We had a very nice week.On Wednesday, Miss Nita called a costume day. The kids took great delight in dressing up. It was last minute, and we appreciate all the work parents did to make this a special day for the kids. We had all kinds of costumes, and each one was more precious than the next.
On Tuesday, we had a visit from the Red Cross. The children enjoyed the information the Red Cross had to offer. On Thursday, we had a visit from the Ambulance service. The children all enjoyed seeing the truck, and visiting with the Ambulance personnel.
On Friday, we had our Knowledge Bee. The winners were Jill, Hailee, Jack, Ely, Garrett, and Makenzie. These children answered a myriad of questions and won a star for their medals.
We have had a lot of misconceptions about medals among parents and teachers. Medals are really called Honors Medals. When a child walks into school in the morning, it is taken for granted that the child is honorable and deserves to wear a medal. Lately, we have been taking medals for light reasons, and that's not what it's about. Children must be directed towards good choices and good behaviors. The three reasons to lose a medal are: making another child cry on purpose, continued disobedience or disruption so that too much time is directed away from the group and onto one child. We are a group activity place. Our job is to civilize children to go successfully off to school.
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