What is School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. School-wide PBIS is a multi-tiered framework to make schools more effective places. It establishes a social culture and the behavior supports needed to improve social, emotional, behavioral, and academic outcomes for all students.

The ELC values hard work and good behavior. Our PBIS program showcases these values in our school and praises students for their leadership qualities. Their peers see this good behavior and it creates a learning environment that is enriched with kindness, leadership, grit and perseverance. All students have the opportunity to earn tickets as a class as well as individually for modeling good choices. They can cash in individual tickets they earn in their classes for rewards like picking out of the treasure box, stinky feet day, being able to write in markers all day long. They can even bank their tickets and be SRO, Janitor, or Principal for the day! They can cash in their class tickets for special opportunities in their class like a PJ Day! We celebrate as a school with rewards like dance party and extra recess day. Each day we are looking for and rewarding those positive behaviors.

Last week in our newsletter, we featured our individual kindness royalty and grit winners- this week we are celebrating ALL the kids! We are so proud of all the kindness and learning goals being met and all the tickets the kids are earning. As a school, the kids earned WAY more tickets than they needed to reach their goal.. and their reward? A bounce house party!!!! Each class got 30 minutes to themselves in the bounce houses... and they had a BLAST! Keep being awesome Kindergarteners!

Next week is Kindness Week and Helping Hands Club is helping spread kindness with a challenge for each class. Each class will receive a baggie with a kindness challenge for their students, such as "Smile at someone today". Each morning the teachers will select a piece of paper out of the baggie and read it to their class. That will be their "kindness challenge" for the day. We can't wait to help our kiddos spread kindness!

Mrs. Hannah will also be in library with Ms. Fraze this week where she will be doing Kindness lessons. Each child will also receive a copy of the book Kindness A-Z to keep in their at home libraries 🥰

Did you know that you as parents can nominate a staff member to be recognized as someone who is Being Excellent On Purpose? Dr. Buffington LOVES to know about and celebrate the positive!

The School City of Hobart Building Brickies' goal is to strengthen families by empowering parents as their child’s first and best teachers. Every day, we advocate for families so every child-in every neighborhood-can thrive.

If your child isn't feeling well, please keep him or her at home. You must report the absence IN SKYWARD before 10:00AM. There is no need to call the school to let us know. If there are any questions about the absence, we will reach out to you.