You are invited to join Sioux Trail students for a monthly meeting of the Sioux Trail "TRAIL Blazer Club". I believe that being successful fuels our willingness to try new things and be the best we can be. At Sioux Trail our primary goal is increased student achievement and one of the ways we achieve this is by helping students be successful.
One of the methods we are using to recognize success is through "TRAIL cards". Students who are "caught" making good choices may receive a TRAIL Card at any time during the school year from any Sioux Trail staff member. These cards contain messages which offer positive reinforcement and encourage students to continue making good choices. Students have several options when they receive a TRAIL card. One of the options is entering the TRAIL Card in a drawing for lunch with special guest and me at a monthly meeting of the TRAIL Blazer Club.
There will be a meeting of the TRAIL Blazer Club each month and I'm inviting adult members of the Siuox Trail comm
unity to join me at a meeting(s). We will be meeting during student lunch times and there will be four to eight students per grade level each time. The meetings are approximately two hours long as students will rotating in during their half-hour lunch times. When we meet students will share what types of good choices they are making, learn about you and what types of choices you have made to be successful. In the beginning of the school year I will share with students what the acronym TRAIL means to me and we'll discuss what it means to them at the TRAIL Blazer Club meetings.Students will be providing their own lunch, but I'll be providing a treat for dessert and lunch for our special guests. I hope that we will have a wide variety of special guests and if you are interested please let me know and I will email you the meeting schedule. There are two meetings each month which provides for an uninterrupted meeting for each grade level. In addition to inviting all of our blog readers I have extended the invitation the ISD 191 school board members, ISD 191 distrct administration and elected state and national officials. If you are able to join us please contact me and let me know which month(s) you'd like to participate.
Thank you,
Taber Akin
4 comments:
I like this idea. I think the students will find it very beneficial to learn the good behaviors from each other. While I'm sure not that special, I would love to have lunch with the students. My schdule is always changing so knowing the meeting schedule would be helpful. Thanks for making ST great!
Heather M
Mr. Akin, I think you have a great idea here. Kids of all ages like to be recognized for making good choices (don't we all). Those choices being ones they mimic from others around them. I would enjoy having lunch with the kids. Thank you for all you do and making Sioux Trail feel like an extension of Family. Looking forward to this 2010/11 School year!
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