Virtual Puzzles

 

Click here to start putting puzzles together by yourself or as a family. 

Opportunity to Give - Holiday Happiness

Holiday Gift Drive - Sign Up by Friday, November 19 

Old Bonhomme is participating in a district wide effort to brighten the holiday season for families in need through our Holiday Happiness Gift Drive.

Here is how you can participate:

- Look through this SignUpGenius and choose a gift to give, go in with other families to buy a gift, or volunteer to be a shopper

- No time to shop? You can make a monetary donation to the gift drive through OB PTO Venmo @oldbonhomme-PTO (with a note that says OB Holiday Happiness) or drop off/send cash to school with your child in an envelope labeled OB Holiday Happiness

Questions? Contact Hayley Arnold at harnold@ladueschools.net.

PTO Fundraiser - Extra Recess

 

Red Ribbon Week October 25 - October 29

Red Ribbon Week is a week that schools, businesses and communities come together to take a stand against drug abuse and encourage healthy lifestyles and decision making for all. Here is a short video on the history of Red Ribbon Week.

We will celebrate at Old Bonhomme Elementary with kid friendly morning announcements, dress up days, and activities throughout the week. The fourth grade students voted on our spirit days this year. Below is what they decided.

Check out this article from Ask, Listen, and Learn to get ideas on how you can continue the conversation at home.

 

Friendship Bench

The Friendship Bench is a way to help our students to connect with each other. 

If you are feeling lonely and would like someone to play with you may sit on the Friendship Bench. 

If you see someone sitting on the Friendship Bench, you may want to check and see if they would like to play with you. They may not want to play. They may enjoy sitting on the bench and that is okay. Let them sit and go play.

The students who created this video are now in the 8th grade. 

What are you grateful for?

 

This week Old Bonhomme students may share what they are grateful for on our interactive bulletin board and pick up a sheet to continue the practice.  

Caregivers here are a few ideas for you to extend the practice at home.

- At dinner say what you are grateful for.

- Create a grateful board in your home. 

 

 

This year Old Bonhomme is riding the energy bus.  The staff has read the book The Energy Bus by Jon Gordan and the teachers are reading The Energy Bus for Kids to the students.  If you would like resources on how to incorporate this at home here is a guide. 

Soar Up! - A Old Bonhomme Transition Activity

Today our students participated in Soar Up!, a transition activity to help them learn about next year. Students had an opportunity to meet the classroom teachers in the next grade level and hear about what they will be doing.   We encourage you to ask your child about the event.  They will be bringing home an activity sheet and you will find additional questions below to help get your conversation started.  

What are some things you are going to learn next year?
What special activities do you get to do next year?
What are some of the things the teachers will expect from you next year?
What can you do this summer to get ready for next year?

Celebrating Dr. Carey

Dr. Carey graduated from the University of Missouri St. Louis with a Doctor of Education degree with an emphasis in Social Justice last weekend.  We are so proud!

Dr. Carey Intro Video

Book Share: Dr. Carey also recorded the book Say Something for our teachers to share with the students.  You can click here to find other activities that go along with the Say Something book to do at home as a family. 

Activity Idea: Your family can plan an activity around something you would like to do to make our school, community or world a better place.

2020-2021 School Counseling Highlights

 

Different Kinds of Stress

Different Kinds of Stress - From Our School Counseling Intern Jelisa Gibbs 
Did you know that there are different kinds of stress? Some stress is good for you and other kinds of stress are not good for you. Check out this article that talks more about stress and the different types of stress that can occur. 

Lesson Recap

This week our school counseling lessons focused on calming yourself down when stressed, and different strategies to use like breathing techniques to calm the body.The students also learned about yoga, the benefits of it, and the different positions in yoga that the students could try.  ​You might be interested in trying out the yoga flow pictured below. ​

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Kindess Activity

Next week we will be doing lessons based around kindness and what we can do to show kindness. Here is an activity that families or kids can try at home! It’s called an Act of Kindness Paper chain. The Kindness Paper Chain activity is a simple and fun craft to visually keep track of the acts of kindness done throughout the days. Cut a strip out as you complete the act of kindness written on it. Add the strip to your Kindness Chain to make it longer day by day! Make your own strips or click on this link if you would like to print some out. 

How do you grow your love spot?

Last week our students learned about 5 ways people may experience love--Words of affirmation, Actions, Quality Time, Affection (physical touch), and Gifts. People tend to have one that they value the most and feel the most loved when experiencing it. Check out this article for ideas on How to Connect With your Child Using Love Languages.

If you don’t know what your love language is, we encourage you to take the five love languages quiz here.This page includes a quiz for you to take as a partner and also as a parent of a child or a teen. Knowing your child’s love language is incredibly helpful for knowing how to communicate with him, discipline him with kindness and show him you love him.

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Pictures Needed - You Are Loved

We are creating a You Are Loved display in our hallways.  You can help us create the display by sending in a picture of your child with someone or thing they love.   It is kind of like filling the stands at a college or professional game with cardboard cut outs of the fans to make it feel like nothing has changed:) We do miss seeing you in our hallways and we all enjoy the pictures. 

You can send the actual picture in, email it to harnold@ladueschools.net, or text it to me 573-552-2959.

Below is the picture I am going to display. This is my family at a nice warm place we love to visit.

Safe Touch Classes - Week of January 24

The week of January 24 all of our students will be participating in Safe Touch classes virtually facilitated by Jewish Family and Children's Services instructors with the student's teacher and a school counselor in the classroom or virtual room.  We are afforded this wonderful service through the St. Louis Children's Service Fund.  

You can learn more about the program and learn how to talk to your child about this important 

topic by clicking here for a quick overview of the video we use with 4th grade called “You Are In Charge of Your Body” version B.  

 

You can access the K-3 videos through January 20 by clicking on the links below and logging on using the provided username/password.

Kindergarten & 1st - Tick Tock Plays it Safe 

(username: harnold@ladueschools.net password: OBsafe) 

2nd & 3rd Grade - Mae Shares a Secret 

 (username: harnold@ladueschools.net password: OBsafe) 

 

Opt Out Letters were sent home last week (Friday, January 15), if you DO NOT want your child to participate in the class let us know. If you have questions, please contact Hayley Arnold or Kristine Carey, our school counselors. 

 

Friendship Troubles Book Club