“I don’t want people to be unkind to anyone” “Don’t be mean / Be kind/ Otherwise bad luck will/ come up from behind” “Get people’s spirits up when they feel down” “Believe that you and others can follow their dreams”
We will be shifting into mindfulness starting next week and through November using a mix of Mindful Schools, Mind Up, Yoga Calm and some other curriculum. Mindfulness is secular, non-religious meditation. There has been a huge amount of recent research showing benefits in academics, mental health and reducing bullying and aggressive behaviors after mindfulness practice. I’ll be encouraging you to take on this practice at home as well to support our kids here. Thanks to the 24 parents who filled out my Needs Assessment last week. I’d appreciate all of you taking the time to fill it out as I do base my year off of what these needs are. https://goo.gl/forms/2fKD9wKwekH4f1po1 I’ll publish the results in a couple weeks, the students will be done this week.
Thanks again! Cliff Shaw, cshaw1@pps.net |
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