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Martin Luther King Jr. Day / Respect / Jump Rope for Heart Assembly

MMES falcons honored Martin Luther King, Jr. and focused on the Character Counts trait of RESPECT at our January 12 assembly.  We also kicked off the American Heart Association's charity fundraiser, Jump Rope for Heart.

The assembly started with kindergarten students performing "Sing About Martin" with music teacher Mrs. Perkins.  After the Pledge of Allegiance and Character Counts Pledge, counselor Ms. Smart explained about Martin Luther King followed by Student Council telling us even more about him by reading the book "Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Man with a Dream".  They showed the pictures and text on the projector screen.



Next, the Falcon Leaders performed a rap about RESPECT and this was the perfect lead-in to the awards for students from each class who consistently show RESPECT.


Respect award winners pictured below:  Back row: 2nd grader Christian Estes, 3rd grader Joey Grimm, 2nd grader Summerlyn Miller, 3rd grader Adrieana Godinez, 2nd grader Derrick Hoffman, 3rd graders Annabelle Hancock and Brayden Stone, and 1st grader Madison Scribner. Middle row: 1st graders Rylee Mazzi-DeWig, Claire Stumpf, and Madison Becker. Front row: Kindergartners Dmitri Hunter, Cristofer Arellano, and Kaleb Axtel and preschoolers Mia Wilczak and Isabella Cruz-Lopez.  Not pictured: kindergartner Vivian Thomas and preschooler Masen Doka.



Another award presented at the assembly was "Bobby's Best Buddy".  Ms. Smart explained to each of his buddies the specific, caring thing they did to earn this award.  This time Bobby's Best Buddies were 3rd grader Josiah Beasley, instructional aide Mrs. Becky Kayser, and 1st grader Peyton Lalo.



Last, our PE teacher Mr. Olson and Morgan Porter from the American Heart Association told us about the Jump Rope for Heart charity that students will be participating in during PE class for the next three weeks!  Each student is becoming a Heart Hero by taking care of his/her own heart, spreading the message of the American Heart Association, and raising funds for lifesaving research by seeking pledges for their jump rope goals.  Our $ goal this year is $4,000.  McDowell Mountain has participated in Jump Rope for Heart for 28 years and this year is sure to be another good one!  Find out more at  http://american.heart.org/jump-hoops/.

  

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Bobby's Thoughts
My mom has been talking to the first grade students about the words that we say to our friends, teachers, and family.  She is calling them "cotton ball and sandpaper" words. 

This lesson she used cotton balls and sandpaper to help make the concept of kind and unkind words feel more real to the students.  They then described how they felt in their hands.  Cotton balls felt soft, fuzzy, and like cotton candy and the sandpaper felt rough, hard, and pointy.  Did you know that our words can feel the same way?  Words we use make us feel the same way...SOFT = KIND and ROUGH = HURTFUL.   Cotton ball words can be a compliment, good manners and I-messages.  Sandpaper words can be name calling, teasing and tattling.

I like to hear cotton ball words from my mom.  Sometimes I do things in the house that I should do outside...she doesn't use many cotton ball words with me when this happens.  Maybe if I try a little harder she won't have to use those words with me.   I'm going to try harder.

What kind of words are you speaking today?  Will they be cotton ball or sandpaper?

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Congratulations to our Kiwanis Terrific Kids 
for the weeks of January 8-12 and January 15-19!

Week of January 8-12:
Kindergarten: Madeleine Lettieri
First Grade: Jackson Jochens
Second Grade: Rosie Lucas
Third Grade: Talon Perry



Week of January 15-19:
Kindergarten: Trenton Pameditis
Second Grade: Avery Berg
Third Grade: Ethan Harner
First Grade: Madison Becker



Thank you for joining us, 
Noon Kiwanis Club members Matt Jefferson and Jean Linzer!

Looking Ahead
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1/22/18-
2/2/18		 Gifted/talented test window
American Heart Association's Jump Rope for Heart charity fundraiser
1/24/18-
2/2/18

 Kindergarten ATI Galileo Math Benchmark 1 one-on-one testing
1/24/18

Child Find
2:20: Student early release for staff professional development

1/25/18 Banking Day
2nd grade AZ Science Center "Chemysteries" presentations: 9:30-10:30 in 201 and 11:35-12:35 in 202
1/26/18 Falcon Friday: wear blue!
2nd grade AZ Science Center  presentations: 9:30-10:30 "Chemysteries" in 204 and 11:35-12:35 "Really Cool Science" for all 2nd grade in library pit

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