Principal's Update and Coleman Connect: Sunday, January 12, 2025

Dear Coleman Families,

We had a great first week back to school! Our students were joyfully connecting with their classmates and the staff.

This week, we have two events happening on Thursday. Ms. Martha will interpret both; we welcome everyone. Please join us for our Principal Coffee Chat in the library on Thursday morning. Thursday at 7 pm, we are having our first bilingual Dad's Group meeting in the recently updated library. Please come and join us!

Our Student Council, Tiger Teams, and Green Team leaders will lead the Tiger Trails for our classes on Thursday. During Tiger Trails, each class is led around campus, and we share our expected positive behaviors in seven different zones. In past years, this was led by staff - this year, our student leadership teams requested to lead the presentations in English and Spanish. Having strong student leadership leads to a welcoming and positive school community where everyone plays a role in shaping the community we strive to be. I'm excited to see our student leaders in action on Thursday.

Our Lost and Found will be bagged up on Monday and delivered to the Goodwill. Please make sure to check for your student's clothes one last time on Monday.

As a school community, we strive to create a safe and respectful environment where all students feel secure and valued. In light of the unfortunate reality of school shootings, even pretend shooting games can be unsettling for others and are not acceptable in the school setting. These games can send mixed messages about the seriousness of real-world safety concerns. We encourage you to talk with your child about choosing inclusive and positive ways to play, explaining that these actions can make others uncomfortable and that our words and behaviors should reflect kindness and care for everyone.

Thank you for supporting us in fostering a safe and positive school culture.

The positive attendance percentage for December was close. Our second-grade class had the highest percentage, at 96.17%. On Friday, the second-grade students will have a hot celebration where Mr. Ray will cook hot dogs, hamburgers, and veggie burgers for our second grade students. We will continue to celebrate the grade level with the highest positive attendance percentage each month. Please continue to send your students to school daily.

In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt uncovers the alarming rise of teen mental health challenges and its connection to the decline of play-based childhood and the rise of phone-based living. He explores how social media, sleep deprivation, addiction, and other factors have reshaped children’s development, with particularly concerning effects on girls and boys in different ways. Haidt offers actionable solutions for parents, schools, and society to reverse these trends and restore a healthier, more humane childhood for the next generation.

SRCS Bond Project - Coleman Elementary

The project consists of constructing a modular TK Classroom Building with 2 classrooms, a restroom, and a teacher prep area. A modular ELOC building and a covered walkway are also included. The project consists of construction of a shade canopy, a TK Play Yard and an AC paved area with basketball courts, ball wall and associated striping. Also included are accessibility upgrades and associated path of travel and exterior hardscape and landscaping.

The contractor has installed a compacted pathway at one side of the field to allow a clean pathway to the play area. Also, the plasterwork continues outside the building. Inside the buildings, the MEP trades are complete, and the wall is rough-in. Drywall and taping are now occurring on the walls, which will be followed by paint. Above ceiling, rough-in is continuing for the trades.