Highlights from Random Acts of Kindness Week

Greetings!! Today wraps up our extended Random Acts of Kindess Week. Thanks to the snow we were able to talk about kindness for two weeks!

Here is the bulletin board where students could share their random acts if kindness. It took a few days to get going but then the students were really getting into it. Next year if I do the same thing I will be looking for help to have a few spots set up in the mornings. Because I was in the lobby I missed a lot of the students who rode the bus.

With the third grade students we talked about how we could be bucket fillers around the school to make our school community a better place. We read the book  Have you filled a bucket today? Then we talked about what it meant to be a bucket filler at our school. The students were invited to write on a circle a way they could be a bucket filler in five different areas of the school. Each class talked about ways to be a bucket filler in the classroom as well as in the bathrooms. Each class also had 3 other common areas of the school. Today we talked about the classrooms, bathrooms, cafeteria, playgrounds, computer lab, library, art, music, P.E., and guidance. These are the areas that all students are expected to follow the same Rand Road expectations that help them attend the PBIS celebrations each quarter. After the lessons were finished I have hung them up around the school so all of the students can see them and hopefully reflect and talk with one another about how to be a bucket filler throughout the school. 

Thank you for everyone who brought in food for our food drive!! It was a great success and I will be dropping the food off some time this week at Wake Relief! 

Food Drive Extended!!!!

Due to all of the snow the food drive and Random Acts of Kindness Week will be extended into next week!

Random Acts of Kindness Week

Feb.10th-15th we will be celebrating Random Acts of Kindness. The goal of the week is to encourage students to do something nice for someone else simply because it's nice and not expecting anything else in return. Each day the news crew will share a different suggestion for the students to try. We are also encouraging the students to come up with ideas on their own. I will be in the lobby each morning with paper hears that the students can write their random acts on kindness on. They will be displayed on a bulletin board in the front of the school. 

To go along with our theme we will also be hosting a food drive to help Wake Relief, which provides emergency groceries to families in Wake County. There will be boxes outside my room (127) starting Monday, February 10th. The last day to donate is Friday, February 14th. Students will also be able to buy a can food item at the school store to give to the food drive. Students buy items at the school store using their gold coins they earn for good behavior and for following Rand Road Expectations.

Wake Relief's Website is below. 

wakerelief.org

Throughout the week I will be sharing more random acts of kindness. Be sure to check back for more ideas!!!  

National School Counselor's Week

Hey everyone!! Today kicks off National School Coubselor's Week!! Be on the look out for more posts each day to learn about what it's like to be a school counselor!

InterAct coming to RRES

Starting on Thursday when we come back to school through the first week of Feb. InterAct of Wake County is going to be coming to our school to speak with all of the 3rd-5th grade students through their specials classes.

For those of your who are not familiar with InterAct they are a private, non-profit, United Way agency that provides safety, support and awareness to victims and survivors of domestic violence. They have a great program that comes into schools to speak with the children about healthy relationships and how to stay safe. They are able to talk to the students in a way that is engaging, informative, and not scary. If you have any concerns please check out InterAct's website. A letter was also sent home to parents before the trackout.

National School Counselor's Week

National School Counselor's week is coming up fast!! It is Feb.3rd-7th. As a way to share with parents and families a little of what I do I will be starting a quarterly news letter. Be on the lookout!

Please check out the North Carolina School Counselor Association Website if you would like to learn more about school counselors in North Carolina.

Spotlight on a College

Hello Everyone! I hope everyone had a great trackout!

I came up with this idea right before trackout to spotlight a different college or university each month. I would like to create an environment where students are thinking about their future and all the wonderful things they can do. In our ever changing world one of the biggest things that helps anyone have the job of their dreams is some form of higher education.

 I asked the teachers what schools they attended as my starting point. I want our student to realize there are other schools outside of the triangle. In December I highlighted Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. I apologize for not taking a picture of the bulletin board before I took it down. On the board each month I will be sharing some facts about the school and a few pictures. I will also be sharing what teachers went to that school. I hope that if a student is interested in a school they may reach out to that teacher to learn more. The news crew is also sharing a fact they find each morning. This month we are highlight North Carolina A&T.

I have added the links to both school's home pages. If you and your students would like to learn more about the school please click on the school's name above.