Welcome to the 22-23 school year. Learning started day one and hasn’t slowed down. After just one month, RES students know routines and procedures, and our classrooms bustle with engaging activities that challenge, intrigue and motivate students.
Our theme this year is, “Everyone has a story… and your next chapter begins here.” Our campus was drawn to this theme for several reasons.
First and foremost, we believe in the power of literacy and the doors it opens for our students. Reading, writing and speaking are how we communicate, how we learn about ourselves and others and how we better understand the world around us. We give our students a most precious gift when we teach them to read, to write and to converse. A gift that will see them through every chapter of their life story.
Secondly, we recognize that every student, parent, caregiver and stakeholder has a unique story; one that may be far different from our own. Because of this, we must teach our students to treat new characters in their stories with kindness, patience, empathy and tolerance.
As every good author knows, developing an interesting character does not come easily, and to become the hero or the heroine of a story, the character must overcome obstacles.
At RES, our young characters are no different. They must leave their mom, dad, or caregiver at the door, follow new rules and routines, eat a breakfast or lunch they do not enjoy, learn to read, write, and do math, make new friends, and share their toys.
These are hard lessons to learn at ages 4, 5, and 6, and we must expect some resistance. Students may cry, act out, have difficulty sleeping at night, or refuse to get out of bed in the morning.
While we know our students must learn these hard life lessons, we fortunately have some tricks up our sleeves that make these lessons bearable.
Most importantly, we can instill in students the importance of coming to school all day, every day, unless ill. The routines students develop now will last throughout their school days.
In addition, parents and caregivers can set a regular bedtime; students this age need 10 to 13 hours of sleep. Adequate sleep improves attention, behavior, learning, memory, and overall physical and mental health.
At RES our mission is to stand by our students as they add chapters to what should be considered the most interesting story out there—THEIRS!
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