From
The Desk Of
The Principal
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Counselor Corner |
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Meet Your Counselor |
Home and School Connection Newsletter Sept Oct Nov Dec 2007 Jan Feb Mar Apr May June 2008 |
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Changing Families Group |
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Your Counselor  I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the parents of children who just entered Kennedy School. As the school counselor, I work with children individually, in small groups, and by teaching lessons in the classroom. During September, I focus on meeting all the children who are new to Kennedy School. Newcomers' Club meets three times to help children from other schools make a smooth transition to our school. In this group activity, the children learn more about our school and form friendships with others. I will be visiting the kindergarten classes as well to explain my role as school counselor. If I can answer any questions, please call me at (973) 584-3938. I am available at Kennedy School on Tuesdays and Thursdays all day and Wednesdays in the morning.
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Peacemakers
October marked the start of
my monthly classroom lessons called Peacemakers.
Once a month I will be visiting each classroom to enhance the
children’s social and emotional growth.
This year in kindergarten I
will be using a variety of resources to increase the children’s knowledge
and understanding of words expressing feelings.
When children can better express their feelings verbally, they can
begin learning the first steps of conflict resolution skills later in the
year.
In first grade, the goals
will be to increase the children’s skill in identifying the emotions of
others as a means of solving social skills problems.
This will lead to lessons on constructive ways the children can manage
angry feelings.
At the second grade level,
my lessons will focus on friendship skills.
We will be discussing the characteristics of a friend, behaviors
that interfere with friendships, ways to make a friend, and how to give
and receive compliments.
In third grade, many of the
lessons will be designed to help the children build more supportive
relationships with their peers.
The children will continue to build their friendship skills,
including steps for initiating a conversation and joining a group. They
will also be taught how to recognize bullying and how to safely refuse a
bully and report incidents to an adult.
The lessons in fourth grade
will reinforce and extend the children’s skills by focusing on dealing
with teasing, understanding other’s viewpoints, standing up to peer
pressure, and promoting cooperative behaviors.
June Greenbaum
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Changing Families Group This group is for children whose parents were recently separated or divorced. The group teaches skills which help the children to cope with family changes. More information about these groups will be sent home in November. June
Greenbaum
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