Dear Beaumont Families;
I hope you are having an incredible summer break with your children. Oregon is the best place to be during the months of July and August. Many of our students talked about going to camps, visiting relatives and heading to places they had never been before. The Beaumont School office is now closed, reopening on August 20thfor registration. The office staff will return on August 12thin preparation of the 2013-14 School Year.
As the staff left in June we came up with the idea to create a School Climate Committee next year made up of staff and parents. The goals of this committee will be to support our students having an environment in which they have a voice about respect every day in every classroom.
The Administrative team met and created a list of ideas for building a stronger safe and civil community here at Beaumont. A few of the ideas are:
· Grade Level Assemblies focused on AASABE (Academic Achievement Situationally Appropriate Behavior Everyone)
· An AASABE contract for every student signed by the student and parents.
· A Student Council, elected by peers.
· Community Building Activities such as a 6thgrade/staff kickball game and a 7thgrade volleyball/staff game to allow students to get to know staff they may not have yet.
· Six members of the staff are attending Restorative Justice training in August. This approach provides a different way of holding students accountable to the school community they live in.
I want you each to know that we respect your ideas and relish your input into what else we as a staff can do to help you know your students are in a positive and inclusive environment. It will take all of us working together to get the message out that being mean is not cool, it hurts! Being kind and having a strong voice is where it’s at.
We are ready to listen to you…
Enjoy and see you soon,
Elizabeth Casson-Taylor
Beaumont Principal
