October 22, 2019
THE MONTAIR MINUTE
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Oct 23 7:30am Fall Run Club 
Oct 23  5:45pm GATE Parent Information Meeting (Library) 
Oct 23 6:30pm Math Pathways Meeting for 5th grade parents interested in how to advance in math during middle school or high school (Library)

Oct 30 7:30am LAST Fall Run Club until spring
Oct 31 Minimum Day schedule
Nov 1 No School- Staff Development Day
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
I want to start by thanking Jeannine Carlberg for organizing our Red Ribbon events last week. We talked about making healthy choices in the primary grades and dug into issues of bullying and anti-vaping in our upper grades. Red Ribbon Week is a great chance for school to reinforce all of the messages we know you parents send to your kids every day. 

On a related note, one of our school and district's priorities is Social Emotional Learning (SEL). We are continuing our work in this area with our curriculum, Sanford Harmony. As with any curriculum, we want to make sure that we have accurate student data to help guide our work. To do this, we will be using a survey which gathers information on students’ self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, relationship skills and responsible decision making. Below are some sample questions of the survey for students.

How often is the following true for you (never, sometimes, often, always):
  • I know what I am good at
  • I can tell when someone is upset
  • I can finish school work even when I do not feel like it
  • I know the adults at my school care about me
  • I love learning

Studies have shown that improving SEL has a great impact on student outcomes, such as academic growth, positive attitudes about school and it also serves to decrease emotional distress and conduct problems. It is our hope that using measures like the SEL survey will help our school staff to provide timely support for all students. 

Here’s to another great week of learning together!

Ondi Tricaso
Principal
MANY THANKS!

A BIG THANK YOU to Stephen Dunphy for leading a SUCCESSFUL Run for Ed! It was the first time Montair had a great turn out and you helped us raise over $1600!!

Another BIG THANKS to Staci Rodgers for creating an AMAZING opportunity for our Montair students to give back to our community. Our students enjoyed making care packages for the homeless.

A HUGE THANK YOU to Jeannine Carlberg and Jessica Michaels for motivating our students make SUPER choices while celebrating Red Ribbon Days.
INCLUSION CLUB

Come celebrate Native American History Month with us! Learn about Native American contributions to our country- ecology, sports, exploration, words, and more! 



Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Room 417, next to Science
1:10 to 2:10 pm

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