This Week at LPHS, December 17-21

One Week Left! We can do it!  Have a great week!

Monday:

* Mindfulness Monday Activity:
Possible teacher prompt:

A lot of our students will tell us that they "black out when I get too angry or upset."  That's how our brain works.  When we start to get really angry or upset, we end up with too much adrenaline and other stress hormones.  The part of our brain that can think straight and make good decisions stops working.

Our challenge is to slow things down in our brain so that the thinking part keeps working instead of "blacking out."

How?  By concentrating on our senses; by focusing on what we hear, see, taste, feel (can touch) and/or smell.

Today, we are going to practice this with what we can see.  Look at this sheet and see if you can find something of each color in the room.

It may seem like a small thing to do, but it slows things down for us so we can keep thinking straight.

Monday Follow-up idea:  tell the class how you felt doing the exercise and ask how they felt.  BE PREPARED:  our Mindfulness Mondays are new and "different." They may not be too excited about doing the activity or sharing their thoughts/feelings about it.

Follow-up idea for this week:  Pick a color each day and take a couple of minutes to see how many items they can find of that color.  Remind them that this is Mindfulness!

Idea for your calm corner:  print this up and put it there!  It's an easy way to get a student to calm down or wake up. You don't have to explain how to do it beca you've already done it with the whole class!

Here is the sheet:

https://drive.google.com/a/lincolnparkpublicschools.net/file/d/1IWKy_DWrx8b16NLCbEeQWtbcg__eZ8Jo/view?usp=drivesdk

* Spirit Week Theme: Christmas Pajama Pants

Tuesday: 

* Spirit Week Theme: Christmas Headwear

* PBIS Meeting, 7:10 in LPHS Media Center

Wednesday:

* Spirit Week Theme: Ugly Sweater Day

* DECA Competition All Day @ Baker College

* Happy Birthday Mrs. LaRosa! 

Thursday:

* Spirit Week Theme: Winter White Out

* SST Meeting, 1:00

Friday:

* Spirit Week Theme: Friday Flannel

* Holiday Break Commences at Dismissal

* Rudolph's Review @ 7:00 pm in the LPHS Auditorium

Staff Birthdays Over Break: 

* December 23 - Happy Birthday Julie Linting! 

* December 26 - Happy Birthday Lisa Flanigan! 

* December 28 - Happy Birthday MaryLou Anderson! 

* December 30 - Happy Birthday Andrea Scannell! 

* December 31 - Happy Birthday Laura Perry!