IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

Tomorrow is the last day for box tops! If you have any, please send them in with your child tomorrow. Thanks!

As I mentioned yesterday, we had morning meeting with Mrs. Clark’s class.  We met again today and Mrs. Clark led the group in thinking more deeply about what a leader is.  Mrs. Clark shared pictures with the group and the students had to put their thumbs up if the picture showed a leader and thumbs down if it did not.  Some of the leaders we talked about included Nemo, the Lorax, and Merida from Brave.  The students shared why they felt that these characters were leaders for example: “she was brave” and “he stood up for the trees.” We then made a list together of what a good leader does: they are brave, they are helpful, they are respectful, they stand up for others, and they help the bullies. We plan to continue joining our two classrooms together each Monday morning to continue building community and developing our understanding of leadership as the oldest students in our building!

Today we had a few friends bring in games that they created over fall break.  It was so wonderful to see how some of our friends worked on these and were excited to share them with others.  Ruth brought a state game in and worked with others to create the official rules (because she had not written them down yet.)  Oliver brought in a game board that he had created on his own at home and played it with others!  Mr. Ward & I are looking forward to seeing more of these games!

Today was a huge success! A big thank you to our parent volunteers and volunteers from Dow who came to support us. And most importantly, thank you to the kids who made it all possible! More pictures and stories to come soon. For now, ask your learner about their experience and enjoy these pictures.

Tags: Butler, capable, collaboration, garden, project, relationships, responsible

Tomorrow night at 6 p.m. there will be a meeting for anyone who can volunteer to help with the Carnival! Hope to see many of you there!