Village Families,
Welcome to the 2016-2017
school year! Each month I will send out a monthly blog to update you on all
the information on how the Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS)
Committee will be supporting the school. Our daily mission is to keep all
students learning in a safe and nurturing environment where students feel safe
to take risks. In order to accomplish this mission, the committee is
devoted to implementing several strategies to promote positive behavior in all
the students.
Similar to past school
years, there will be monthly PBIS assemblies celebrating positive behavior and
teaching mini-lessons on how to exemplify positive leadership each day.
The monthly focus will be on one of the International Baccalaureate profile characteristics. The
IB program aims to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their
common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better
and more peaceful world. Below is a list of the assembly dates with the IB
focus:
1. September
16th-Thinker
2. October
21st-Principled
3. November
18-Open-Minded
4. December
9th-Caring
5. January
6th-Knowledgeable
6. February
3rd-Communicator
7. March
3rd-Inquirer
8. April
7th-Risk-Taker
9. May
12th-Balanced
10. June
(Spirit Day is June 16th)-Reflector
The outcome of the
assemblies is to build community, and we look forward to spending the time as a
whole school. FYI: the first assembly was a review of
expectations/making right choices and a welcome back to school
celebration.
This year, we will continue
implementing the bus of the month celebrations. Stephanie Schaufelberger
will be checking in with bus drivers each day to keep a tally and the school
will celebrate the bus who receives the most tallies each month. The
summer PBIS team decided that there will be more buy-in from bus drivers if we
put the paperwork on administration instead of them. We also have an
incentive for bus drivers! The bus driver whose bus wins will receive a
gift certificate to a local restaurant! We hope this will minimize bus
incidents and keep all students safe each day.
If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie.
We look forward to another wonderful year at Village ES!
Stephanie
Schaufelberger
Assistant Principal
Village Elementary School
100 School Lane, Hilton NY
14468
585-392-1000 x5102
