Earth Week – April 29 – May 3, 2019
Monday – Lights-out Monday – Let’s start the week by saving energy by working with our classroom lights off! Tuesday – Teach Outside Tuesday –...
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Cultural Diversity
We want to celebrate the wonderful diversity of our school community by holding a Multicultural Night on May 9th. This event will showcase our diverse backgrounds...
A NOTE FROM OUR NURSE ~ April 2019
It’s time to start seasonal allergy prevention! I have started to see students reporting seasonal allergy symptoms which include sneezing; stuffy or runny...
Kitchen News
News from the Kitchen! This has been a busy month celebrating March as National Nutrition Month! We have enjoyed promoting all the healthy fruit and vegetable...
Art Room ~ Mrs. Thomas ~ April 2019
~ART~ Mrs. Thomas Spring has officially sprung in the Art Room! In April we will be working on: Kindergarten: Sailboat Reflection Paintings 1st Grade: Scientific...
A Note From Music ~ Mr. Cohen ~ April 2019
A Note from Music! Mr. Cohen April is upon us and the time has come for our 5th graders to prepare for their final performance as Tashua Tigers! The students are...
P.E. ~ MS. GIBSON ~ April 2019
P.E. ~ MRS. GIBSON March Madness Came to the Tashua PE department! Grades K-2: Students worked hard to improve their hand-eye coordination with their hand dribbling...
LIBRARY ~ MS. CASSIDY ~ April 2019
Library News from Ms. Cassidy In the Learning Commons this month we will have two exciting author visits. On April 5th, Lisa Herrington will visit with our K-2...
TIGER TECH~ MR. RICHARD ~ April 2019
Mr. Richard April 2019 Is Your Child’s Screen Time Passive or Active? As parents, we worry about how much screen time to allow our children and how it impacts...
The Reading Connection ~ April
Sneak a Peek at the SBAC Practice Test Mrs. Knapp, Mrs. Kunschaft, and Ms. Marini Are you curious about the types of problems students solve on the SBAC assessment? ...
Updates from the Principal
Dear Parents/Guardians:
Happy spring! As we enter the third trimester, and the weather starts to improve, it will be important for you to continue to motivate your child to do well in school. It is best to do this with words of encouragement rather than words of praise. Words of praise lead your child to rely on your assessment of his/her accomplishments, while words of encouragement lead your child to form his/her own positive assessment of his/herself. By offering words of encouragement, we can help children to become intrinsically motivated to excel.
Words of praise would be: “Great job on that assignment!” or “Congratulations, you got an A!”. Praise is often delivered with opinion words and given when your child performs in a way you that would have liked them to perform. On the other hand, words of encouragement would be: “Look at that project, I can tell you spent a lot of time on it!” or “It must feel good to know you worked so hard on that assignment.”
Encouragement should be delivered using descriptive words and given regardless of how your child performs. For example, if your child isn’t successful on a task, you might say, “I can see you are disappointed, I know you will continue to try your best” or “I can see that didn’t turn out the way you thought it would, what do you think you could do differently the next time?”
Over the next three months, you will see we have many exciting activities that will be occurring at Tashua School. I encourage you to become involved in some of these events. When you are involved at school, it sends a message to your child that you value his/her learning experiences. Even if you aren’t working directly in your child’s classroom, your child will know you are at school and he/she will feel important and know you think learning is important too! We are extremely fortunate to have the amount of parent support that we do at our school. I thank you for all that you do to contribute to the success of our students.
“Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted…or forgotten.”
Garrison Keillor
As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or good news to share, please feel free to email me at NeumeyeJ@trumbullps.org or contact me at school at 203-452-4433.
Fondly,
Mrs. Neumeyer
Excerpts from: “Parents Make a Difference!” Vol.25, No.8
My School Anywhere
Our paperless data collection process is super simple AND the directory is available on your computer as well as your smart phone.
How does it work?
Just 2 steps! confirming or collecting your information online and then giving you secure access to the online system. Look for directions in the back-to-school packets mailed home.