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- Pick Up Patrol is our way of telling where each student needs to go at the end of the day. Please make sure all changes are completed by 1:15, as the teachers get an email with this information. Last minute changes involve phone calls and running around that can add to confusion at an already busy time of day. Please only call to change plans if there is an emergency or if there will be a student left unsupervised if the change cannot occur.
“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” – Chinese proverb
Dear HUUSD Families and Caregivers,
Lately, we’ve been thinking about the idea of Personal Responsibility. Is this a trait that people have or is it a skill that can be developed and improved? As we think about defining personal responsibility as a skill, we see that students demonstrate the skill of personal responsibility by taking ownership of their lives and acknowledging their power to choose what they think (including their attitudes and mindsets), say and do, and their accountability for the consequences of their choices.
Take a minute to think about the things your children are responsible for: their chromebook, their tool kits, their schedule and time management, chores around the home. Some are individual and some are collective, all are important. Starting small and building helps students be careful and reliable, building skills that will help with future successes.
The first step in helping students develop a sense of personal responsibility is to help them understand the why - why is this important? Next, we teach the how. When we can connect our choices to the outcomes (consequences), students gain greater understanding of how they can further their skills. For example, a child decides to play outside a little longer than usual, when they have the responsibility to let the dog out. The outcome is that perhaps the dog has made a mess inside. On the other side, a child makes the decision to stay home on Sunday and study instead of hanging out with friends, completes assignments on time and/or scores well on a summative assessment.
Having personal responsibility is not a skill that all children naturally develop. It needs to be cultivated and practiced. When we want our children to become better with their math facts, we provide opportunities to practice. When we want our children to become better at playing their instrument or sport, we provide them with opportunities to practice. The same is true for developing personal responsibility. Practice with personal responsibility will help them achieve the greatness they are all capable of. Practice doesn’t make perfection though, it makes growth. Mistakes will happen, they are kids after all. These become learning opportunities for us all, coaching toward perseverance and being responsible for themselves and their community.
“I long to accomplish some great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.” – Helen Keller
Book resources:
https://childrenslibrarylady.com/decision-making-books/
Conversation Starters:
Someone slipped on the water you spilled and didn’t clean up. What should you do?
What can you do to take personal responsibility for your chores?
What should you do if you stain a sweater that you borrowed from a friend?
You forgot to shut the gate. The dog gets out. What should you do?
More information:
https://apertureed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Promoting-SEL-at-Home-PR.pdf
All the best,
The HUUSD SELTF
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Community News/Opportunities
Please note that the opportunities/events listed below are not specifically endorsed or screened by school staff. As always, families should use their own standards and review processes to determine appropriate activities.
April 6-8, Harwood Union High School will present this year’s musical, The Sound of Music. The classic tale of the von Trapp family, with special ties to Vermont, will feature a cast of twenty-seven Harwood Middle and High School students, as well as students from Waitsfield Elementary and Crossett Brook Middle School.
The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein, this 1961 classic was destined to become the world’s most-beloved musical. Featuring a trove of cherished songs, including “Climb Every Mountain,” “My Favorite Things,” “Do Re Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen,” and the title number, The Sound of Music won the hearts of audiences worldwide, earning five Tony Awards and five Oscars for the feature film version. The inspirational story, based on the memoir of Maria Augusta von Trapp, follows a young nun in-training who serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain von Trapp, bringing music and joy to the household. But as the forces of Nazism take hold of Austria, Maria, and the entire von Trapp family must make a moral decision.
The cast is led by Senior Abby Holter, playing Maria von Trapp, and Sophomore Christopher Cummiskey playing Captain von Trapp. The von Trapp children are played by sophomores Zoe Blackman as Liesl and Emma Riley as Louisa, eighth graders Tarin Askew as Friedrich and Harmony Devoe as Brigitta, seventh grader Robin Weigand (CBMS) as Kurt, fifth grader Ari Weigand (CBMS) as Marta, and fifth grader Desi Dahlgren (Waitsfield Elementary) as Gretl.
Other featured cast members include seniors Mia Lapointe, Arianna Clark, Lucie Ruggerio, stage manager Maddie Thibault, sound engineers Otis Neville, junior Ben Robinson, sophomores Annie McMillion, Kai Haddock, Elsie Pawul, and Ellie Buckingham, and freshmen Aiden Heath; as well as a large ensemble of hard-working students on and offstage. Guiding the cast are director Scott Weigand, music director Molly Clark, orchestra conductor Chris Rivers, set builder Aleta Kibler, lighting designer Avery Bacon, and producer Skyler Bradley.
Performances take place April 6-8, at 7:30 pm at Harwood Union High School. On Saturday, April 8 there will also be a special children’s matinee, that will include a pre-show presentation by the orchestra, and a meet and greet with the cast following the show. Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for students, and will be available at the door (cash/check only).
This program is designed to be fun for the kids, there will be little to no "training" at any of these sessions - certainly no lines or laps or standing around. The sole design for this age group is to get the kids coming back the next year to play! At each session the kids will spend about 15 minutes working on a skill that will help in the small-sided games and be reflective of a growing skill set for kids this age.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM Don Haddox, Director of the Mad River Soccer U8 Program: "I desperately need volunteer parents to be on each field with me. You need absolutely zero soccer knowledge or coaching ability, you only need to be able to repeat: "which way is your team going?" "How can you help?" and likely with the younger groups wipe away some tears of uncertainty and make sure kids are as involved as they, personally, can be that day. You don't even need to commit to helping every week and you can always be on your child's field - front row seat! There is a place in the registration form to check "yes" if you'd be willing to help out."
Birth years: U8 -2015 & 2016; U6 - 2017 & 2018 (2019 - please connect with me directly)
WHEN: April 28th, 2023 - June 10, 2023, no sessions the weekend of Memorial Day
- U8 - Fridays at 5:15 - 6:30 and Saturdays at `10:00 - 11:15
- U6 - Saturdays 9:00
COST: U8: $100 U6: $60
Registration Link:
https://www.highlandsoccer.
Highlander Youth Lacrosse
4/3-4/15 Voting The Mad River Libraries are excited to announce the eighth annual Peeps® Diorama Contest. Community members of all ages are invited to create a book or literary-themed diorama using marshmallow Peeps® as characters. Entries may be submitted at any MRV Library between Saturday, March 25 - Saturday April 1. Public viewing and voting will be held at the libraries from April 3-April 15. For complete rules and an entry form, please visit joslinmemoriallibrary.com, moretownlibrary.com, or warrenlibrary.com.
Children must be school aged, 4-18, and either attend one of the valley schools, live in the valley or have parents who work in the valley. The camps can be local or national, day or sleep away. Please note that camps fill up quickly and many camps have already opened up their application process. So don't delay and don't hesitate to apply if you need a little extra help. Every effort will be made to process requests within one week.
Please fill out a separate form for each child. Here is a link to the MRV Summer FUNd form
Magic Toy Box Camp
with Tracy Martin at Phantom Theater
stories, and adventures to far-off places steer our journey through the
elements of creative play. In this longtime favorite camp, children use
theater, dance, and the power of their imaginations to create characters,
simple props and costumes, filling their own magic toy boxes with
unforgettable experiences. Contact Tracy at tracy@madriver.com to sign up.
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