Students who are REFLECTIVE know their strengths and weaknesses. They thoughtfully consider the world and their own ideas and experience. They work to understand their strengths and weaknesses in order to support their learning and personal development.

How can parents help to develop students who are Reflective at home?

• Spend time looking at work samples and journals. Ask them to talk about what they have learned and how they could apply that knowledge to the real world. Do they see areas that could be improved? Do they have areas that they feel confident in?
• Spend some time reviewing your child's report card with them. They should have the opportunity to look at this document and consider it as well. Discuss it with them and truly consider their thoughts on their strengths and areas for improvement.
• Consider the goals that your child could set for the next term. Make a list not only of the goals, but of specific actions that can be taken to achieve these goals. You might want to list action that your child will take independently as well as action parents will take to support them. For example, if one of the goals your child sets for herself is to improve her writing, her action might be to keep a journal and write in it for at least 10 minutes each night. As a parent, you might decide that the two of you will participate in shared writing, for 30 minutes each week and produce a book of narratives together.

Bring in your Box Tops- The class with the 

highest submission will receive a fruit pop party!

Please send in any Box Tops that you 

have collected to your child's classroom 

by February 21st.  The class that submits 

the most Box Tops (not expired) will get 

to have a fruit pop party in their class the following 

week.

Box Tops are found on multiple food items

 from cereal & granola bars to yogurt & 

cake mixes.  They are also found on lots 

of other products like Ziploc, Hefty and 

Kleenex.  Please consider saving the Box 

Tops and sending them in with your child(ren).  

At the end of the submission period, CIS will 

get a check that can be used for any school-related program, including our new building.  

This is another way that you can help contri-

bute to the future of our school.  Please let 

me know if you have any questions, and look 

for submission collection forms that will be 

send home with your child next week.