Hello P3 Families!

We’ve had a wonderful October so far, as the children are busy enjoying all things fall, learning about pumpkins and their life cycle, weather changes, and upcoming Halloween fun. I’m sure some of them have come home singing Halloween songs as well! As we learn about the continents, mammals, vertebrate and invertebrates, the human body, and the 5 senses, we are also making steady progress with individual lessons for language and math.

We have also started our Peace Curriculum. This focuses on appropriate conflict resolution, understanding feelings and emotions and how to appropriately deal with them, grace and courtesy, acts of kindness, and activities to calm busy brains and bodies. Some children may have come home talking about the story of Black Elk, a Native American boy who talked about the “red road” (Road of Peace) and the “black road” (Road of Difficulty). We walk the Red Road when we show kindness and feel happiness and peace, and walk the Black Road when we choose to make inappropriate choices or feeling sad or angry. We understand that everybody, adults included, will walk the Black Road at some point, but we can always make choices that will make things better. The Peace Curriculum is taught every Thursday.

Celebrate America Day is coming up on Thursday, October 28th. This is normally a very extravagant event, involving parents and the whole FMS community. However, due to the COVID restrictions we have to adhere to, CAD will be celebrated in our own classroom with only P3 students. Our classroom will be representing New York, and it will be a half day of fun activities and crafts pertaining to the state.

Here are important dates coming up:

Thursday, October 28: Celebrate America Day HALF DAY, 11:15 pick up

Friday, October 29: Veteran’s Day, NO SCHOOL