From the
Parent Council Excecutive Committee
SA families Bensonhurst
October 2015 Newsletter
What’s Inside 1 Opening Letter 2 Staff Survey
The Best Part of the Day
3 Hard Work
Help!
Vegetarian Day
Go Beyond SA-BH
4 Calendar of Upcoming Events at School and Around Town
sa-bh PCEC Polina Bulman President
Madeline Vega Vice President
Lana Dziouba Secretary
sabh.pcec@gmail.com Send pictures or calendar events anytime to contribute_sabh@yahoo.com
On the cusp, GWU Kindergarteners wait to walk calmly out to the play yard. adults Have guided them downstairs, made sure they actually ate their lunches, and will soon separate them into small groups to play safely. photo by Madeline Vega
taking the lead The more structure you introduce, the happier children feel. At least, that’s what psychologists will tell you. Children may never act like they are listening or want to go along with the structure, but supposedly children crave the security of routines and rules. There has to be a boundary for them to test. The Success Academy rules and infractions can sound so regimented from a distance. But from inside the school, scholars smile at you as they walk to the bathroom. Scholars wait to open their lunch boxes until the whole class is sitting down and ready to eat. Scholars talk to anyone who is near them because they’re all family now. Everywhere you look ACTION values are reinforced, and it’s amazing. While it might be the parents’ job to remind scholars to do everything from finishing their homework to flushing the toilet, there’s a lot we could learn from our scholars. How to be friendly, how to be imaginative, how to be hopeful. There’s a lot left for us to teach them, but watch what it means to try and try or show integrity or bounce back from a disappointment.