Wrapping up October

WOW, tomorrow is already the last day of October! What a great month it's been for our Wildwood Leaders! This month we celebrated the first habit: Be Proactive. We had a whole school assembly led by Ms. Martin and Mrs. Piwko. There was a fun sing along and several special guests including Mrs. Lochrie (Executive Director of State/Federal Programs for Wayne-Westland), Mrs. Nadolski and her daughter, and Samantha from Ms. Martin's class spoke. Each special guest shared with us how they are proactive! Our next assembly will feature Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind. We have been working on this habit all month and it's great to see all of the students, staff, and families embracing this habit. One parent shared with me her plan. Her and her daughter knew when her daughter's book report was due. They started with that date in mind and divided the chapters and days to work on the report into each day during the month so that the report would be finished on time. What a great plan!! What would a Leader in Me school be without a leader of the leaders? This month we welcomed our new principal, Mrs. Mullins! Mrs. Mullins has worked in Wayne-Westland for eight years. She spent the majority of her career at Elliott Elementary as a classroom teacher before starting this school year as an Intervention Specialist at Schweitzer Elementary. She was also the K-5 Social Studies Content Leader. We are super excited to welcome Mrs. Mullins and we know she will be a great fit for Wildwood :) To end October strong Wildwood sent three of its Lighthouse Team members to a special training last week to become certified 7 Habits facilitators. Congratulations to Mrs. Craig, Ms. Martin, and Mrs. Rutherford for becoming certified trainers! A special thank you to Ms. Munson (Executive Director of School Improvement and Innovation) for setting up and inviting us to this special training! October was a busy month. However, if you thought October was great, wait until next month!! :)

The 7 Habits of Happy Kids- a book by Sean Covey

It's hard to believe we are already in our second month of Leader in Me!  This month Wildwood is working on our second habit: Begin With the End in Mind.  This means having a plan.  Examples might include a student working to save money to buy something new or a student studying to get into college so they can earn a degree and become a teacher. 
To introduce this habit teachers are using the book The 7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey.  This is a student friendly book that introduces all of the habits using characters from Seven Oaks.  Each story ends with questions for students and steps they can take to work on each habit. 
The following link is a preview of the book:
http://www.seancovey.com/books/7kids/index.html

It's Assembly Time

This Thursday Wildwood will be having our very first Leader in Me assembly.  Mrs. Piwko and Ms. Martin have been working on this assembly and are excited to present it.  The assembly will take place at 10 a.m. and feature the first habit: Be Proactive.  During the assembly students will be motivated by student, parent, teacher, and community speakers.  The assembly will also have an exciting slide show, showing the kids of Wildwood that were caught being proactive!  If you are around Thursday morning swing on by at 10 a.m. for a 20-minute assembly that will be a "howling" good time!!