Dear Bobcat Families:

I hope that you are enjoying your Spring Break! Habit 7, “Sharpen the Saw”, shares with us the importance of daily self-renewal and taking care of our physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual self. I hope you are taking the time to relax and enjoy time off with your families.

Save the date! You are invited to our Eden Park campus on Tuesday, April 2nd from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. Please join us in your child’s classroom to review their progress this school year and share in the many accomplishments that our students have had this school year. Students will be leading the event by sharing their amazing work, sharing leadership roles within the classroom, and what they are most proud of at this point in the school year.

We look forward to welcoming everyone back on campus on Monday, March 18th.

As always, thank you for your continued support.

In partnership,

Mrs. Anderson, Principal

March 19: SAC 7:30am in the Media Center

March 21: End of Quarter 3

March 22: No school for students, Teacher Planning Day

March 27th: Math Curriculum Checkpoint grades 3,4, and 5.

March 28: Report Cards Published

March 28: Bobcat Brilliancy Awards- Invite only

March 29: No school for students and teachers

April 2: Student Led Conferences 5:30pm-7pm

Hello Bobcat Families,

In March, we celebrate HONESTY! At a very young age, children are capable of learning how to tell the truth. We want to work together with our families to practice telling the truth.

Here are some activities to practice honesty at home:

· Read: As a family, read one of the following books (found on Amazon) to practice honesty and truthfulness:

· Honesty Well: Fill a jar up with water. Put a nickel in the water. Say the nickel represents white lies. Cover the nickel with other coins. The other coins represent the truth. Talk about how it takes many times of telling the truth to gain trust again.

· Lie Snack: Give your child a small snack such as a chocolate-covered nut. Once they eat it, tell them to give it back to you. They will be confused. Talk about how once we tell a lie, we are unable to take it back. This will help them learn that they should always tell the truth.

· Sign Language: Practice saying “truthful” in sign language with the following steps—

o Closed hand with index finger extended touches mouth. Hand moves forwards and down while opening to rest on open up-turned palm of other hand.

Being truthful is one of the hardest skills to practice. So often, little white lies can be easier than the truth. By holding ourselves to this high standard, our children can see the value of honesty. Let’s all have a conversation of why it is important to tell the truth in schools, home, and in the community. As always, I appreciate all the support for our EPE kiddos!

Sincerely,

Kimberly Combes

School Counselor

Each year, CCPS receives federal funds to support eligible schools in our district. Feedback is valuable to us as we plan for the 2024-2025 school year.

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Eden Park Elementary is a Leader in Me school. We learn and use the 7 Habits throughout the day and in our lives.

"Sharpening the saw" means taking time for ourselves every day because we recognize that it gives us the ability to do everything else. This habit deals with renewal, continuous improvements, and balance.

Fun Ways to Sharpen the Saw!

WHEN

TUESDAY, March 19, 2024

WHERE

3650 WESTCLOX STREET

IMMOKALEE, FL

MORE INFORMATION

Join us in the media center to help make important decisions for our school’s improvement and increased student achievement.

In collaboration with Benison Center, we are excited to enter all community members who attend our SAC meeting into a raffle drawing. We look forward to seeing who will walk out of the meeting with a prize.

The March 19th agenda can be found on our school website under About Us- School Advisory Council (SAC)

Here's the challenge:

• The school that signs the most people up will win – that includes teachers, staff, parents, students, and family/friends.
• The winning school will get a free spirit shirt with the school’s logo on it for every student at the school regardless of their participation.

How will we track this?

• Step 1: Register for Lipman 5K: https://runsignup.com/Race/FL/AveMaria/Lipman5KRunForBackpacks
• Step 2: While registering make sure that registrants select “yes” on the question below.

• Step 3: Select your school!

All students will be issued and are required to wear a school ID and lanyard while at school. This is part of our school dress code. Students will use badges to sign on to their bus, check out library books, and go through the lunch line. Lost badges may be replaced in the front office for $2.00 cash.

School Board Policies 2266, 3362, and 5517 – Prohibits discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and/or gender identity), disability, or age in the provision of educational opportunities or employment opportunities and benefits. The District School Board does not discriminate on the basis of sex or disability in the education programs and activities that it operates, pursuant to the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

For additional information or to report Title IX or any other discrimination/harassment concerns, contact Ms. Valerie Wenrich, Chief Human Resources Officer/ Title IX Coordinator, at (239) 377-0351, wenriv@collierschools.com or at 5775 Osceola Trail, Naples, Florida 34109.