March 29, 2024

Friday Focus

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“Seven things every child needs to hear: I love you, I’m proud of you, I’m sorry, I forgive you, I’m listening. This is your responsibility. You have what it takes to succeed.” Sherrie Campbell, PhD

Message from a friend

This message below is from a friend of mine who works tirelessly to support kids and helps with their social emotional needs. This is a great reminder around this time of year. “As December comes and the end of the calendar year winds down, as educators we begin to get excited about our vacation plans. We may begin to daydream about enjoying the holidays with our family or maybe vacationing somewhere fun. However, for some of OUR KIDS this is not the case. I will never forget a conversation I had with a friend of mine. It was close to the holiday vacation and the students were showing disrespectful and defiant behaviors more often than usual. I was at a place of complete burnout and frustration. I could not figure out why some students, whom I have done so much for could be so rude and hurtful towards me. My friend explained it to me like this, everyone has a bucket and every time someone hurts them, or neglects them it punctures a hole in their bucket. Some people have time in between these traumatic events to heal and mend the holes in their buckets, or they learn coping skills that help them patch up the holes in their buckets. However, in many cases the tragedy and traumatic events happen so often that there is no way they can patch the holes. With that said, no matter how much you give or how much love and support you show, the bucket will never stay full. They never feel complete and are always in need of more. It is important to not take things personally as educators, our students need us to keep filling their bucket regardless what their behaviors are telling us. Enjoy these next two weeks with OUR KIDS!”

As we all know many of OUR KIDS become anxious before a school vacation, but why is this?
•No one may be home to help them learn.
•There may be no food in their home.
•Maybe they feel no love in their home.
•Will they have to take care of their siblings?
•They may not be doing anything fun, like their classmates?
•Some of OUR KIDS may be afraid to leave the structure and support they have here at Martin?
•Is Martin Middle School their safe place?”

Let's do everything we can these last two weeks and make life special for OUR KIDS!

TEACH WITH PASSION!

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