More OS with 3rd graders

[ashley cooper]

Hello all,

I had a fun occurance this week. Parents were writing to teachers, the head
of my division and me (the counselor) with concerns about 'bullying issues'
-- Name calling, unfairness, poor sportsmanship on sports teams, etc. The
parents believe the problem is getting out of hand and want us to do
something to help. I piped in quickly... that's great that the kids are
going to their parents for help... and let's help them self-organize around
the issues and find ways to help themselves. Rather than just working with
the students having the problems, let's make it an opportunity for the whole
grade. The teachers went for the idea and next Tuesday we will be opening
space. I had lunch with a representative group of 7 students today to
explore a theme and what they would like to see come out of the event. The
theme they came up with  is looking something like: How can we be respectful
towards other people in the 3rd grade team, teachers, people in general,
school property, and natural resources. We're meeting again on Monday to
finalize our plans. They thought it might be good to start things off with
Aretha Franklin's song R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

Sounds fun to me!

Ashley

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