Lima PBIS 2nd Quarter Updates
February 2nd, 2024
Freedom Elementary
Each month, Freedom Elementary holds a Freedom Family Night with a different team of staff creating the theme for the family night which include educational activities, games, crafts and a snack. In January, the theme was "Do you want to build a snowman?" Families enjoyed educational activities such as making/having fun with "snow," made a snowman craft, enjoyed hot chocolate, made a snowman snack, played snowman bowling, and built a snowman from hula hoops, noodles, circles, etc.
Heritage Elementary
-Heritage is focusing on being safe, respectful and responsible throughout the school building to promote positive behaviors. Each week teachers nominate three students from their classroom who have demonstrated these characteristics. Names are announced each Friday during grade level lunches and students receive a prize during this "lunch celebration." Students listen closely to the announcements and why the students were nominated for the weekly award. Alano was recently nominated for respect. His teacher says he is always respectful and kind to students and staff. His brother, Amadeo congratulated him personally during first grade lunch.
Heritage continues to nominate and recognize students and staff for acts of kindness. Photos and announcements are made weekly and photos are displayed in a window so that all can reflect on acts of kindness.
Independence Elementary- Lights, Camera - GLOW!!
-Our school's PBIS program is all about creating a culture where students can shine, and boy did they prove it at our Second Quarter reward party! With 80 percent or better on DOJO, our students earned their stripes and grooved to the beat of a Glow Stick Dance Party on Jan 26. We're all about positivity and safety here, with our three golden rules: Be Respectful, Be Responsible and Be Safe. Our teachers sprinkle DOJO points on students who follow these rules, and the results are out of this world! We had 93% of our student attend this award. We can't wait for our Third Quarter Celebration in March, we will keep you posted on what's to come.
Unity Elementary Staff Mentors
All Unity students are matched with a Staff Mentor. Staff have check ins with their mentees on a regular basis and participate in a fun activity once a month. In November, staff and mentees celebrated a Thanksgiving Lunch and focused on Gratitude! -
Liberty Art Magnet School
Students in grades 5-8 earned two rewards in the second quarter for being respectful, responsible and safe. The first reward was dodgeball. Fifth and sixth grade students faced off against each other and later the seventh against the eighth graders. A few of our teachers participated in the event as well. The second reward was a hot chocolate bar. Students who received the reward were able to enjoy delicious hot chocolate with several toppings.
Students in grades K-4 continue to earn spartan bucks. Spartan bucks are then used to shop at the PBIS store. Second quarter they spent 2480 spartan bucks.
North Middle School
North Middle School's Quarter 2 PBIS Celebration was a big success. A total of 89 students met both the behavior and attendance incentives and spent the morning having a great time at Westgate Lanes.
This quarter, students are looking forward to our Valentine's Dance and our trip to Lima's new Sky Zone!
Unity Elementary Glow Dance Party for H.O.T for Learning
Unity Students who were H.O.T (Here On Time) for Learning got to participate in a Glow Dance Party. Students who are here every day and on time for a whole week get to participate in the weekly themes. Some of the fun themes have been Dress To Impress, sunglass, jerseys, hats, crazy socks, & bring your favorite stuffed animal. These themes help encourage students to come to school everyday, ready to learn!
PBIS Tiered Intervention Levels
West Middle School
We've had a fantastic 2nd quarter at West Middle School with our PBIS programs! Forty three students (up two from 1st quarter) were treated during lunches for Spartan Attendance Awards, one hundred and three students (just a few shy of our 1st quarter group) earned free gym time for earning less than three checks for the quarter, and seventy students earned a trip to the Axis Center for receiving All A, A+B, and 3.0 Honor Roll for games, movies, and free time in the morning of 1/25. We received major kudos from the staff at the Axis Center about how well-behaved our students were on that day. Additionally, our PBIS team is currently planning a Valentine's Day Dance for after school on 2/13 for those students who've earned at least 35 PBIS reward points from the beginning of the 3rd quarter. We look forward to continuing to celebrate big wins as we move into the 3rd quarter and for the remainder of the year!
Lima Alternative School
Mason Sellati was chosen as our Student of the Month for January at the Alternative School!
Lima Senior High School
The second quarter the PBIS team has recognized many students with weekly rewards. Throughout the quarter, we gave away alarm clocks, wireless earbuds, Fire Sticks, 3D Pens, Fuel Rods for cell phones, basketball tickets, portable speakers and ended with an iPad for students who were safe, respectful, and motivated. The students with perfect attendance received a trip to Westgate Bowling Alley for two hours of Bowling fun! We followed up with our Honor Roll students at an Ice Cream Social in the Cafeteria and then the top two grade levels on Honor Roll went head to head with DodgeBall in the Gym. A major focus in our building is improving our attendance rate. The Freshmen class earned a dress down day for having the best attendance rate throughout December and January.
Lima Senior High students at their Bowling rewards trip on Jan. 26th
PBIS At Home Tips: Teach, Remind, and Reward Expected Behaviors with Positive Feedback
Just like schools that use PBIS, doing so at home is much more powerful with a plan to teach, remind, and reward behaviors using positive feedback. Emphasizing respect, responsibility, and a sense of community is important for maintaining a smooth home-school connection. For example, consider having conversations with your child that match conversations they might have at school on respecting other individuals. If your child’s comment reflects a lack of understanding or bias, calmly discuss factual information (e.g., “Anyone can get sick.” “We are a community that takes care of each other.”). The following table shows how families and caregivers might teach, remind, and reward respectful, responsible, and safe behaviors.
Teaching examples:
Describe what kind language does (and does not) sound like in your home. Demonstrate kind language and ask children to practice kind language with you.
Describe what “doing your best” means in your home. Examples might include focusing on your work, reading/listening to all instructions before beginning, asking for help when needed, and sticking with it until done. Discuss what this looks like (and does not look like) across the types of learning activities.
Describe and demonstrate how to wash hands (using various posters available from CDC). To ensure your children wash their hands for 20-30 seconds, have them pick a portion of a favorite song to sing.
Rewards:
When your child is kind, provide specific praise. For example, “Thank you for being kind when your sibling was having a hard time.”
When you see your child doing their best, provide specific praise. “It’s great to see you doing your best! I think you’ll be proud of your work!”
When you see your child washing their hands, provide specific praise—for example, “Awesome handwashing! Thanks for keeping our family safe.”
In addition to teaching, rewarding, and reminding, you may need to correct behavior. When a child makes an error, provide a quick correction or redirection. For example, if you observe your child showing disrespect to others:
1. Quickly correct or signal the error, (“That was not respectful”)
2. Re-state the expected behavior, (“We speak kindly to each other to show respect”)
3. Provide an opportunity for positive interaction, (“Let’s try that again. How would you show respect?”)
4. Provide the child positive feedback, (“That was a kind thing to say.”) Redirections can be even quicker (“Remember, you need to wash your hands before coming to the table. Please go wash your hands.”).
The goal is for a correction or redirection to be calm, brief, and provide an opportunity for the child to practice the desired behavior. In addition, it’s important to maintain a 5-to-1 ratio and use more reminders than corrections.
• Maintain a 5-to-1 ratio. It's easy to get into a habit of correcting, but the goal is to maintain a ratio of 5 positive interactions or praise statements for every 1 negative interaction or corrective statement.
• Remind instead of correct. Instead of correcting behavior after it happens, we can remind children what we would like to see before a behavior is expected. For example, we can put a sign in the bathroom near the sink to “Wash your hands.” Children can even help create these signs and brainstorm what signs might be needed.
• To decrease undesired behavior, you can also teach alternatives. To decrease an undesired behavior, like touching one’s face, you can teach your child to do something else. For example, children can be given a fidget that they can play with that keeps their hands away from their face or taught to use a tissue to touch their face.