Message for Parents

I am excited to announce that the Life Skills Groups will continue for the 2009-10 school year.  These small groups were successful in helping selected students to develop and increase social skills that will help them throughout their years.  This year, there will be two groups....... one group for students in grades K/1 and  one group for students in grades 2/3.  These two groups will target the the Life Skills of following rules, accepting responsibility for personal actions, attending and following directions and cooperating with others.  The third group, grades 4/5/6, will focus on the Life Skill of putting forth effort in school.  There will be 5 students per group totaling 15 students.  I will focus on classroom strategies to support the above life skills as defined in the LWSD framework and on the report card.  Teachers will select the students for the groups and I will facilitate the lessons.  Groups will be on Mondays for Smith students and Fridays for Juanita El students.  Each group is  approximately 45 minutes, for six weeks.  If the classroom teacher recommends your student for a Life Skill Group, and you do NOT want your child to participate,  please let the teacher know. Keep in mind, these are education-based groups, not therapy-based groups.  My goal is to support students' academic and personal/social development so they become better learners and citizens.