LaSalle Public School May 2016 1600 Mayfair Ave., LaSalle ON 519-978-1823

Dear LaSalle Families,

Happy May! The year continues to go by quickly and May and

June have a lot of great activities planned for our students.

Thank you for your continued support in working with us to help

students succeed academically, socially and emotionally. We

see the benefits of working together for the sake of our kids.

Just a few reminders for you. Our school track and field day will

take place on Friday, May 6th at Sandwich Secondary School

(rain date on Monday, May 9th). This event is for students in

grades 3-8. Students will be transported to and from the school by

bus. Parents are always welcome to cheer on students

throughout the day. If you are taking your son/daughter home

from Sandwich, please let his/her homeroom teacher know. If

they are going home with another parent, we require a written

note from you to give permission.

Our grade 3 and 6 students will be writing the provincial EQAO this

month. Grade 3 students will be writing May 25, 26, 31, June 1, 2,

and 3. Grade 6 students will write May 26, 27, 31, June 1, 2 and

3. Students will be writing first thing in the morning for the first 100

minute block. Please have students at school on time so that they

can all begin together and avoid disrupting others. We also ask

that you schedule any appointments for the afternoon or on a

day the students are not writing.

For our grade 8 parents, a reminder that the grade 8 trip to

Muskoka Woods is June 1-3. Graduation is Friday, June 24th in our

school gymnasium. More information to follow.

We look forward to the last two months of school and the

beautiful weather that comes with it.

Andrea Fischer Gene Petrusenko

Upcoming Events

Talent Shoe & Spring Concert

Tues May 3 6pm

Track & Field Day

Fri May 6

Rain Date for Track & Field

Mon May 9

Special Olympics – GECDSB

Elementary

Tacky Tourist Day

Fri May 13

Special Olympics – GECDSB

Secondary

Mon May 16

School Council Meeting

Tues May 17 6pm

Food Day

Wed May 18

Victoria Day

Tues May 23

EQAO

May 25-June 8

The Zones of Regulation Check out Mrs. Laing/Mrs. Smilev Early Years’ class. Notice that all the student-named close pins are

in the green zone!

Glossary Self-regulation: The ability to achieve the preferred state of alertness for

the given situation. This includes regulating one’s body’s needs as well as

one’s emotions.

The Zones: A concept used to help students learn how to self-regulate.

The Zones of Regulation creates a system to categorize how the body

feels and emotions into four colored zones with which the students can

easily identify.

Blue Zone: Used to describe a low state of alertness. The Blue Zone is used

to describe when one feels sad, tired, sick, or bored.

Green Zone: Used to describe the ideal state of alertness. A person may

be described as calm, happy, focused, or content when he or she is in

the Green Zone. The student is in control in the Green Zone.

Yellow Zone: Used to describe a heightened state of alertness. A person may be experiencing stress,

frustration, anxiety, excitement, silliness, or fear when in the Yellow Zone. The student maintains some

control of himself or herself in the Yellow Zone.

Red Zone: Used to describe an extremely heightened state of alertness. A person may be

experiencing anger, rage, explosive behavior, panic, extreme grief, terror, or elation when in the

Red Zone and is described as being “out of control.”

Toolbox: A collection of calming and alerting strategies a student can pull from depending on the

present need.

Tools or strategies: Used interchangeably to refer to a calming or alerting technique that aids the

student in self-regulation.

Trigger: An irritant that causes a student to become less regulated and increases the likelihood of

going into the Yellow or Red Zone.

Stop, Opt, and Go: A concept used to aid students in controlling impulses and problem solving

better solutions. This phrase is paired with a stoplight to provide additional cues for students.

Expected behaviors: Behaviors that give people around you good or comfortable thoughts about

you.

Unexpected behaviors: Behaviors that give people uncomfortable thoughts about you.

What is the size of the problem? Is this a Big or Little Problem?: Questions posed to help students

measure the size of the problem they are experiencing (Big Problem, Medium Problem, or Little

Problem).

Big Problems: Problems that many people share and that have no easy, quick, or pleasant solution.

Medium Problems: Problems some people share that are able to be resolved in an hour to a couple

of days.

Little Problems: Problems that only affect one to two people and can be ignored or solved in a

matter of minutes.

Inner critic: Used to describe negative, self-defeating thoughts.

Inner coach: Used to describe positive thoughts.

Superflex thinking: A flexible thinking pattern in which a person is able to consider different points of

view or ways to do something.

Pink Day Superhero Day

Safety & Bus Patrol Awards

Can Drive Fundraiser Limo Ride Winners - “Read Rock & Roll”

Congratulations to Eric Li who was selected as

this year’s most outstanding safety patrol and to

Aubry Martell and Courtney Furmanek who were

selected as the joint bus patrols of the year.

Eric, Aubry and Courtney will be recognized at

the Windsor-Essex Safety Patrol Banquet on May

19th. Thank you to all our safety patrols and bus

patrols for their continued leadership!

Mr. Petrusenko

Wednesday May 4, 2016

On McHappy Day, one dollar from every Big Mac®, Happy Meal®

and McCafe® beverage will be donated to Ronald McDonald

Houses across Canada and other great charities.

It is a time-honoured McHappy Day tradition for civic and

community leaders to get involved in this extremely beneficial

cause. As a local McDonald’s franchisee of LaSalle, Ontario

Heather Short would like to invite everyone to participate in this

very worthwhile event to provide support during McHappy Day.

Our school community involvement would be a tremendous boost

to the McHappy Day efforts and help everyone further support the

Windsor Ronald McDonald House.

The ECO team had a Go Green fundraiser. We had

partnered with Vesey's Bulbs to raise money for our

school greening projects. Monies raised will be used

towards freshening up our nature area and

flowerbeds around the school, as well as starting up

some new green areas. Thank you to everyone who

helped support our school and keep the Earth green!

Spring 2016 Triple P Parenting Workshops Be the best parent you can be with Triple P

The three P’s in “Triple P” Stand for Positive Parenting Program

For More Information Regarding Free Parenting Classes Contact

519-257-5215 ext. 74033

www.triplepwindsor-essex.ca

3901 Connaught Avenue

Windsor, Ontario N9C 4H4

OR

Refer to the pdf attachment on Triple P beside the May newsletter

and our school Blog

Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority

Ms. Heather Taylor from the Essex-Windsor Solid

Waste Authority presented key environmental

messages to all students. Thank you to our Eco

Team for organizing this important assembly.

“There is no such thing as away!”

“It's more than what you see. Think recycle.”

“There is no planet B”.

“What goes in the ocean goes in you.”

“Reducing starts with reusing.”

Start with something refillable.”

Kind Kids Club Fundraiser The Kind Kids will soon be creating

homemade "Chemo Care Kits" for the Pediatric Cancer Ward at Windsor Regional Hospital. These kits will be lovingly created

by the Kind Kids Club at LaSalle Public and

will include items to offer relief of symptoms

accompanied by chemotherapy.

Kyle Recognized Kyle Schauer and Mrs. Dunn

at the Special Olympics -

Night of Champions dinner

Fighting Island Exploring with Mrs. Meloche’s

grade 8 class

Kind Kids Club Corner – Reflections from Kindness Week

You Da Bomb O’ Grams

Colouring Contest Winners

Gracie Kelich Avery Beneteau Kaitlyn Boyle Lily Hui

Many classes have helped

keep our school area clean

by removing litter from our

school grounds.

Here is Ms. Morencie’s

grade 4 class in action.

The Principals Voice - Brought to you by "SPARK" - the 60 minute motivational

presentation that changes lives.

"The Top 5 Ways For Students to Handle Stress"

1. Encourage a Healthy Diet Eating dark leafy vegetables give your body a dose of folate which aids your body in creating

mood-regulating neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine. Adding tryptophan through

foods like turkey, pumpkin seeds, and free-range organic eggs produces a pleasant calming effect.

Studies have also shown eating fermented foods produces a healthy gut which in turn can inhibit

anxiety and depression.

2. Engage In Exercise Endorphins can boost one’s mood tremendously. Playing a sport at least once a week gives

students a release and also something stress free they can look forward to on a regular basis.

Something as simple as taking a quick 30 minute walk, or sitting in the park can also relax the mind

before tackling homework or a school project

3. Introduce Basic Meditation 10 to 15 minutes a day of quiet reflection can work wonders on stress levels. It allows the student to

take some time to connect with themselves and prepares them for the day ahead. A basic

meditation can be guided, or just simply observing one’s own breathing. Before going to school in

the morning would be the ideal time, but it can equally be useful after school to de-stress.

4. Reduce Media Consumption An over indulgence and reliability on media, especially social media, has been shown to increase

stress levels. We’ve all seen students, not to mention adults, glued to their phones for the latest

Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat updates. Disorders are now being created for those who can’t

go to bed at night before checking out the days events so they will be in the know first thing in the

morning. Encourage a media-free morning, for at least 30 minutes when they wake up, and a

media-free evening at least 1 hour before bedtime. Engaging in and depending less on media can

help a student feel more centered and less stressed out.

5. Find Time to Socialize Sometimes as adults we think kids socialize too much. However, when they are stressed out,

laughter among family and friends can be the best medicine. It is well known that laughter sends

more oxygen to the brain, and reduces stress. Not only that but it can make you live longer too.

Just look at George Burns!

Knowing there is no sure-fire way to eliminate stress completely;

students can take the following steps to at the very least

reduce it.

Welcome to the April 2016 edition of the monthly Principals

Voice Newsletter. This month we will be looking at:

Parent Corner: Math News

TO HELP STUDENTS REFLECT ON THEIR WORK

(and analyze/compare/contrast/test/survey/classify/sort/show/use/

apply/model) Questions to pose:

• What mathematics were you investigating?

• What questions arose as you worked?

• What were you thinking when you made decisions or selected strategies to solve

the problem?

• What changes did you have to make to solve the problem?

• What was the most challenging part of the task? And why?

• How do you know?

• How does knowing __________ help you to answer the questions ___________?

Prompts to use:

• A question I had was …

• I was feeling really …

• I decided to _______________, I was thinking …

• I found _______________ challenging because …

• The most important thing I learned in math today is …

Parent Tool Kit (Teen Edition) The Council of Ontario Directors of Education has developed a Parent Tool Kit: Teen Edition to help

parents support and encourage teens.

Topic: How to communicate with your teen without a lot of stress

Tip #2

Point them to someone you trust Let your teens ask you questions, tell you stories their friends told them and talk as much as they

want. If there are some things your teens don’t want to discuss with you, don’t let it bother you.

Instead point them in the direction of someone you both trust to answer their questions, such as

older siblings, cousins or family friends. This should allow you to help ensure your teens are getting

accurate information but it also respects their privacy. When your teen comes to you with a

problem that is important to him or her, be sure to listen carefully. Even if you think it is not a big

problem, offer some advice or suggest a resource that can help. You can give your teen the

Kids Help Phone number 1-800-668-6868 or suggest a visit to www.kidshelpphone.ca/teens

Recommend talking to someone there. School and community counsellors are also available to

help your teen.

Talk about things that you both enjoy Share the humour you find in the day. Talking with your teens about a sport that they follow or their

favourite TV show will make it easier to move on to more difficult topics such as homework

completion, drugs and relationships. Show interest by showing up. Whether it is to your teen’s soccer

game, dance recital or school play, nothing says you care like showing up. If you can’t, talk about it

later.

More tips to follow next month.

Skipping Team

Junior Boys Basketball

Spike Ball

Badminton medalists

Junior Girls Basketball

Badminton