In addition to being a venue for the Elementary community to come together and build a sense of unity and camaraderie, the aim of this year's assemblies are to emphasize and promote specific behaviors that positively impact our community.  Consequently, each month we will introduce a new theme and spend the ensuing weeks working to teach students and recognize those who are demonstrating this positive behavior.

At our last assembly, we focused on the importance of Attentive Listening.  In order to introduce students to the idea, a group of teachers that included Mr. Doles, Ms. Delgado, Ms. Szyman, Ms. Keelin and Ms. Olivia choreographed a hysterical skit based around the idea of a gameshow.  During the skit, Ms. Szyman and Ms. Keeling demonstrated fantastic attentive listening skills while Ms. Delgado and Ms. Olivia showed us exactly what it looks like when individuals are NOT using attentive listening skills.  In addition to helping the students think about this important skill, the skit also gave the adults the opportunity to have a bit of fun as those in the audience applauded their colleagues' creative way of engaging the students.

Please feel free to look at my November Monthly Message to see what specific skills are included when attentively listening.  We encourage you to follow up with your children at home to see how they are doing and to reinforce how attentive listening really helps build better communication and stronger relationships between those speaking with another.