Attention Fifth Grade Parents
Before you know it, your students will be moving on to middle school! Mrs. Poelke, the Parker Middle School principal, and Mrs. Post, the Highlander Way Middle School principal, will be visiting all fifth-grade in-person classes on April 6. Before the visit, students will be watching a video that will go over the changes to expect in the transition to middle school and some things students can start doing now to prepare. The video will review how the middle school day is structured, the different encore classes, and so much more! During their visit, the principals will answer questions from students. A fifth-grade parent night will be held in person at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, April 12 at each middle school. If you are interested in transferring to the middle school that is not your child’s assigned school, you will need to fill out an Intra-District Transfer Request Form by Friday, March 25. This will ensure that the committee can meet and notify parents prior to the elementary school visits and parent night.
Spring Book Fair - Parent Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are needed for our Spring Book Fair! Please consider signing up for a time slot to help our students. Volunteers are needed to help students create book fair wish lists and help students make purchases. We cannot hold this event without your help. Click here to sign up. Volunteers must have a criminal history background check on file with the main office. If you have any questions please email Mrs. Tefft at [email protected]. Click here for a copy of the Volunteer Release Form.
Spring Picture Day is Monday
Spring Picture Day is Monday, March 7th. Unlike fall photos, only those students who are ordering pictures will have their picture taken. Order your child’s school pictures at mylifetouch.com. Please submit your order before Monday, March 7.
Picture Day ID: EVT3B4HSQ
Yearbooks
Don’t forget to order your yearbook! There will not be an extra available beyond those that are ordered. Yearbooks are $5 this year and can be paid by going to https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob and entering our yearbook ID Code: 12175222. You may also send an order to school by sending in cash or a check made out to Three Fires Elementary. Please label with your child’s name. Orders are due March 25, 2022.
5th Grade Group Photo Ordering Information
On Monday, all of our 5th grade students will come to the gym so Lifetouch can take the 5th grade class photo. If you would like to order this picture please click here for more information.
5th Grade Junior Survivors
Congratulations to Marshall Krys and Rilynn Lay for being selected as Junior Survivors! Stay tuned for more details on how we can help our Junior Survivors and their Senior Survivor partners!
Spring Cleaning
If you find yourself beginning the spring cleaning of your children's closets and find that they've grown - again - we will gladly take any easy pull on pants/leggings in sizes 4-12 for our office clinic. As we start entering spring months, we will go through them rapidly. We also recommend keeping a change of clothes in your child's backpack, if possible, so they don't miss class time while waiting for a change should we have to call home due to our limited inventory.
PTO Updates and Reminders
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The PTO will be hosting a Timberwolf Pack Party (Food trucks and Cornhole Tournament) on Saturday, May 21st in the Three Fires Bus lot. Please save the date! Also, to assist the PTO in setting up the Cornhole tournament, the PTO is asking interested families who would like to participate in the cornhole tournament to register via SignUpGenius. Parents can sign up with a child, spouse, family members, or friends. There will be a tournament trophy and TFE staff members will also be participating in the tournament. Please click here to sign up for the tournament. If you have any questions regarding this event and/or the sign up process, please contact the PTO at [email protected].
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The next PTO Meeting will be Wednesday, April 6th at 7:00pm in the Media Center.
Counselor’s Corner: Jeanie Nemeth
Teaching Kids How to Deal With Conflict - Before we can teach kids how to deal with conflict, they first need to learn how to recognize their emotions. Young kids might have a hard time naming their feelings. It can be helpful to look at a feelings chart, or you could also use a stop light. A red light means emotions are big and they need time to cool off. A yellow light means they’re beginning to calm down. A green light means they’re ready to solve the problem.
Once they begin to recognize their feelings, you can help your child come up with tools to calm down.
When they are ready to focus, you can help them find the source of the conflict. Once you have narrowed down the source of the conflict, work together to brainstorm some possible solutions to their conflict. Then you can both pick out which solutions would be best.
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Praise your child for their efforts to fix a problem, even when they don’t pan out.
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Teach them how to use an “I” Statement. For example: “I felt sad when you didn’t sit with me,”
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Role play resolving conflicts with your child. The more they practice the easier it will be to utilize these strategies.
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Teach these skills when your child is calm and not in the middle of a conflict.
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It’s also important to model these skills for your child, too.
For more information, read the article: Teaching Kids How To Deal with Conflict
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