Three Fires Elementary School

Timberwolf Times - March 18, 2022 

Michigan History - Three Fires Students Advance to State Finals Again!  

Last weekend, a few of our 5th grade students learned that they have advanced and are headed to the State Finals!  Students chose a topic, completed extensive research using both primary and secondary sources, wrote a process paper, thesis statement, and annotated bibliography, and then made an exhibit to display what they learned.  Please congratulate the following students for the hard work they put into their projects: Kaitlyn Curnalia, Dominik Hoeft, Melody Madden, Megan Mazurek, and Jude Starkey. Thanks to 5th grade teacher, Cheri Carroll and Blaney Bell (Student Teacher) for mentoring our students through this process!

Annual ‘Got Art’ Exhibit

The annual 'Got Art' student art exhibit at the Howell Opera House concludes tomorrow.  If you are still interested in attending the show please know that you can attend this evening from 4 - 8 PM or tomorrow noon through 5 PM. The show is free and open to the public.  Several of our students were selected to exhibit their artwork in this art show. Congratulations to the following students for their creativity:
Reagan C., BK

Camden F., 1st

Grayson L., 2nd

Kolten G., 2nd 

Scarlett M., 2nd

Amari B., 3rd

London C., 3rd

Lorelei J., 3rd

Audrey G., 4th

Audrey B., 5th

Cole G., 5th

Evan T., 5th

Hannah M., 5th

Jude S., 5th

Nicholas B., 5th

Persaeus E., 5th

Taiya J., 5th

Zoe H., 5th 

3rd Quarter Report Card Grades (2nd - 5th Grades) Available in PowerSchool

Just a reminder that Howell Public Schools uses online report cards through the PowerSchool Parent Portal.  Instructions on how to set up your PowerSchool Parent Portal and how to access your child’s report card can be found at http://www.howellschools.com/parents/power_school.  

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.  

Senior Survivor Kick-Off Carnival

Howell High School’s Student Council is excited to bring back the Senior Survivor Kick-off Carnival. The carnival will be held on Friday, April 22, from 5 PM to 8 PM in the high school field house. There will be activities for all ages including inflatables, games, a photo booth, entertainment, student performances, food trucks, crafts, raffles, prizes, and other attractions. Admission is $10 for children and students ages 3-18 and free for adults and children under 2. To learn more, please visit https://bit.ly/3qff1Ry.  

PTO Updates and Reminders   

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].  The next PTO Meeting will be Wednesday, April 6th at 7:00pm in the Media Center.

Counselor’s Corner: Jeanie Nemeth  

Sometimes it is easy for students, and adults alike, to fall into negative thinking patterns.  Being aware of this tendency can help us to challenge  and change our thoughts.  Below are a few common negative thinking patterns and tips to help make some changes.

• Negative Filter - This happens when we put on our negative glasses that only let us see one part of what happens - the negative part.  It is also present when we practice a “positive doesn’t count” mindset - anything positive is dismissed as unimportant or else discredited.

  • Helpful tip:  Pause and list the positive things that you are not noticing. Practice will help this strategy become more natural.

• Blowing Things Up - This includes all-or-nothing thinking, where it’s either boiling hot or freezing cold, nothing in between.  The following are examples of this type of thinking.

  • Magnifying the negative - negative events are magnified and blown out of proportion.

  • Snowballing - A single event snowballs and quickly grows into a never-ending pattern of defeat.

  • Helpful Tip: Try to keep things in perspective and recognize that it may not be as bad as you are thinking.  Talk it out with a parent/guardian, teacher, counselor or other trusted adult.

• Predicting Failure 

  • Mind reading - thoughts that we know what someone else is thinking such as, “Everyone is laughing at me.”

  • Fortune telling - when we think we know what will happen.  For example, “If I go to the sleep-over with my friend, I won’t be able to sleep.”

• Being Hard on Ourselves - for example labeling ourselves, “I’m not smart”.  Or, blame me thoughts where we feel responsible for the negative things that happen even though we have no control over them.

  • Helpful Tip: Try to remember your strengths and think about other reasons why things happen.

• Setting Ourselves Up to Fail -Sometimes we set very high, even impossibly high, standards for ourselves.  Expecting to be perfect and talking to ourselves in terms of “should” and “must”.  

  • Revise your expectations.  Recognize what you achieve rather than focusing on what you have been unable to do.

Stallard, P (2019).Think Good, Feel Good, A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workbook for Children and Young People (2nd Edition). John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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