Parent Update - September Issue 2
What's Happening at
Mighty Oak Academy
We are now into our fourth week of school! We are excited to share with you what we've been doing and the plan for the next few weeks.
This week we took advantage of the cooler weather to spend some time outdoors. We enjoyed practicing our soccer skills in P.E. class, learning about coordination with Bellarmine, counting in Kindergarten and learning about our school family in middle school. Week four is in the books! and we're looking forward to week 5!
Continuing the 1st Six Weeks program
This week we finish week four of our 1st Six weeks program. We have started to dive into the topics of school family, respect and choices and commitments.
Below each section are the topics that are covered in that section. We have a short definition of each topic, so you can see what your child is learning in the classroom these first six weeks.
Regulate
Composure - we learn how to keep our cool in situations that are frustrating
Perceptions - we learn that things aren't always what they appear to be and we must look further before jumping to conclusions
Noticing - we learn to listen and see the people around us rather than judge them
Unity and Encouragement - we learn to come together and encourage and affirm one another
Relate
School Family - we learn what a school family is and how we treat each other
Respect - we learn what respect means to us and how we can show respect to others
Choices and Commitments - we learn that we all have choices and that we make commitments to each other at school like working to keep each other safe
Empathy - We learn how others feel
Positive Intent - we learn that we have good intentions when they interact with each other
Conflict Resolution - we learn how to solve conflict in a healthy way
Cell Phone Policy Update
Starting next week we will begin a policy of checking in cell phones at the front desk every morning at the start of school. While students are not allowed to have their personal cell phones in school, until now we have allowed them in the building if students keep them in their backpacks for the entire school day. This has proved diffiucult however and in order to help our students comply with our policy we will be securing their phones at the front desk, labeled with their name at the start of the school day. They will be able to pick them up from the front desk at the end of the school day.
volunteering
Our school mission statement is: to shift the cultural mindset in our community to reawakens dreams and create lifelong learners who become global citizens that empower their community. In order to achieve this we need you! Our valuable parents! If you are interested in volunteering, please click on the button below to fill out a volunteer registration form. We will then get in touch with you to schedule a volunteer orientation.
2021 - 2022 School Calendar
Here is our 2021 - 2022 School Calendar. The first day of school and last day of school are highlighted in red. All Student holidays are highlighted in orange. The last day of school might change if we have an unexpected number of closures for snow over the winter.
If you have any questions please email: info@lovecityinc.org or call (502) 272-0786