Room 700

Life Skills Program

Update
September 2014
Welcome back everyone
!t "as been a c"allenging and ard#o#s past $ mont"s% so ! &o#ld first like to t"ank yo#
all for being so #nderstanding and s#pportive'
(o& t"at &e are back% &e are a )tad* bit be"ind sc"ed#le &it" regards to sc"ed#les%
electives% etc' +ll st#dents s"o#ld "ave complete co#rse sc"ed#les by t"e end of t"e first
&eek% and &ill be sending "ome a copy for yo# to look at'
,allenas "as also c"anged as &ell- &e are no& grade ./12% &"ic" means an appro0imate
increase of 200 st#dents 1"is means t"at electives are no& more c"allenging to get
into' 1"e co#nsellors and ! "ave tried very "ard to place o#r life skills st#dents in
electives t"ey &o#ld en2oy% "o&ever &e may not "ave been able to place yo#r c"ild in
"is or "er first c"oice'
,eca#se of o#r late start% !3P meetings and &ork e0perience placements &ill "ave a later
start t"an #s#al' ! am anticipating mid 4ctober to start !3P meetings% and early
(ovember for &ork e0perience placements to "appen'
We "ave &elcomed t"ree ne& st#dents- t&o from 4ceanside and one from 5,6S 7all
grade 89s:% said good bye and good l#ck to t&o of o#r st#dents 7;asmine and S"eldon:%
and "ave 7 grad#ates t"is year !t is going to be an e0citing% and b#sy year
+s for o#r c#rric#l#m% it &ill remain foc#sed on t"e follo&ing<
/increased independence skills
/comm#nity 7access% #seage% identification% safety:
/&ork e0perience skills 7safety% asking =#estions% e0pected be"avio#rs:
/"ealt" and &ellness 7food c"oices% p"ysical activity% "ygiene:
/social skills 7>!R>L3S program% p#blic v' private% friends"ips% #sing t"e p"one:
Woven into t"ese #nits &ill also be academic skills like n#meracy% literacy% and
compre"ension'
+ttac"ed is a field trip permission form' 4#r life skills program &ill go on fre=#ent
comm#nity o#tings to practice skills learned in t"e classroom in a more typical
comm#nity setting' ,y signing t"e form yo# are agreeing to let yo#r c"ild participate in
all t"e vario#s trips &e &ill be taking'
Please note ! &ill send reminders and more specific details abo#t trips before"and'
?on9t forget to c"eck o#t o#r &ebsite for #pdates on field trips% #pcoming events% and
meetings@professional development days' >opies of o#r #pdates &ill also be available
on t"e site'
"ttp<@@bss/lifeskills'&eebly'com
! am t"ankf#l to be back teac"ing t"is a&esome gro#p of st#dents% and can9t &ait to get
o#r year started
Please contact me if yo# "ave any =#estions%
Sincerely%
1erry Aent
Life Skills teac"er% ,SS
2B0/24./B721 e0t' 2700
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