UPStander Day!!

In preparation for our big NED Show on Monday to focus on UPStanding and being "Kinder than Necessary" we wore UPStander shirts or blue shirts today!  We are so proud of our UPStanding students for making our school a better place!
Here are just a few of our amazing UPStanders we caught wearing their shirts!

"The Legend of ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS!!!!!!"

We have had such a fun first week back!!  In Guidance classes, grades 1-5 have been reviewing the tools we have here at Willow to help us solve problems.  We use:

Stop, Walk, Talk: When someone is being disrespectful to us

Peace Path: When we need to talk a problem through with someone

Tell an adult: When the behavior is considered unsafe or bullying

Stop, Walk, ROCK, Talk: When its a small problem - usually we use Rock, Paper, Scissors. 

I found SUCH a fun book about the "legend" of Rock, Paper Scissors this summer... from the guy who brought you "The Day the Crayons Quit" Drew Daywalt.

To add a little activity to this, we tried the "Hopscotch + Rock, Paper, Scissors" game that Phy Ed teachers on Facebook have been going nuts over... and it has been a hit with our 3rd and 4th graders this week!