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Dec. 1 North High School Madrigal Performance

Dec. 8 Second Grade Field Trip to the Orpheum Theater for The Nutcracker

Dec. 8 5th grade to the Career Academy (This has been postponed to a later date TBD due to transportation issues.)

Dec. 21 Early Dismissal 1:30

Dec. 22-Jan. 2 No School

Jan. 3 School Resumes

Jan. 9 PTO Meeting 6:00 PM

January 16

3rd Grade Music Program @ 5:30 p.m.

5th Grade Music Program and Band Concert @ 6:15 p.m.

February 15

1st Grade Music Program @ 5:30 p.m.

4th Grade Music Program @ 6:15 p.m.

April 11

Kindergarten Music Program @ 5:30 p.m.

2nd Music Program @ 6:15 p.m.

Happy December Bears!

This month during our Character Strong time, grade levels are learning about Empathy. The various grade levels will be focusing on the following:

Kindergarten--identify and practice the traits of an empathetic listener, discuss what Kindness looks/sounds/feels like and create personal kindness goals, practice Whole Body listening to connect with other people's feelings, and practice identifying emotions and putting Empathy into action.

1st grade--discuss and practice recognizing how other people could feel in different situations, will create a list of friendship skills and reflect on their own strengths and areas for growth, practice showing Empathy during conflict with friends, and practice positive listening skills with friends.

2nd grade--identify a problem and determine if it is big or small, identify what grows kindness and what does not, practice Empathy with each other when working through challenges, and practicing using Empathy to resolve conflict.

3rd grade--practice understanding and connecting with other people's feelings, create a school map of Kindness that includes how they will show Kindness around the school, explore and identify different perspectives and understand perspective taking, apply perspective-taking to conflict resolution strategies in the Tree of Choices.

4th grade--learn to use the 3 steps in the Tree of Choices to resolve conflict, learn about and plan 3 ways to practice meaningful Kindness, learn how to use I-statements to communicate emotions, and learn that we may have different opinions and that at times we must agree to disagree.

5th grade--learn to identify the qualities of a good leader and build awareness of their own strengths and areas of growth, strategize ways to lead the charge to make Kindness normal at school, set goals that will utilize their strengths and interests as leaders to make a difference in the world, and practice leadership skills by responding with Empathy to other people's problems.

Within the Character Strong Program, there are staff, student, and family DARES that provide us opportunities to put concepts we are learning into action. Below you will see two options of Family DARES. The first option is a quick and easy and the second is medium time and difficulty. Give one or both of them a try!

Just a reminder that during this time of year we will be outside for recess as long as the real feel temperature is above 15 degrees. The only change in that plan would be if there is ice on the playground. Please be sure to send your students in their winter wear. We do have extra coats, hats, and mittens in the office so please let us know if you need any of those items.

Thank you for partnering with us in your child's education. I am grateful for the students, staff, and families that we have at Bryant.

Dr. Holcomb

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Winter break is quickly approaching! School will dismiss two hours early on Thursday, December 21. School will not be in session from Friday, December 22 through Tuesday, January 2, resuming on Wednesday, January 3. Have a wonderful break!

Parents and guardians have the right to decide to keep their child home on any day they feel it is unsafe for their student to be in school because of weather conditions. If you believe the weather provides a sincere reason why you may have to keep your student at home, or take your student home when classes are scheduled to continue, you as a parent or guardian will simply need to contact our school office to let us know.