Author: ford_aaron

In this month’s issue of the Family Connections Newsletter, we share new findings on media use by tweens and teens and explore how St. Vrain students of all ages are engaging in robotics. To sign up to receive the monthly newsletter in your email, click here!

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  Helping children to cool down and stay calm The following examples are for families to use at home. They are most suitable for older primary aged children. The methods described can also be adapted by school staff to help children cope with managing angry feelings at school.  Children who have trouble managing anger  Children lack […]

We read a wonderful book called “The Word Collector” and learned how to better notice the words around us that we may not know. We are also better recognizing how we can add words into our speech and writing that we wouldn’t normally use…but add extra feeling or a little more pizzazz! December brings the […]

Student council members have been writing announcements to share how we can use ROCKS every day in our school.  We’ve also been busy preparing for the canned food drive.  Student Council sponsors a classroom contest to help collect canned and dried food for the Community Food Share.  We will be running the contest for the […]

Design challenges were taken on by 1st and 2nd grade students. Understanding empathy as the focus, as well as working together and preserving through difficulty, students were tasked with making a chair for Baby Bear from Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The challenge: make a chair out of 4 pieces of paper, masking tape, stands […]

Health Office Reminders:   Cold and Flu season is here.  Per District policy, students experiencing vomiting, diarrhea and/or fever over 100.0 can not come to school.  Students need to be symptom free without medication for 24 hours before they may come back to school.  Also please keep children home if they are too sick to […]

Art Room Update     Artsonia   For the past several years I have been creating online student art portfolios using Artsonia.com.  Artsonia manages student art portfolios in a safe and educational manner, developing students’ pride and self-esteem, and involving parents and relatives in arts education. We need your permission to post a digital portfolio […]