As we start the school year, need a refresher on Woodbrook’s C.A.R.E.S. Traits? Below is an explanation offered on Woodbrook’s Fact Sheet on the school’s website:
“Our growing school serves a close-knit community that is interested and involved in the intellectual and social growth of all children. Our dedication and commitment to Responsive Classroom unites our students and staff in creating learning environments where we place an equal amount of attention on the planning of academics and the social and emotional development of our students. We work together to create learning environments that are rooted in the CARES traits: In order to succeed as members of a global community, citizens must be able to Cooperate; Assert themselves; be both Respectful and Responsible; possess Empathy for others to help them develop a healthy perspective for problem solving; and demonstrate a level of Self-control in order to achieve their goals.”
In service of promoting these traits, the school focuses on a word of the week. Perhaps you have noticed this posted in your child’s teacher’s newsletters? The PTO will be posting the word of the week this year (and sometimes additional resources) in recognition of the family’s role in nurturing the close-knit community referenced above.
Without further ado, this week’s word of the week is COOPERATION. Cooperation (ko-op-er-ay-shun) is when two or more people work together so that they are better off. For cooperation to work, everyone has to be an active member of the team and do what they agree to do.
If you have the chance, be on the look out this week for opportunities to to ask your child how they display this trait, recognize when you see this trait expressed and encourage others to celebrate when they witness cooperation in action!
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