Middle School Newsletter 4.10.2023

Apr 10

Written By PCS

We are always talking with our students about the importance of being kind to one another. The definition of kindness is “the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate”.

When we deprive humans, especially children, the opportunity to interact with one another we will inevitably have negative outcomes. When you spend an exuberant amount of time behind a screen you lose the ability to truly connect with one another. You forget that your words are incredibly powerful and that you can cause harm and/or good to others with them.

I have had the opportunity to talk with many parents this year about how their child is treating others and/or is being treated by others and the common theme is one of unkindness. We are not seeing an increase in bullying this year, but rather an increase in behavior that is inconsiderate and quite simply unfriendly.

In every effort to address this behavior we had to continue to explicitly teach our children what kindness truly means. We have done this and continue to do this by explicitly teaching them what kindness looks and sounds like, by making sure that we take advantage of each teachable moment and by modeling kindness.

We have 300 students who are incredibly special and deserve nothing but the best education, which includes feeling safe when coming to school. This work isn’t always easy, but there is nothing more important to me than having a safe school environment. We will continue to reinforce the importance of being kind to one another.

Como siempre, no duden en contactarnos con cualquier pregunta o preocupación.

Amablemente,

Kim

314.645.9600 (607)~kwright@premiercharterschool.org

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