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HABIT 7 - Sharpen the Saw

Sharpen the Saw means to have balance in your life. There is a story of a man who was sawing down a tree and did not make a lot of progress. When a passerby asked him why he didn't stop sawing to sharpen his saw, he remarked that he was too busy sawing. Habit 7 reminds us that we are more productive when we are in balance - body, brain, heart, and soul. Just like the four tires of a car, if one area is being ignored or overused, the rest will feel the results. It is important that the four parts of a person (body, brain, heart, soul) be taken care of so all of them work better and work together.

At Home Ideas

Develop a Sharpen the Saw activity center in your home. Include arts and crafts supplies, learning games, puzzles, music, books, etc.

Discuss various ways to Sharpen the Saw in all areas. Ideas might include: body (playing outside, riding a bike), brain (balancing reading with TV and video games), heart (making a list of what makes you happy and doing something on that list everyday, spending time with family and friends), and soul (attending a religious service, volunteering in your community, starting a journal).

To recognize the National School Lunch Program, serving nearly 30 million children each day, we will celebrate National School Lunch Week from October 9-13, 2023. The fun and creative campaign theme, “Level Up with School Lunch,” highlights the importance of a healthy school lunch to a student’s success both in and out of the classroom.

We appreciate our Food Service Department for making a difference!!

USD 207 students in grades K-5 are invited to submit drawings for the Retiree Appreciation Day Coloring/Drawing Contest. Participation is voluntary, with completion taking place outside of school.

If your child is interested, please send their finished products to the office by 12:00 p.m. (noon) on Friday, October 13th!

Selected Winners will receive a prize pack from FMWR, and their drawings will be displayed at the PX.

National Fire Prevention Week (FPW) is the longest-running public health observance in the country. FPW is observed during the week of October 9th each year as a commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, focusing on lifesaving public education.

Oct. 10 - Papa John's Pizza Night

Oct. 11 - Fire Prevention Day, Site Council @ 5:30

Oct. 12 - Book Fair Opens, Junior Guard after school

Oct. 13 - No school for students, Professional Development Day for staff

• Book Fair - Oct. 12 - 20
• Professional Development Day - No School - Oct. 13
• STUCO - Oct. 16
• Picture Retakes - Oct. 17
• Unity Day - Oct. 18
• Parent/Teacher Conferences - October 19 and 20 - No School for Students
• Red Ribbon Week - Oct. 23 - 27
• International Day - Oct. 26

Mrs. Miller is still in need of parent volunteers for our upcoming Book Fair. If you'd be interested in helping out, please sign up on link below! Thank you to all of our families who do so much to support our school!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C49A8AB2DA64-44719063-book

Handwashing is one of the most effective ways to help prevent the spread of germs. It’s never a bad time to teach (or reteach!) kids proper handwashing procedures. Here are 5 simple steps to make handwashing easy and fun to remember:

• WET your hands with water.

• LATHER your hands with soap.

• SCRUB your hands for 20 seconds. Singing Happy Birthday twice, The ABC song and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star are all songs that can be sung while scrubbing. Remember the back of hands, between fingers and under fingernails. Germs are good at hiding!

• RINSE your hands under running water.

• DRY your hands with a clean towel.

Be a good role model. Kids look to the adults around them to set the standard. By washing your hands frequently throughout the day with the proper technique, sets a powerful example and shows that you think the habit is important.

Remind them often to wash their hands. It’s easy to remember when you see the dirt on your hands, but germs are invisible to the naked eye. Prompt them throughout the day to wash their hands especially before eating, after using the restroom and after blowing their nose.

Good hand hygiene will help combat the common illnesses that we see in the fall/winter months. Currently we are seeing the common cold, a stomach virus, pink eye and fall allergies.

Thank you for all that you do to keep our students safe and healthy.

Enjoy the beautiful fall weather,

Anna Robinette, RN

If your child's dismissal procedures change throughout the week, please make sure you have contacted the IKE Office and let them know so everyone is aware of how our students are getting home and who they are with. We appreciate our families helping with this so all of our students get home safe and sound!

On our district and each school's website, under the "Parents" tab there is a great deal of national, state and local information including immediate support in Kansas, Risk Factors and Warning Signs, and Suicide Prevention and Awareness Resources. Following is the direct link https://www.usd207.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=3390862&type=d&pREC_ID=2382195

Kim Mitchell - Principal

Ashton Brady - Assistant Principal

Katarina Anderson - Office Assistant

Anna Robinette - Nurse

Kim Chambers - School Counselor

Email: kmitchell@usd207.org
Website: eisenhower.usd207.org/
Location: 1 Eisenhower Circle, Fort Leavenworth, KS, USA
Phone: 9136516663