, each day, and on time! This cannot be possible without YOU!❤️

• Our back gates (on Shady Trail near the playground) are closed and locked at 8am. You must enter the school from the front entrance (Alcoa Road) if you arrive at 8:00 or later. They reopen after 2:10 for parents to begin lining up for afternoon dismissal.

• BUS RIDER PARENTS: Please make sure students arrive at the bus stop 10 minutes before the scheduled arrival time to ensure that they don't miss the bus.
  

• Over the last few weeks, we've had many students not picked up by 3:30pm. School ends at 3:10pm, so please honor the 3:30pm pick-up time. We understand that situations arise, every now and then, that result in a later pick-up time. However, this should not be habitual. Habitually late pick-ups are counted as tardies. As shared before, our faculty and staff also have children and families they must get home to and care for. We certainly appreciate your support with this!😊

• Please remember that transportation changes must be made in the office, no later than 1:30pm, unless there is an emergency. Please call the office to let us know that your child will be getting home a different way than normal. Classroom teachers may not get your message in time, so please do not rely on them to relay the message or make the change.

• Continue to encourage students to work hard and adhere to school and classroom expectations. We have numerous incentives in place to help encourage positive, desirable behaviors:
• As expressed before, we want our students to attend the Nine-Week Behavior Bash at the end of October. As of September 5th, students who have not received white notes or office referrals can attend.
• Students have the opportunity to be the VIP (Very Important Patriot) Super Star at the end of each week when they do an exceptional job exhibiting the class' weekly Focus Word.
• Leadworthy Spotlight Winner (see Capturing Kids' Hearts above)
• Positive Principal Pals begins this week! Students can receive a positive note from their teacher, to the principals. Their note goes into a special drawing to win lunch with the principals at the end of the week! Students will also bring their notes home for parents to see what teachers and principals had to say about their students' wonderful behavior❤️

• Please do not drop students off before 7:15am. We have had parents drop students off, and they are left unattended. This is unacceptable and unsafe. School staff is not on duty until 7:15am.

• Our instructional day begins at 7:45am, and our tardy bell rings at 7:50am. Please have your students dropped off by 7:50. Students are missing valuable instructional time when they are tardy or absent.

Equipping Your Child: Navigating Peer Pressure and Cultivating Healthy Choices

September 2023 Equipping Your Child Newsletter

IMPORTANT:

1. I will be sending flu forms home soon! The Flu clinic is on October 12th. Please fill out the front and back of the form. Forms incorrectly filled out will not be accepted. If you are a nurse/parent and want to volunteer, please let me know! ccrosby@bryantschools.org https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZKvTDaMvyrsjejr4BnlJAedQvMizF5vf/view?usp=drive_link
2. Please fill out and return to me the Medical Information forms as soon as possible if you have not already done so. These are important for emergency contacts.
3. Kindergarten physicals/Immunizations/Exempt letters are required by the state and due by October 2nd. If these are not turned in, your child will not be able to attend school until these documents are received.
4. If your child is running a fever or vomiting, our policy is for them to stay home until they are 24 hours fever/vomiting free without the use of medication. This ensures our staff and other kids do not get sick.

Any questions, feel free to contact me (Nurse Crosby)!

PTO Meetings will be held the 2nd Monday of each month @HCE in the Cafe (6:00pm).

**Our PTO is in need of parent volunteers. The few active members we have do sooo much for our students/school, and they need YOUR help! Please join and support. Thank you!❤️🤍💙**

• HCE PTO MEMBER HUB (Please join!)
  

Upcoming PTO Sponsored Events:

• September 29th...Mother/Son Event: Tailgate Party
• October 9th-13th...HCE Annual Penny Wars!!

• District Calendar

• BPS Elementary Curriculum

• Free and Reduced Lunch Online Application

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