Holiday

Happy Holidays To All Of Our Leighton Families:


Counselor Corner:

• Coming Up  in January:

         Have small groups during lunch time in all grades:

•   Social Skills
•   New Comers Group
•   Changing Families

•   Girls On The Run Group will start registration in February
•   Will meet on Tuesday/Thursday from 3:30-4:30pm.

        In January:

•    We are in need of boys and girls sweat pants ( S, M, L, and Extra Large sizes)
•    Need socks for girls and boys
•    Hats/ gloves

       Thanks so much,

       Mrs. Curry
       School Counselor  ( 330) 954-2236

Talking to Children about Violence

Talking to Children about Violence: 

          Here  are some tips for parents :

• Focus on your children over the week following the tragedy.  Tell them you love them and everyting will be okay.  Try to help them understand what has happened, keeping in mind their developmental level.
• Make time to talk with your children.  Remember if you do not talk to your children about this incident someone else will.  Take some time and determine what you wish to say.
• Stay close to your chidren.  Your physical presence will reassure them and give you the opportunity to monitor thier reaction.  Many children will want actual physical contact.  Give plenty of hugs.  Let them sit close to you, and make sure to take extra time at bedtime to cuddle and to reassure them that they are loved and safe.
• If they need someone to talk with at school, please let them know that they can come to see me at school.
• Maintain a normal routine, To the extent possible stick to your family's normal routine for dinner, homework, schoolwork, chores, and bedtime.

       Resources :

•    National Association of School Psychologists www.nasponline.org

       
           
       

December

Boys on The Run

Congratulations!

We have a new afterschool program starting out this year,  that is called  Boys on The Run Program,  which is run by Mr. Dan Clapper & Mr. Josh Kiser.  We want to thank them very much for working with our young boys in grades 3rd- 5th grade.  Right now currently there are 12 boys participating in the program, that takes place every Tuesday from 3:30-4:30pm.


Just to let everyone know the Girl Power Program is going on in the fall, which also focuses on Self-Esteem for Girls, and than in the Spring we will begin Girls on The Run as well.  So if any parent is interested in becoming a volunteer during the Spring, please let me know.

Children's Advantage

Parents/Guardian:

If you are interested in having your son/daughter see our therapist from Children's Advantage, please contact me, so that I can send home a consent for you.

Sincerely,
mrs. Curry

October

Counselor Corner:

There has been alot of exciting things going on in the Counseling Department at Leighton Elementary School.

Small Groups started on October 1st:

1. Friendship Groups:
    Students have focus on getting to know other children.
    Activities- they were assign to meet one new person a week in their grade level.

2. Girl Power Groups- Curriculum is about girls getting to know who they are.
   Talking about Self-Esteem, how to be assertive, ways of getting along with each other.
   Activities- sharing positive traits about themselves and getting with negative words

3. Changing Families- discussing how students feel when there families are going through
     transitions  such as separation, visitation, divorce.
    Activities- kids created what fun things they do with Mom or Dad
    The main focus of this group is to understand how the student is feeling.

4. Anger Management- learning relaxation techniques by implementing Yoga to the students
   
The groups meet every other week for lunch on various days out of the week for a total of 6 sessions.

If you have any questions, or concerns, please contact me at ( 330) 954-2236.

September - Counselor Corner

Upcoming Events:

If you would like your son/ daughter to be a part of small groups during lunch or recess, please complete the form by Tuesday September 11th, 2012.

Small groups will begin the week of September 17th:

Friendship Group:

Changing Families:

Girl Power Group:

Anger Management Group:

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me Cynthia Campbell Curry at (330) 954-2236.


Guidance Lessons will begin starting next week September 10th: ( entire month in all grades)

3rd- Responsibility

4th- What ways do we show that we are responsible?

5th- Responsible for ourselves

September - Counselor Corner

Welcome Back All Students:

Hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend

Resource books on our Character Words of the Month:

Character word in August:  Citizenship

book available- Helping Your Child Become A Better Citizen - www.2.ed.gov./parents/academic/help/citizen/citizen.pdf

September:  Responsibility:

Resources for Parents:

• " Do I Have To?  Kids Talk About Responsibility

             by Loewen,Nancy, Wesley and Omarr ( july 05)

•  You can Count On Me- by Reginia Burch ( 2002)

•   Molly the Great Messy Bed.  A book about Responsibility

             by Shelley Marshall and Ben     Mahan ( 2010)

What does a Counselor do?

A Counselor does....

• Conducts classroom guidance lessons on character education such as:

           August- Citizenship
           September- Responsibility
           October- Respecting Others
           November- Kindness
           December- Trust
           January- Honesty
           February- Gratitude
           March- Courage
           April- Cooperation

• Works with small groups on areas such as friendship, changing families, anger management,  anxiety, self-esteem, and divorce.
• Meets with new students to help them adjust to our school
• Talks with parents and teachers

         WORKS WITH ALL STUDENTS!

        

Welcome Back Students and Families

Welcome Back 2012-2013 School Year!

Picture above:  Girls on The Run ( Spring 2012)

Leighton School Counselor:

 Ms. Cynthia Campbell Curry  ( 330) 954-2236

I am available to help you and your student have a successful school year. 

Volunteers:

Career Day:

We would love you to sign up to assist us with sharing your professional career with our students in May. I f you are interested, please contact me at ( 330) 954-2043.

Thanks
Cynthia

March:

Character Word of the Month- Courage

Guidance Lessons will be conducted in all classrooms during the month of March.

3rd Grade- Will discuss what courage means to them?

4th Grade/5th Grade- How to take a stand of courage when your friends are telling you to do something else.

Up coming Events

March:

GOTR- Girls on the Run ( will be starting on March 6th - every Tuesday/Thursday from 3:30-4:30pm. )

Thursday - March 1st- last day to register for GOTR

Pennies for Patience Campaign for Leukemia/Lymphoma- students will be collecting money from the week of March 5th- March 9th. ( Have them bring pennies, coins- and be able to purchase .25 tickets- or 4 for $1.00 to hit a pie in Mrs. Lambacher's face.

Volunteer Needed:

Hello Parents/Guardians:

Would love for you to come and share your career with our students, in need of parents to come in Leighton during May for our career day. Please let me know if you are interested in coming to share your career with our students.

Call me or email me at ( ccurry@aurora-schools.org, or call me at (330) 954-2043.

Thanks
Ms. Curry

Kindness

" Whenever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness"

" Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom". Theodore Isaac Rubin

Upcoming Events :

New Parent Tea- February 15th at 6:30pm.

Newcomers ice-cream- February 16th at 2:30pm.

February

Character Word: Gratitude

3rd grade- guidance lessons gratitude

4th/5th grade- Acceptance ( Accepting others for who they are)

In Need of Items

Hello Everyone:

Pretty soon the weather will be getting colder, and if you have any old socks or new ones that you can spare. i would appreciate if you can send them to my office. Sometimes when students go outside to play and they may get their socks wet, I like to have some extras in my office.

Thanks
Ms. Curry

January: Parent/Family Involvement Month

Family Education Network
www/learningnetwork.com

Kindness and Justice Challenge
www.kjchallenge.org

Department of Justice Kids and Youth
www.doj.govlkidspage/

Small Groups

Information regarding Small groups:

Small group counseling is offered to all students to support and enhane the development of personal and social skills. Small groups not only provides the student with social-emotional learning experiences, but it allows the students a chance to express themselves, and a chance to receive support from other students.

A letter on Friday will be provided to all students if you would like them to participate in one of the following groups.

This semester small groups offered will be :
1) Changing families
2) Self-Esteem
3) Anger Management
4) Anxiety

Please have them bring back the form to their teacher on Wednesday January 17th.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at ( 330) 954-2043.
Thanks
Cynthia Campbell Curry
School Counselor

Happy New Year!

Welcome Back To School:

Counselor Corner:

During the month of January - Character Word ( Kindness/Caring)

All grade levels will have guidance lesson once this month on Kindness/Caring.

Lesson: Will consist of students sharing ways they share kindness.
Activity: All students will make a heart to show how they share kindness- with their family, friends, and other students.