{"id":21796,"date":"2022-05-05T11:52:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=21796"},"modified":"2022-07-08T09:49:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T14:49:19","slug":"lower-school-division-news-may-5-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2022\/05\/05\/lower-school-division-news-may-5-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower School Division News May 5, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21800 alignright img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/nclhx5yj.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LSNEws.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>from Renee Wright, Lower School Director<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marvelous May is Here<\/strong><br \/>\nWe have had a hard time getting spring in Minnesota, but it is finally here!\u00a0 It has been so nice to see sun this week! \u00a0With a little sunshine and a lot of rain we should soon see blossoms on the trees and little shoots poking through the dirt in our gardens.\u00a0 Just as we all anticipate spring, we also anticipate the end of the school year.\u00a0 May and June are months full of joyful moments and MPA traditions.\u00a0 I will share some of these special events coming soon so you can mark your calendar.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>May 19:<\/strong>\u00a0 PreK Family Music Event Outdoors at 8:15-8:45 AM (Rain date 5\/20)<\/li>\n<li><strong>May 31:<\/strong>\u00a0 LS Track and Field Day at 1-2:45 PM (Rain date 6\/2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 4:<\/strong>\u00a0 MPA Graduation at 6 PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 6:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Vocabulary Bee at 8:30 AM (For participants families only.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 7:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Moving Up Ceremony at 1:30 PM (Grade 4 families only.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 8:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Last Day\u2013Yearbook assembly at 8:30 AM\/Early dismissal<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 8:<\/strong>\u00a0 Kindergarten Graduation at 9 AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DATES TO REMEMBER:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All library books are due May 27<\/li>\n<li>No Classes Monday, May 30\u2013Closed to observe Memorial Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CAMP I CAN FOR GIRLS<\/strong><br \/>\nBelow you will see information about a summer camp for girls. This information comes from Dr. Jules Nolan and Tara Keegan.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Camp I Can for Girls is open to grades 1-8. This camp will be led by School Counselors who are mental health therapists. Camp offers the opportunity for girls to grow their social skills,\u00a0practice managing different emotions, strengthen their friendship skills, and learn about self-awareness and conflict resolution. With a social-emotional learning platform, Camp I Can will integrate SEL activities and lessons, team-building experiences, fun games, and a place where each student can turn their &#8220;cant&#8217;s&#8221; into &#8220;I can&#8217;s!&#8221; For more information, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.campicanforgirls.com\/\">www.campicanforgirls.com<\/a>. For additional questions, please email at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:campicanforgirls@gmail.com\">campicanforgirls@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips For Parents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning from Mistakes<\/strong><br \/>\nOne of the most powerful things you can do for your children is to encourage them to try new things and take risks. At MPA we teach our students that it is acceptable and even desirable to make mistakes. A mistake does not signal a failure, it is an opportunity to learn, grow, and develop resilience. Tell your child you believe in next time and second chances. To get your child to internalize your message you have to show him\/her what you mean in a variety of ways. Here are a few things you can try:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Read stories about mistakes. I suggest Barney Saltzberg\u2019s book, &#8220;Beautiful Oops&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>When you make mistakes in front of your child talk about what you learned from them.<\/li>\n<li>Use visual reminders. Post little signs in your home saying, &#8220;Don\u2019t be afraid of making a mistake&#8221;\u201d Send the message that it is good to be courageous.<\/li>\n<li>Remind your student that our Lower School CHAMP theme for the year is \u201cperseverance.\u201dWe encourage students to keep their heads up, and never give up\u2026no matter what.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Renee Wright, Lower School Director Marvelous May is Here We have had a hard time getting spring in Minnesota, but it is finally here!\u00a0 It has been so nice to see sun this week! \u00a0With a little sunshine and a lot of rain we should soon see blossoms on the trees and little shoots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":21797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28,24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-school","category-current-families","category-featured-posts","category-lower-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21796"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21813,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21796\/revisions\/21813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}