Cody Counseling Corner

Wow! December is here! The school year is about half over already. Mrs. Aguinaga and I had so much fun in November, which was a very busy month for all of us! We started the month with a guidance lesson titled How to Apologize for grades PK-2nd. Through this story, students learned how to give an appropriate, sincere apology to someone. The students in 3rd-5th grades finished the Weird Book Series by listening to the third and last story about bullying.

Then, we celebrated the month by supporting Generation Texas Week which was November 18th-22nd, and National Career Development Month. Our PK-2nd grade students learned all about careers and learned how their passions and skills relate to what they want to be when they grow up. They listened to the story Snowmen at Work to get some ideas of different careers. They then created their snowperson to match what career they want to do when they grow up. Our 3rd-5th grade students learned about careers and the beginning process of choosing a pathway to reach their goals in regards to what they want to be when they grow up. We discussed researching the career that they are interested in, including researching colleges and trade schools. After each grade level's guidance lesson, they created their college pennants. We ended the month by playing a Career Guessing Game with grades PK and Kindergarten and for grades 1st-5th, they played Career Bingo.

On November 21st, we held our annual Cody Career Day. It was a big success! The students learned about different careers from our guest speakers which included; Firemen from the Cibolo Fire Department, an SAPD Drone Unit, a Dentist, an HEB truck driver, a Kens 5 News Camera Reporter, electricians from the NISD Maintenance Department, our Superintendent, Dr. Craft and many more. We enjoyed seeing the smiling faces of our students as they learned about different careers.

We would like to thank Boldt Elementary for all of their wonderful donations which helped our school and community so much! We are very grateful!

We are excited that November is over and we look forward to a new month full of brand-new lessons for our students as we get ready to close out 2024!

Kind regards,

Mrs. Merrill & Mrs. Aguinaga

Our guidance lessons for December are as follows:

Inclusion With Rudolph

5th Grade Class Choice Slips for 6th Grade

Inclusive Schools Week is celebrated every year in the first week of December. This year we will celebrate Inclusive Schools Week December 2nd-6th. We celebrate this week to recognize our diverse population and unique abilities. At Cody, we pledge to continue building meaningful relationships with our students, families, educators, and the community to create a safe and positive learning environment for all! This year, we are asking students and staff to participate in the Inclusive Schools Week dress days. We can't wait to see all the participation!

This message is for all of the 5th-grade parents. The week of December 2nd-6th, your child will be bringing home an enrollment card to complete for Middle School Registration for the 24-25 school year. Please look over it with your child and help them complete the enrollment form and send it back to the campus with them. We will use this enrollment form to complete the registration online for their 6th-grade schedule of classes. For the parents interested in a Magnet Program, please click on the picture and it will directly route you to the NISD webpage. The deadline for submission for a Magnet School is January 31st.

Parents, if you would like to refer your child(ren) to see their counselor, please scan and complete the QR code below and complete the form. Thank you.

Threads Referral

Northside Threads is a Clothes Closet created by the NISD Family Engagement Program and Community volunteers to serve every campus and family within the District that needs clothing

support. Currently enrolled students needing support can gain access to the NISD Threads Clothes

Closet at no cost by obtaining a referral from their school counselor.

Each student will be able to pick out:

• 5 tops
• 5 bottoms
• New Socks
• New Underwear

Please take a look at all of the wonderful resources that our city offers and provides for families!

https://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html/san_antonio_free_christmas_and.html

Please click on the link for any information for future San Antonio Food Bank Distribution days in December.

https://safoodbank.org/help/

We want to wish all of our Cody Families a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, Feliz Navidad, Happy Ramadon, etc.