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PLE Crew,
While outside of our school walls a storm continues to rumble and there is some uneasiness in regards to our district, inside the walls of Pine Lane, our Crew has demonstrated exceptional perseverance as we continue to perpetuate our mission to empower excellence in character, achievement, and contribution to a better world. Pine Lane families know that our staff is committed to providing the very best support and instruction for your children everyday. We are here! We strongly value your support and partnership in these endeavors. We do this work because we love working with children and watching them grow into competent and capable people who will do amazing things. Thank you for entrusting us with this distinct privilege.
Here are a few highlights. We celebrated National School Counselor Week. Ms. Anderson highlighted for our Crew all the ways a School Counselor can help, including coping with big emotions, how to deal with conflict, and thinking about future goals. Thank you, Ms. Anderson, for your support of our Crew. If you haven’t seen announcements lately, check them out: 2022.02.10 PLE Announcements. Our students have taken over again! Our student News Crew highlights some mad soccer skills, kindness ninjas, and some excellent dance skills. Last, night, our Battle of the Books teams also competed. Our 5/6 team is currently placed 4th and have one their last 2 battles. We wish both our 5/6 and 3/4 team the best of luck on Monday in your final competition.
This month we have launched into our work around our Habit of Character Accountability. At Pine Lane, we define Accountability as, “We own our choices. We are responsible for our words and actions. We accept the consequences of our choices, words, and actions.” We encourage you to support this work at home. Please have conversations with your child about what it means to show accountability.
I also want to make sure you are aware of things to watch for as we continue through the 3rd quarter. We will be at spring break very quickly. Our next SAC/PTO meeting will be held on February 23rd at 4:45 pm. These meetings will continue to be virtual. At this meeting, I will be discussing our budget, programming, and school improvement plans for next year. During Parent/Teacher Conference week, please watch for two surveys from us. One gives us feedback on how well we are meeting your families needs and the other survey asks for your input in class placement for next year. We value your input and perspective. This information will be used to help make system wide improvements and help place your child well for the 2022-23 school year.
Lastly, next week is Kindness Week! We can’t wait to see all the ways our crew contributes to a better world by looking for those extra ways to demonstrate kindness to others.
Have an amazing weekend!
Chris Stairs
Principal
Pine Lane Elementary
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