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Hello Grant families,
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful winter break.
We are back and are so excited for all the amazing learning and activities to come in the new year!
As you may remember from our December newsletter, our Purposeful People Character Trait for the month of January is PERSEVERANCE. One way to think about perseverance is “pushing yourself through challenges and obstacles.” We all experience challenges in our lives. We all have moments when we feel like we can’t do it or that we want to give up on a big task. It is important to develop tools that help us work through those challenges in order to grow in those moments instead of giving up. How might you practice perseverance as a family this month?
Perseverance is 1 of 3 traits we will focus on throughout the year that helps students Be Strong. Throughout the school, students will be developing skills like focusing, organizing, and goal setting.
I’m so excited that our second trimester of the counseling program will provide students with the opportunity to participate in small group and individual counseling supports. These groups will be based on the identified needs of our students, and will focus on topics such as grief, anxiety/worry, social skills, friendship, emotional regulation, etc. Students will be referred by their teachers, staff or families. If your student is selected to participate in a group or for individual check-ins, you will receive a permission form in the next week or so. I look forward to helping your students learn and practice social emotional skills that will help them be successful in all areas of life.
If you have any questions or concerns or feel that your student would benefit from participating in a small group or individual check-ins, please contact me via email at sierraca@spokaneschools.org or you can call (509) 354-2798.
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