The Doty Digest

February 21, 2025

Greetings Doty Families

At the most recent board meeting, I had the opportunity to brag on all of your students after our incredibly successful skating trip. Your students were so great. Those kids who were experienced skaters were super helpful and supportive of those who were either brand new or less experienced. There were quite a few kiddos who started off using supports to skate and were independent by the end of the hour. There was plenty of slipping and falling too. But every student got up after falling, EVERY time. I had been prepared to have some student sized puddles on the ice that would need a carry off, but no. The amount of perseverance that all students showed was really something to behold.

Another thing I talked to the school board about was how important that sort of experience is for us to see. We cannot possibly teach students everything they need to know. But we can teach them how to tackle problems and how to get up one more time than they fall. And your students can do that!

We are getting ready to head out for our Winter Carnival this afternoon. We will be working on understanding the idea of friendly competition and having fun together. Ms Fayle has assembled several activities for us to circulate through and I’m looking forward to seeing the fun unfold!

I hope that over the next week you all have some time to just plain play in the snow. Play is good for all of us!

We will see you all back here on Wednesday, March 5th.

As always, thank you for sharing your students with us!

Gillian