Our seniors were invited to the polling place today to observe the election process. They learned how to register, how to be an informed voter and the importance of participating in our elections.
Hello parents and community!
It's November already which means we're learning about a new character trait across the school, PK-12. This month with Core Essentials, we're learning about "contentment". What a perfect character trait for the month of November which is all about being thankful!
For our lessons, contentment is being defined as "deciding to be okay with what you have. Contentment means to be at ease in your situation, body and mind." To learn more about what kinds of things we'll be talking about in our lessons or how you can help your student(s) at home or in the community, take a look at the attached newsletters!
A HUGE thank-you to the parents and relatives of Stafford schools, Ampride, and Paul's. We were able to raise over $1,000 in donations for book scholarships and new books for Stafford. Also, thank you to Brenda Minnis, Destiny Talbot, and Carisa Hearn for their assistance in the Book Fair. It was a huge success and we will see you in the Spring for another!
Middle school basketball parent, player and coaches meeting following practice today, at 5pm in the South Gym.
Members of Stafford High School’s FCCLA participating in Stafford’s Trunk or Treat.
Today many of our upperclassmen are visiting campuses and employers. This group was greeted by the new mascot at WSU Tech. #TrojanGoals
Congratulations to our October students of "leadership" Showing positive leadership in our school award winners!!
Hunter Marks- 4th Grade
Emmitt Mead- 4th Grade
Congratulations to our October students of "Individuality" Discovering who you are meant to be so you can make a difference!
Lace Holmes- Prek4
Jaycelyne Beaman- Kindergarten
Avery Foos- 1st Grade
Congratulations to our October students of "Individuality" Discovering who you are meant to be so you can make a difference!
Decker Minks- 2nd Grade
Riley Manning- 3rd Grade
Kyndal McCloskey- 4th Grade
Ian Knoche- 5th Grade
Congratulations to our October students of "leadership" Showing positive leadership in our school award winners!!
Maya Burns -Kindergarten
Reece Petrik- Kindergarten
Bristol Byer -2nd Grade
Tomorrow is 1/2 day of school.
Baking & Pastries classes prepared Fresh Pumpkin Pies this week. Students cleaned, roasted, and pureed the fresh pumpkins, then prepared pumpkin pies. The most challenging part always seems to be rolling out the crust - however they all turned out great!
Senior Culinary Application Students created these magnificent creations - Pumpkin Pie Layer Cake with Toasted Marshmallow Meringue. This week- long project included cleaning and roasting sugar pumpkins, peeling and pureeing the pulp, then preparing all of the components. Layers of pumpkin spice cake were brushed with a vanilla milk wash, then topped with brown sugar buttercream, crumbled pie crust, pumpkin cream cheese filling, repeated for 3 - 4 layers, then topped with marshmallow meringue stars that were toasted with our kitchen torch.
The Stafford Trojans play at Tescott tonight for their last game of the season. Start time is 7:00pm.
Stafford 6th graders collected 135 pairs of socks for the Sophomores' sock drive. 7th graders are in second with 50 pairs. There is still time to donate through Friday to room 330, but we sure wanted to recognize our kind and generous middle schoolers! Lots of families will have warm feet this winter. #OneTeamOneFamily #Socktober
Middle school basketball is getting ready to gear up. Please see the attached flyers for information about girls' and boys' basketball.
We have Angel Tree Applications in the Elementary and Middle/High School office, you can pick up or request to be sent home with your student.
Keep in mind that the purpose of the Angel Tree is to help those that would otherwise not have a Christmas.
Please fill out and return to the Elementary Office by November 12th, 2021. Applications will not be accepted after that time. Thank you!
Parents and community members -
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is an instrumental part of every child's development and education! Did you know that the majority of skills employers look for aren't math, science, reading, etc.... they're social skills like self-regulation, responsibility, and initiative!
"Simply put, SEL is how children learn to better understand themselves, relate to others, and work toward their goals. SEL includes five [basic] social and emotional skills – self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making – that can be taught at all ages and in many different ways.
When young people have caring adults and many opportunities to practice these skills, they do better in school, feel good about themselves, can manage stress, and have healthier relationships."
Our Core Essentials curriculum and student recognition are just a couple ways that our school is trying to teach our students' these skills but we need help! Parents and community leaders are SO important in this mission; it's not enough for them to just learn and practice these skills at school, they need it at home and in the community, too!
To learn more about SEL and how you can help your students advance these skills at home, take a look at the website below:
https://leadingwithsel.org/
Little Smokies are hard to come by these days! We were again, shorted these on our delivery this morning, so on Wednesday, October27, we will be serving Chicken Nuggets with our Mac and Cheese dish.
Little Smokies are hard to come by these days! We were again, shorted these on our delivery this morning, so on Wednesday, October27, we will be serving Chicken Nuggets with our Mac and Cheese dish.