Leadership Day

Our FES Student Lighthouse Team led educators visiting our school on Leadership Day around the campus, showing them how we incorporate Leader in Me into our daily life at school. Here, they are showing them the front atrium where the 7 Habits are hanging on all sides.

Good School Habits

Attendance Small Group

At the elementary level, it might be thought that students have no control over whether or not they get to school on time or even come to school at all. While that may be true sometimes, it is not true all the time.

Students in our attendance small group took time to learn what they can do to help get to school on time each day possible. 

Be Proactive!

FES Peer Helpers read "Bored! Bored! Bored!" in Sean Covey's The 7 Habits of Happy Kids.

We discovered that Sammy Squirrel didn't need to wait for other people to tell him something he could do for fun. Being Proactive means we take initiative; are responsible; do the right thing without being asked; choose our actions, attitudes, and moods; and don't blame others for our wrong actions.

The next time we met, I had an activity for them to complete. I asked them each to write one thing they can control and one thing they can't control on sticky notes and place them in the proper place on our graph. We discussed each sticky note and had some interesting discoveries!

The 7 Habits of Happy Kids

Our FES Peer Helpers are learning about Sean Covey's The 7 Habits of Healthy Kids.

As an introduction, we read the first story in the book "Meet the Kids of 7 Oaks."

Goob Bear, Jumper Rabbit, Lily Skunk, Sammy Squirrel, Sophie Squirrel, Pokey Porcupine, Tagalong Allie, and Ernie the Worm. While I read about each character, students were asked to identify which character they are most like. It was fun to watch how quickly they were able to point out who other Peer Helpers are most like, but some of them struggled with labeling themselves.

Personal Space

I LOVE Julia Cook books! Personal Space Camp is one of my staple books/lessons I grab when a student is struggling with personal space. 

We actually practice the strategies as we read through the book. They especially love the body tracing!