Friday, April 30, 2021

The Month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month

 Here are a few words and links to resources from our school counselor Heather Howard. 

May is Mental Health Awareness Month with the week of May 2- 8th designated at Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, your school counselor and school psychologist are asking you to join them to bring increased awareness of children’s mental health. Look for information and resources throughout the week. To kick things off, here are some interesting facts and links for more information about Children’s Mental Health. 

  • 1 in 5 children ages 13-18 has or will have a serious mental illness.

  • 1 in 6 children ages 2-8 has a diagnosed mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder.

  • 11% of youth have a mood disorder.

  • 10% of youth have a behavior or conduct disorder.

  • 8% of youth have an anxiety disorder.

  • 50% of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14 and 75% begin by age 24.

  • Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in youth ages 10-24.

  • 90% of those who died by suicide had an underlying mental illness.

  • 70% of youth in state and local juvenile justice systems have a mental illness.


You can also visit www.nami.org, www.nimh.nih.gov, or www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth for more information.

 

If you are worried about your student’s mental health please contact our school psychologist Mrs. Bearden or school counselor Mrs. Howard. You can call our school or send an email directly to Mrs. Howard, our school counselor. heather.howard@lposd.org

Monday, April 26, 2021

Earth Day...Wildcats spending time with the EARTH

 On EARTH Day the primary grades spent the afternoon in various outdoor activities, including planting flower and veggie seeds.  The seeds will sprout in the classroom greenhouses.  

Earth Day was such a beautiful day to be outside so at the end of this post there are additional pictures of kids playing on the playground, PE with 4th and 5th grade and then a few joggers on of the Jogging Club paths.  

Check out the PICS....

Nature Walk:  2nd grade coming out of the forest




Kinder kids planting seeds

Third Grade - Make them grow! 

Two very serious Kinder Horticulturist 

Why?  What are your thoughts? 

Third Grader - Hiker - I think he likes being outside! 

The Nature Trail in our Forest.  
These girls have their chart to document their observations. 

The hill is just beginning! 

Weed Pulling Time for Third Grade


Hum.  I think #12 likes his picture taken! 

There sure are a lot of weeds and grass in this veggie garden bed! 

Working Together! 

Jogging for the Jogging Club - 4th grade
Blue Sky, Green Grass, a little snow on the mountain and kids running - What a great day! 

First Grade Playing on the playground


Fourth and Fifth Grade PE TIME - Best part of their day-
Just ask them! 

It's a great day to be a Hope Wildcat! 










Thursday, April 1, 2021

It was an EXCITING day here with a bunch of Wildcats.

 Bunnies, Pizza and Floats - What a day! 

Some of our Wildcats turned into BUNNIES! 

Wildcats... Bunnies.... who cares when you are this adorable!

Mrs. Shelton's Kindergarten class - "Hoppy" Spring Break! 








 

First Place Read-A-Thon per capita winners celebrated with
 PIZZA - YUM! 
Mrs. Tuttle and Mrs. Petersen's Third Grade Class







Having fun in an upside down world...

Second Place Read-A-Thon per capita winners celebrated with
 Floats.... Root Beer with Vanilla or Sprite with Rainbow Sherbert
slurp, slurp, slurp

Mrs. Spencer's Fourth Grade Class









Please have a safe, relaxing and fun Spring Break!  
See you on April 12, 2021! 







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