“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be
what we pretend to be.”
~Socrates
Last week’s pillar of the week was honor. There are many definitions for honor and we
adjust them based on a student’s age.
Younger students learn about honor in the form of telling the
truth. Most students know honor as
taking pride in yourself and others, as we have put on our Pillar circle
below. Older students learn about honor
as it relates to trust. People trust
honorable individuals and we all want to be someone who others trust. Honor is
also described to students as having the courage to do the right thing even if
it is not the popular thing.
Mrs. Madigan’s class participated in an honor activity where
they wrote an adjective to describe each of their classmates. The students then received their sheets and
were able to take pride in the qualities their classmates noticed about
them. This activity is always well
received by students and adults. We did
a similar activity in a staff meeting last year and it was always nice to look
back at those honorable qualities others saw in me. You could try it with your family, as well.
As you know next week is Homecoming for the Upper
School. There are always many questions
as to why the Lower School does not participate. I would like to address why that is here in
the blog. Homecoming is truly an Upper
School event. I worked in several K-12
schools and Lower School students truly do not understand the significance of
Homecoming. The activities actually prove
to be a distraction to the learning process for younger students. By not having Lower School participate, it
also gives Lower School students something to look forward to as they get
older. There are some privileges that
come with age, as we all know. Having
our younger students out of uniform for purposes they clearly do not understand
is not the best use of those “out of uniform” days. The Lower School students do get to
participate in spirit wear days and free dress days. As the school year continues, there may be
other opportunities for Lower School students to have “special” dress days as
organized by the Lower School teachers.
In deciding what to do for Lower School students here at Eagle Ridge, I
consulted with several members of the Lower School Leadership Advisory Team (a
group of teachers that were nominated by other teachers to meet with me and
discuss issues or ideas within the Lower School) again this year. It
was agreed that Lower School students would not benefit from being involved (It
would actually be detrimental for learning.) and there would be other ways for
us to build community spirit both in the Lower School and school wide as the
school year progresses.
Friday is a designated Spirit Wear Day for Lower School. Students may wear Homecoming T-shirts, if they were purchased on this day and on any other Spirit Wear Day throughout the year, if they would like. They should follow all of the regular dress code requirements for Spirit Wear Day.
Just a reminder that conferences are coming up on October 14th
and 15th. Below is the
information from the Eagle Eye on how to sign up for conference with your
child’s teachers.
Fall
conferences will take place on Monday, October 14th from 8am to 8pm
and Tuesday, October 15th from 8am to 11:30am. The conference
scheduler, Virtual Paragon, is now open and will close October 10th.
Please follow this link to schedule conferences with your child’s teacher http://www.virtualparagon.com/eagleridge/conference/ . The master password to
access the conference scheduler is Eagle7255.
In grades K-5, please schedule conferences only with your child’s homeroom
teacher and specialists (Physical Education, Art, Latin and Music). Middle
School and Upper School are also using the conference scheduler this year.
Next Friday is a fall event for students in grades K-8. Below you will see information about the ERA
event at the Twin Cities Harvest Festival and Maze on October 11th.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Baier
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