When our kids use the Internet and start engaging in Social Media, they can be exposed to cyber bullying, which can have a huge impact on a child’s self esteem.
Working together we can help our kids feel and be safe both offline and online.
As Parents we need to teach our kids empathy and talk to them about online activities.
As Teachers we need to help our kids understand the line between funny and cruel and to treat their peers with respect.
And the kids need to learn that when they witness any kind of bullying the right thing to do is to report and offer support.
The No Place for Hate Committee is sharing this video with you as a tool to help spot and stop these kind of behaviors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkG00Czb4ho
The PTO is organizing a collection of funds to divide among the Ancillary Teachers & Support Staff. If you’d like to participate, you can drop off your donation in the collection box at the school office or donate through our Paypal link.
To donate online, please click on the link below. The deadline is December 16.
http://conditpto.org/holiday-collection-for-ancillary-and-support-staff/
***Room parents may opt to arrange teacher presents, so check with your room parent concerning your child’s main teacher.
The Condit Faculty and Staff collectively agreed to do Thanksgiving Food Drive to help Condit families in need. In the past, we have done a faculty collection to help families and have been able to help about four to five families.
This year we wanted to help families but also wanted to include our students so they could also participate. We feel it is important for children to learn about generosity and giving back to their community especially during the Holiday Season. After some research and price comparisons , the Deli Manager at our Bellaire Randall’s gave us the best deal of a boxed Turkey Dinner which included:
1 10-12 lb. turkey
2 lbs. Stuffing
Chicken Gravy
Cranberry sauce
Dz. Dinner Rolls
Mashed Potatoes
Pumpkin Pie
Tax free for $49.99. Grade levels sent out donation request with the intention of collecting about $2.00 per student to cover a meal for each classroom.
The response was overwhelming with some grade levels covering up to seven families and some individual classrooms covering two or more families.
In total, we were able to help 37 Condit Families and raised $1, 900.82!!!
With the help of Ms. Grimm, Nurse Hall, Condit Parents, Mr. Jose Miguel Gonzalez, and Luz Romero we were able to pick-up, pass out and deliver all of our meals to the families that were selected in an AM and PM delivery here at Condit. We made one special delivery to a parent that did not have transportation.
All of the selected families were overwhelmed with Condit’s generosity and some were even moved to tears when taking their meal and were truly thankful to receive such a blessing.
It is so important especially during these trying times to remember that there are families within our own Condit community that truly need help during the Holiday Season. The support from our Condit Parents through our collection efforts, faculty and staff support truly made this Thanksgiving effort a success.
Condit will be collecting Toys in benefit of Condit families in need as well as the Toys for Tots Foundation. We are requesting new, unwrapped toys age appropriate for your child (i.e., if you are the parent of a third grader, please bring a toy appropriate for that age). This will ensure we have age appropriate toys for all age groups.
Our collection will run through December 18th. There will be a collection box located by the front office.
We thank you in advance for your generosity and donations. If you have any questions, please contact Alicia Escamilla (aescamil@houstonisd.org)
The No Place for Hate Committee Chairs got a grant they were pursuing to get the
program "Become an Ally" by the ADL (Anti-Defamation-League Houston) come to our
school and give a workshop to our Safety Patrol Kids on Saturday, December 14 from 9 - 12.
Here is the program in brief:
Becoming an Ally empowers youth to become effective allies in incidents of bias
and bullying by increasing their understanding of the impact of name-calling,
bullying and other bias behaviors on their school and community, educating them
about the specific role of being an ally, teaching them a process to assess the
safety of intervening, and providing them with opportunities to develop and
practice the variety of alternative responses to take action against
name-calling and bullying. That way they can not only effectively stop bulling
behaviors, but also by prevent them by becoming leaders at school and role
models for the other kids.
Why is it important? Because about 1/3 of our youth has been bullied at some
point and both educators and students are often unsure on how to respond
effectively when they witness bullying, so 90% of youth bystanders opt to do
nothing.
This program is intended for only the 30 kids currently in safety patrol.
Coach Johnson sent home permission slips that must be turned in to attend
the program.
January 13th-17th is the NNAT assessment for 1st – 4th graders. This assessment is application only. Applications will go home beginning Monday,November 11th for those who request applications or who have been recommended to test. Applications can also be printed off from {Assistant Principal Grimm’s G/T page}. All applications must be completed and turned into Lacey Grimm by December 5th.
The following businesses have programs that give money back to Condit. Please consider signing up for the programs as it is “free” money for our kids!
We have a NEW Condit School Website.
The address is http://www.houstonisd.org/conditelem.
Please bookmark this new page because we will eventually be phasing out the old Condit Website. Thank you!
