February Kindness Challenge!

February Royal Oak Kindness Challenge!!!

For the month of February, Royal Oak School is promoting the "Kindness Challenge" Students will be challenged to promote kindness, through actions thoughts and words.
Every day in class we will be writing kindness notes to a special student. In lieu of sending store bought Valentines, students will be writing kindness notes and each student will bring home a bag of kind words on their day. Please talk to your child about the importance of kindness and how we can show kindness everyday.

World Drumming

Students will have the opportunity to participate in world drumming classes with Mrs. Mann every day this week. Parents are invited to join in the fun on Friday February 9. Mrs. Daniels - 9:10am in the music room. Mr. Pereira 9:40 in the music room.

Toys, Watches and others distractions

We are asking everyone to be thoughtful about the items in students’ backpacks. We all know that toys should not be brought into school, but also items that can become a distraction or reason for disagreements. For example, lately we noticed a few girls sharing bracelets, lip balm, necklaces and others items. First, lost or broken items result in very sad feelings. Second, it can result in discussions about the ownership of such items. Finally, it take away the attention and focus they should be directing to their learning.

Our classrooms are filled with items to keep us busy. Therefore, toys, watches, bracelets, ‘special’ notepads or pens, electronics, cards, and others objects should stay at home. Special items may be brought to share during Circle of Courage, but they must be kept in a safe place until the end of the day!

Once again, the reason this has always been a school policy is that it causes problems when things get lost, broken, cause disagreements and become a distraction.

Circle of Courage Spotlight

February 9
Emerson & Olivia

To learn more about the Circle of Courage Spotlight click here.

****Home Reading****

Please send back clear home reading book bags every Tuesday and Thursday to get your new books! The volunteers exchange the books in the morning so it is important that students hand them in first thing when they arrive.

Important dates:

Wednesday Feb 7 - Book Truck

Thursday Feb 8 - Group class Picture Day

Friday Feb 8 - One World Drumming - Sharing Time:

Ms. Daniels: 9:10 - 9:40 / Mr. Pereira: 9:40 - 10:10

Wednesday Feb 14 - Snack Day

Thursday Feb 15 - Teacher's Convention - Non-Instructional Day. No school for students

Friday Feb 16 - Teacher's Convention - Non-Instructional Day. No school for students