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OVIATT ELEMENTARY
By Dr. Laura Sivadge, Principal
and
Rodney Martinez, Dean of Students
School Anxiety
Every child has days when he or she doesn't want to
go to school. Children suffering from school anxiety,
however, feel that they can't go to school. Fortunately,
only about two percent of school-age children develop
school anxiety and virtually all of them can learn to
overcome it with the help of parents, teachers and coun-
selors.
What causes school anxiety? There are a variety of
reasons why a child may feel he or she can't go to school.
The most common are the fear of being bullied, test or
performance anxiety and social isolation from class-
mates.
Is school anxiety different from being a truant? Yes.
Children who skip school to be defiant are truants.
Children who have school anxiety are actually psycho-
logically afraid to go to school.
How does this problem start? There usually is some
event that launches a child into feeling that he or she
cannot attend school. For example, school anxiety could
occur after a child has been out of school for a long pe-
riod; if the child suffers from an illness; if the child is
attending a new school; if the child has experienced a
huge embarrassment; or if the child is the victim of a
bully.
What if the child complains of medical problems?
Sometimes children feel physically sick even if they
aren't. It is important to determine if the source of the
sickness is physical or psychological, If the family phy-
sician or school nurse rules out physical problems, the
child's family and the school must insist that the child
keep attending class and work together to find a solu-
tion.
How long does it last? That depends on the approach
taken to treat the problem. The most important thing is
to make sure that the child attends school every day,
even if it is traumatic. The longer they stay home, the
harder it is to get them back in school.
What are the long-term consequences? If a child
doesn't go to school, his grades and peer relationships
suffer. This can, if allowed to continue, lead to long-
term problems such as getting into college, or even work-
related problems far in the future.
How is school anxiety treated? It's important that
parents and teachers work together to identify what is
prompting the school stress. Once the cause is identi-
fied, work can begin to find a solution. Usually that
means helping a child feel more secure, along with be-
havior.management techniques to teach him or her how
to handle difficult situations. Rarely is it necessary to
change the child's teacher or school.
What should we tell the child? There are three re-
ally important points to get across to a child who is ex-
periencing school anxiety:
1. All children must go to school, by law. Staying
home is not an option.
2. Their family, teachers and counselors will work
with them to address any of the reasons why they feel
they cannot attend school. But the child has to work on
it as well.
3. Their family loves them, their school respects them
and everyone understands that they are feeling stressed.
The best path to overcoming school anxiety is recog-
nizing the problem early, working with the teachers and
counselors to identify the reasons for avoiding school
and developing a plan of action to help the child over-
come it.
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N/Warren Town and County News
Thursday, August 25, 2011
LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY
By Jill Anderson, Principal
Dave Oleson, Dean of Students
Discipline
Discip}ine in schools is always on the forefront of
many teachers, parents and community members'
minds. Using PBIS (Positive Interventions and Sup-
ports), we view discipline as an opportunity to teach
skills rather than just a punishment. In the past 30 years,
research has told us that challenging kids are challeng-
ing because they lack the skills not to be challenging.
The skills they lack include crucial cognitive skills, es-
pecially in the domains of flexibility/adaptability, frus-
tration tolerance and problem solving. If they had these
skills, they'd use them because they prefer not to be be-
haviorally challenging. That's because doing well is
preferable to not doing well. These students don't lack
motivation, they lack skills.
Tlqis is where we step in and look to teach theseskills.
It is similar to a student who may struggle with read-
ing. We would provide them with the means necessary
to improve their reading. This is no different for the
student who has challenging behavior. One way PBIS
helps us teach students is by modeling proper and ex-
pected behavior. We also like to work cooperatively with
parents to help with this process because it takes a team
to truly make a positive difference in these students'
lives.
Congratulations to the Nutrition Department
Congratulations to Chris Woodyard and her lfinch
crew (Donna, Rita and George) in receiving the $1,000
Fuel UpTM Breakfast Grant. The Fuel Up Breakfast
Grants program is sponsored by General Mills
Foodservice as part of a partnership effort with National
Dairy Council® to help improve student access to high-
quality, nutritious foods at school. This grant specifi-
cally targets breakfast, providing funds to help schools
improve or expand their breakfast progbams with an
emphasis on alternative breakfast options that are sus-
tainable.
Chris and staff will be designing the "Get and Grab"
breakfast for students this year. Our goal will be to in--
crease breakfast participation by the Lakewood students
before they start their academic day! Congratulations
Chris!
Important Dates
Aug. 25 2 p.m. Dismissal
Aug. 26 2 p.m. Dismissal
Sept. 5 Labor Da34 No School
Sept. 8 Fall Picture Day
Sept. 9 Lakewood Fundraiser Kickoff
Sept. 21 Teacher Professional
Development, 12:05 Early Out
Sept. 28 Fundraiser Ends
Oct. 25 Fundraiser Delivery at Lakewood
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
ment
Sept.
Sept.
NORWALK HIGH SCHOOL
2011 VARSITY VOLLEYBALL
A=Away H--Home
Aug. 25 - A, Southeast Polk High School, Southeast
Polk Tournament, 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 30 - A, Creston, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 1 - A, Pella Christian, 7:15 p.m.
Sept. 8 - A, Dallas Center - Grimes, 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 -A, Grinnell, 9 a.m.
Sept. 13 - H, Norwalk High School - NHS Gym,
Oskaloosa, 7:15 p.m.
Sept. 20 - A, Newton, 7:15 p.m.
Sept. 24 - A, Des Moines Roosevelt, 8 a.m.
Sept. 27 - H, Norwalk High School - NHS Gym,
Grinnell, 7:15 p.m.
Oct. 6 - H, Norwalk High School - NHS Gym, Des
Moines Lincoln, 7:15 p.m.
Oct. 11 - H, Norwalk High School - NHS Gym, Knox-
ville, 7:15 p.m.
Oct. 13 -A, Pella, 7:15 p.m.
Oct. 15 - A, Winterset, 9 a.m.
Oct. 18 - A, Bondurant, 5 p.m., Bondurant-Farrar HS
& Boone HS
2011 9th/JV VOLLEYBALL
A=Away H=Home
30 - A, Creston, 5:45 p.m., 9th & JV
1 - A, Pella Christian, 5:30 p.m., 9th & JV
8 A, Dallas Center-Grimes, 5:30 p.m., 9th & JV
10 - A, Winterset, 9 a.m., JV Tournament
13 - H, Oskaloosa, 5:30 p.m., 9th & JV-NHS Gym
17 - A, Urbandale, 8 a.m., 9th Grade Tourna-
19 - A, Pella HS, 5:30 p.m., 9th Quadrangle
20 - A, Newton, 5:30 p.m., 9th & JV
Sept. 24 - A, Johnston, 9 a.m., 9th Grade Tournament
A, Indianola, 8:30 a.m., JV Tournament
Sept. 27 - H, Grinnell, 5:30 p.m., 9th & JV, NHS Gym
Oct. 6 - H, Des Moines Lincoln, 5:30 p.m., 9th & JV,
NHS Gym
Oct. 8 - A, Waukee, 8:30 a.m., JV Tournament
Oct. 11 - H, Knoxville, 5:30 p.m., 9th & JV, NHS Gym
Oct. 15 - H, Norwalk, 9 a.m., 9th Grade Quadrangle,
NHS Gym
Oct. 18 -A, Bondurant, 5 p.m., vs Bondurant-Farrar
HS & Boone HS
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hotter than the sun.
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Monday - Thursday
10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday & Saturday
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, 1 - 5 p.m.
Closed Sundays
(Mernoml Day-I~d~or Da~9
Child Sexual Abuse
Prevention Task Force
I have been appointed
by the Speaker to repre-
sent House Republicans
on a newly created state-
wide child sexual abuse
prevention task force,
which was created by the
legislature. Under a provi-
sion in this section, four
legislators, among others,
are to serve on the task
force - each appointed by
the majority and minority
leaders of the House and
Senate.
The law calls for devel-
opment of a model child
sexual abuse prevention
policy for schools and pos-
sible recommendations on
legislation. The section
also charges the organiza-
tion, Prevent Child Abuse
Iowa, with convening and
staffing the task force,
which must report to the
legislature by January 16,
2012.
Legislative Pages
Every year the Iowa
Legislative News
By State Representative Julian B. Garrett
julian.garrett@legis.state.ia.us
House of Representatives,
as well as the Iowa Senate
and Legislative Services
Agency (LSA), employ
Iowa high school juniors
and seniors to serve as
Pages for the legislative
session.
The duties of the Pages
may vary depending on
whether they serve as Sen-
ate Pages, House Pages, or
LSA Pages, but generally
Pages provide valuable as-
sistance to Representatives
or Senators and staff by
assisting with tasks such as
working at the switch-
board, delivering mes-
sages, distributing legisla-
tion, assisting committee
chairpersons or sorting
amendments. When visi-
tors at the Capitol want to
visit with their legislators,
"it is often the Pages who
inform the legislators that
someone wants to see
them. Pages are paid and
many schools grant credit
for a student's work in the
Legislature. Check with
your school if you are in-
terested in gaining school
credit.
I encourage local stu-
dents to apply for the Page
program. We are fortunate
to be close enough to Des
M6ines so a young person
can serve as a Page and still
live at home.
• I hope area students
will apply to serve as Leg-
islative Pages. It is a real
opportunity for students
to gain real world experi-
ences, see firsthand how
laws are made and inter-
act with their government
and elected officials, as
well as other young people
who are interested in gov-
ernment and politics.
The application for the
2012 Legislative Page Pro-
gram is due no later than
Frida3~ Oct. 7. To receive
more information or an ap-
plication, go to: http://
www.legis.iowa.gov/
DOCS/lsaReports/pageInfo/
PageApplication.pdf.
As alwavs feel free to con-
tact me with your ideas or
concerns at julian.garret
Ka)legis.state.ia.us.
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