Campfire Meetings!
Beginning this week we will have short "campfire meetings" with the kids at the end of lunch period, right before afternoon classes. Our goal is to create a better transition from free time after lunch to the first afternoon classes. Kids will eat and enjoy some free time with friends as they do now. (All play in the back half of the gym away from tables please.) Then a few minutes before classes we will gather together around our "fire". We may not make smores but we will have a time of sharing and maybe some simple game/activity to help prepare their bodies and minds to resume their studies. It will also help signal to any who don't stay for afternoon classes that its time to quiet down as they prepare to leave so that their friends can go back to class.We like having the free time available for students after eating to interact with each other out of the classroom and wish to retain that opportunity; however, going from that smack into class is a hard transition. To make this easier and help the first part of class time be more productive, we will start to gather the kids for this group time before dismissing them to class. Thank you!
I will also take this time to remind everyone that while there is a big exodus of people at 1:00, we still have a class going until 1:55. Your cooperation in not allowing your kids to run and play in the gym during this time is appreciated.
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