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Awards Ceremony Self Manager PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES INSERVICE DAY

K-3 1:30 pm, 4-6 2:30pm Luncheon Release @ 12:30 PM Release @ 12:30 pm NOSCHOOL

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Picture Re-Takes

“Turkey Lotto” Night

7:00-8:30 P.M. in MPR

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THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS

NO SCHOOL

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From the Counselor’s Desk

Guidance lessons this month have focused on building student skills so they can make choices that are good for them. As a school community Red Ribbon Week was celebrated with a Drug Free That’s Me motto. There was a lot of student and staff participation in our week of celebration. The assembly by the Air Force Band was enjoyed by all who attended. If you haven’t seen the pictures on the front bulletin board please stop in and take a look also please take a look at the class posters in the MPR. A special thanks to the Tudor PTA for purchasing all the neat items that were given to students and staff.

The peer mentor program (students helping students build assets) is starting and several 6^th graders have expressed an interest in working with their 3^rd grade peers. Thank you to those who have donated games. I could use a few more board games, decks of cards and card games. If your family has games you no longer use please consider donating them to the school. Any extra games will be distributed to classrooms to use during indoor recess periods.

Twenty-seven students were trained as Peer Mediators this month. They are enthusiastically volunteering their recess period to help their peers solve small conflicts. These students are a valuable support to our noon duties and mediation as a problem solving skill is one they will use many times in their lives. They will be recognized at the 1^st quarter assembly so if your student forgot to invite you – consider yourself invited! Please attend to watch your student accept their award.

Thank you to all the students who volunteered at the school carnival. We couldn’t have done it as well without you. Volunteers were – Tammalivis and Tabitha Salanoa, Juley Pak, Eda Reutov, Louis Bonner, Kyle Bursey, Sharlene Laurin, Mitchell Huffman, Quavon Bracken, Mitchell Flores, Yaynessa Rendon, Makayla and Tristen DeAvilla-Harford, Jill Ortega, Whitney Price, Kira Dragano, Sydny Galindo, Catherine Moore, Daniela Radillo, Sa’vantae Matthews, Cierra Grimes, Katlyn Detablan, Kathleen Stevens, Tre Lewis, Kekoa Foma’i, and Jonathan Piedrahita. If you volunteered and I missed your name please let me know so we can include your name in the next newsletter. It was wonderful to have so many students interested in helping their school community.

Thank you,

Cindy Richardson

School Counselor

Winter Walking Safety Tips:

With the dark days upon us, and snow soon to be building up on the side of the roads, now is a good time to review with your students and family members, some safety guidelines for walking around and in traffic. Here are a few recommendations:

Walk on the Sidewalk

• If they exist, use sidewalks and crosswalks. Avoid walking in traffic where there are no sidewalks or crosswalks. If you have to walk on a road that does not have sidewalks, walk facing the oncoming traffic so that you can see the vehicles driving closest to you.

Cross at Intersections

• Most people are hit by cars when they cross the road at places other than intersections.

Look left, right, and left for traffic before crossing

• Stop at the curb and look left, right, and left again for traffic. Stopping at the curb signals drivers that you intend to cross. Cross in marked crosswalks and obey the signal.

See and Be Seen

• Drivers need to see you to avoid you.

• Stay out of the driver's blind spot.

• Make eye contact with drivers when crossing busy streets.

• Wear bright colors or reflective clothing or a reflective device if you are walking near traffic when it is dark outside (such as on the way to school in the morning).

• Carry a flashlight when walking in the dark.

• Do not let kids play near traffic or cross the street by themselves. Kids are small, and

drivers may not see them if they run into the street.

· Be especially careful in parking lots as people backing out of parking spaces may not be able to see you or a smaller child.

Watch your kids

• Children should not cross streets by themselves or be allowed to play or walk near

traffic. Kids are small, unpredictable, and cannot judge vehicle distances and speeds.

• When kids get older, teach them three things to do before they cross the street:

1) Try to cross at a corner with a traffic light.

2) Stop at the curb.

3) Look left, right, then left again to make sure no cars are coming. 03-2006 Adapted from www.nhtsa.dot.gov

Thanks to Providence Hospital and Safe Kids Alaska, Tudor has been given a white star zipper reflector for each student. We will be working to get these out to the students over the next couple of weeks.

Jeff Chisholm, Tudor School Nurse