Parents are welcome to contact their child's teacher, building PBIS Specialists and/or Building Principal if they see a social, emotional, or behavioral concern for their child in grades PK-8. This team would be happy to collaborate with you and discuss what interventions may be an appropriate fit for each child's unique strengths and challenges.
SOAR stands for:
Be Safe
Own It
Act Responsibly
Be Respectful
PBIS Specialists
Leah Nixon
Jamestown Lower
Karman Houtstra
Jamestown Upper
Diana Joostberns
Park
Ross Veldheer
South
The RULER Approach
This year, your child is learning about the RULER approach for social-emotional learning, which is designed to help students recognize, understand, label, express and regulate their emotions in productive ways. Below you will find overview videos from the district PBIS Specialists explaining your child's upcoming RULER Feeling Word Units. Students in grade K-5 will learn eight new feeling words using the RULER curriculum this year. The units of study focus on expanding emotion vocabulary as well as discussing action and thought strategies to proactively handle each emotion. Please reach out to your child’s building principal if you would like more information on their current unit of study. We appreciate your partnership as you engage in at home learning opportunities with your child.