Cody Counseling Corner

It is hard to believe that November is here. The school year is starting to fly by. Mrs. Aguinaga and I had so much fun in the month of October, which was very busy for all of us! We began the month with our annual Decision of Respect Signing Day which was October 4th. All of our students learned about respect and every student and staff member signed a poster to promise to be the best, respectful person they can be.

We celebrated the month by supporting National Bullying Prevention Month, where PK-2nd grade students listened to the stories Llama Llama and the Bully Goat., and Henry B. Wigglebottom Learns About Bullies. They then drew pictures showing ways to be a Buddy to Llama, not a Bully and a picture of how they can be brave when dealing with bullies. The 3rd-5th grade students embarked on a book series titled The Weird Series. After listening to the first two books (Book 3 will begin the first week of November), students learned the definition of bullying and they learned how to be an upstander, not a bystander.

We then celebrated Red Ribbon Week. We loved seeing all of our Cody Colts staff and students participate with the dress up days. Our younger students, PK-3rd learned about medicine safety after reading the story Sarah's Sick Day and our 4th and 5th grade students learned about the dangers and consequences of vaping and smoking. The students also met McGruff, the Crime Dog, during our Red Ribbon Presentation from our SAPD Officers, where they learned the importance of "Just Saying NO" to drugs!

We ended the month with our Trunk-or-Treat and Fall Festival which was a success! Mrs. Aguinaga, Ms. Gomez, Coach Gavin, and myself had a great time sporting some of the Inside Out Characters. We also enjoyed seeing our little Cody Colts dressed up in their awesome costumes as well as seeing all of the smiles on our families faces!

We are excited that October is over and we look forward to a new month full of brand new lessons for our students.

Our guidance lessons for November are as follows:

How to Apologize

Weird Series Book 3

Career Day

Generation TX

Who Am I?

Career Bingo

Please join us on Thursday, November 7th from 8-9AM at Ed Cody in Room 126 for our 2nd Cafecito With the Counselors. We will be discussing the topic of Bullying and you will also get to meet our wonderful Communities in School Coordinator, Ms. Valerie Gomez, our amazing Librarian, Mrs. Monica Alaniz, and our awesome Assistant Principal, Mrs. Tammy Reyna. Door prizes and breakfast will be provided!

World Kindness Day (WKD) is a global celebration day each year on November 13th that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world. Please help us celebrate and recognize this day by wearing NEON, sparkles, or glitter and "Let Kindness Shine" at Ed Cody!

Attention 5th GRADE PARENTS ONLY!!!! If your child is interested in attending one of our Magnet Middle Schools, please join us for an informational night on Thursday, November 14th from 4-5PM. You will receive lots of information about the Magnet Middle School Programs, what type of curriculum they offer, and the application process and deadline.

We will be celebrating and supporting Texas Generation Week throughout the week of November 18th-22nd. Generation Texas is a "Statewide, grassroots movement promoting a culture of college and career readiness." We are teaching our students at a young age the importance of either attending college, choosing a military career, or joining a trade school, etc. For this week, we will be having some fun dress days. Please take a look at our flyers so that your child may come to school following the dress days to support Generation Texas Week! Attached below is the website for Generation Texas and the flyers for the dress up days.

https://www.southplainsgentx.org/

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

We want to wish all of our Cody families a very Happy and safe Thanksgiving! May you all have a wonderful Holiday and remember, there is always SOMETHING to be grateful for!