Newsletter #6
Thursday, September 28, 2011
Newsletter
Learning to Make Mistakes
Lyme School
Serving the Lyme Community for over 100 years
Recently, the 8th grade traveled to the Hulbert Outdoor Center for the annual 8th grade challenge activity. The activity presents the 8th grade with both group challenges and individual challenges, in both cases, communication, problem solving and, above all, perseverance is tested. Students, who may hate heights, are asked to jump off platforms which are suspended 40 feet in the air or they are given a group challenge which requires working cohesively, communicating clearly, listening attentively (often this is a greater challenge than jumping off a platform suspended 40 feet in the air). This years 8th grade performed amazingly, persevering through challenges, mistakes and seemingly impossible expectations. Their success has carried over to their functioning as leaders in the Middle School. It has been wonderful watching them work through the challenges inherent in being a teenager -- being asked to behave like a young adult and beginning to understand the weight and responsibility of being a leader and role model. What do we hope they will learn? Aside from leadership and responsibility, perseverance. Perseverance is a skill like any other. To develop this skill requires that we encounter challenges, challenges which may result in falling short of our goal.
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In any discussion concerning perseverance the topic of “failure” is inevitably raised. It’s a complicated word, “failure”, because some see it as a state which should be avoided at all costs and a state which we should protect children from experiencing because it is often accompanied by disappointment and sadness. While it is true that it is disappointing when you don’t succeed, the impact of never overcoming disappointment and therefor under developing our ability to persevere may be equally concerning. What can we do? Remind each other that we believe and support one another, review what positive lessons we have learned, take ownership of what took place, strive to persevere and when necessary, forgive the mistakes. It has been said that success is not the absence of mistakes, it is in the response to them in which true success can be measured. Whether you are 6 or 60 there will be opportunities where we can challenge one another to persevere, stay positive, resist the temptation to shift blame and to learn from every experience. After all, that is what learning is all about and that is what we are here to do. The 8th grade has made a great start in modeling this for all of us.
Spot Imagination and Knowledge
Cailie, grade 3
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6
• Volume: 6 • 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR
Nick, grade 3
Andrew, grade 3
Kody, grade 3
Linus, grade 3
The Annual 3rd Grade Sunflower Project
The Plains School 1906 The
Laura Barnes School 1958
Lyme School
Page Two
Newsletter
Lunch
Source to Sea Cleanup October 1, 2011 Meet at the Lyme School Playground (Rain or Shine) 9:00-11:00 Wear Old Clothes/Boots Grant Brook via Grant Brook Trail
New Neighbors Potluck Dinner
THIS FRIDAY, September 30, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. the churches of Lyme will be sponsoring the annual New Neighbors' Potluck at the Lyme Congregational Church. FREE All who have moved to Lyme or started working in Lyme in the last year are special invitees. Come and bring your family! If someone has moved into your neighborhood or you know someone who is new to Lyme, invite them to come!
Blisters For Books Fundraiser
4
Grade K-9:30-9:50 Grade 1-10:30-10:50 Grade 2's-11:00-11:30 Grade 3-9:15-9:45 Grade 4-8:30-9:00 Grade 5-1:10-1:40 Grade 6's-12:20-1:50(ish) Grades 7 and 8-1:45-2:15
This is a fun community event. The Lyme Band will be playing. Town Officials will introduce themselves. Representatives from various organizations will be on hand. Childcare for younger children will be available after the meal; and activities will be offered for older children.
7 8th Grade Trip to the HOP
Message
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Beef
Pasta w/ or w/out Sauce and Meatballs Green Beans Garden Salad Fresh Fruit
Barbecue Chicken Dinner Rice Stir-Fry Vegetable Tuesday Garden Salad Fresh Fruit Produce
Local
Wednesday
Cereal Day! Oatmeal and Cold Cereal Sausage Home Fries Garden Salad Fresh Fruit
Thursday
Chicken Burger on a Bun Broccoli Fresh Vegetable Platter Fresh Fruit
Local Produce
Grilled Cheese Sandwich on white or whole wheat Chicken Noodle Soup Peas Garden Salad Produce Fresh Fruit
Local
Al a carte Fruit and Milk are available everyday
(Creole Choir of Cuba)
4
7
NECAPs Testing Dates (get a good night sleep next week)
Our First P.T.O. Collection will be on OCTOBER 14 from the
Local
Monday
Friday
Bring yourselves and a main dish, salad, or dessert (it would be nice if your brought a card with the ingredients listed for people who have dietary restrictions). Bread and butter and beverages will be provided. [N.B. if, at the last minute, you find that you forgot to make food to bring, come anyway -- there is always plenty to eat!] There will be something for everyone vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, sugar free, etc.
9/5 to 9/9
Middle School Hike on Stone House Farm Trails
5
And come yourselves!
Week of
Contact me at: [email protected] Phone: 795-2125 or just stop by. You may print color copies of the Newsletters at: www. LymeSchool.org
Converse Free Library
“Getting Started with PowerPoint” Techie series with Bob Raiselis Saturday, October 1 at 10:30AM and repeated Wednesday, October 5 at 7:00PM Hot Lunch Discrimination Statement: This explains what to do if you believe you have been treated unfairly. “In accordance with Federal law and US Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 or (202) 720-6382 (TTY). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.”
Newsletter
Learning to Make Mistakes
Lyme School
Serving the Lyme Community for over 100 years
Recently, the 8th grade traveled to the Hulbert Outdoor Center for the annual 8th grade challenge activity. The activity presents the 8th grade with both group challenges and individual challenges, in both cases, communication, problem solving and, above all, perseverance is tested. Students, who may hate heights, are asked to jump off platforms which are suspended 40 feet in the air or they are given a group challenge which requires working cohesively, communicating clearly, listening attentively (often this is a greater challenge than jumping off a platform suspended 40 feet in the air). This years 8th grade performed amazingly, persevering through challenges, mistakes and seemingly impossible expectations. Their success has carried over to their functioning as leaders in the Middle School. It has been wonderful watching them work through the challenges inherent in being a teenager -- being asked to behave like a young adult and beginning to understand the weight and responsibility of being a leader and role model. What do we hope they will learn? Aside from leadership and responsibility, perseverance. Perseverance is a skill like any other. To develop this skill requires that we encounter challenges, challenges which may result in falling short of our goal.
the
In any discussion concerning perseverance the topic of “failure” is inevitably raised. It’s a complicated word, “failure”, because some see it as a state which should be avoided at all costs and a state which we should protect children from experiencing because it is often accompanied by disappointment and sadness. While it is true that it is disappointing when you don’t succeed, the impact of never overcoming disappointment and therefor under developing our ability to persevere may be equally concerning. What can we do? Remind each other that we believe and support one another, review what positive lessons we have learned, take ownership of what took place, strive to persevere and when necessary, forgive the mistakes. It has been said that success is not the absence of mistakes, it is in the response to them in which true success can be measured. Whether you are 6 or 60 there will be opportunities where we can challenge one another to persevere, stay positive, resist the temptation to shift blame and to learn from every experience. After all, that is what learning is all about and that is what we are here to do. The 8th grade has made a great start in modeling this for all of us.
Spot Imagination and Knowledge
Cailie, grade 3
#
6
• Volume: 6 • 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR
Nick, grade 3
Andrew, grade 3
Kody, grade 3
Linus, grade 3
The Annual 3rd Grade Sunflower Project
The Plains School 1906 The
Laura Barnes School 1958
Lyme School
Page Two
Newsletter
Lunch
Source to Sea Cleanup October 1, 2011 Meet at the Lyme School Playground (Rain or Shine) 9:00-11:00 Wear Old Clothes/Boots Grant Brook via Grant Brook Trail
New Neighbors Potluck Dinner
THIS FRIDAY, September 30, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. the churches of Lyme will be sponsoring the annual New Neighbors' Potluck at the Lyme Congregational Church. FREE All who have moved to Lyme or started working in Lyme in the last year are special invitees. Come and bring your family! If someone has moved into your neighborhood or you know someone who is new to Lyme, invite them to come!
Blisters For Books Fundraiser
4
Grade K-9:30-9:50 Grade 1-10:30-10:50 Grade 2's-11:00-11:30 Grade 3-9:15-9:45 Grade 4-8:30-9:00 Grade 5-1:10-1:40 Grade 6's-12:20-1:50(ish) Grades 7 and 8-1:45-2:15
This is a fun community event. The Lyme Band will be playing. Town Officials will introduce themselves. Representatives from various organizations will be on hand. Childcare for younger children will be available after the meal; and activities will be offered for older children.
7 8th Grade Trip to the HOP
Message
--
Beef
Pasta w/ or w/out Sauce and Meatballs Green Beans Garden Salad Fresh Fruit
Barbecue Chicken Dinner Rice Stir-Fry Vegetable Tuesday Garden Salad Fresh Fruit Produce
Local
Wednesday
Cereal Day! Oatmeal and Cold Cereal Sausage Home Fries Garden Salad Fresh Fruit
Thursday
Chicken Burger on a Bun Broccoli Fresh Vegetable Platter Fresh Fruit
Local Produce
Grilled Cheese Sandwich on white or whole wheat Chicken Noodle Soup Peas Garden Salad Produce Fresh Fruit
Local
Al a carte Fruit and Milk are available everyday
(Creole Choir of Cuba)
4
7
NECAPs Testing Dates (get a good night sleep next week)
Our First P.T.O. Collection will be on OCTOBER 14 from the
Local
Monday
Friday
Bring yourselves and a main dish, salad, or dessert (it would be nice if your brought a card with the ingredients listed for people who have dietary restrictions). Bread and butter and beverages will be provided. [N.B. if, at the last minute, you find that you forgot to make food to bring, come anyway -- there is always plenty to eat!] There will be something for everyone vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, sugar free, etc.
9/5 to 9/9
Middle School Hike on Stone House Farm Trails
5
And come yourselves!
Week of
Contact me at: [email protected] Phone: 795-2125 or just stop by. You may print color copies of the Newsletters at: www. LymeSchool.org
Converse Free Library
“Getting Started with PowerPoint” Techie series with Bob Raiselis Saturday, October 1 at 10:30AM and repeated Wednesday, October 5 at 7:00PM Hot Lunch Discrimination Statement: This explains what to do if you believe you have been treated unfairly. “In accordance with Federal law and US Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 or (202) 720-6382 (TTY). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.”
