As we enter Thanksgiving week, I am reminded of the many reasons why I am grateful to be working in the Mendon-Upton Regional School District. In our classrooms our students benefit from caring teachers and staff who go above and beyond to not only meet the needs of all of our learners, but to inspire them, encourage them, love them, and create engaging environments for growth. In our schools, I've witnessed our community gather around colleagues in times of need, celebrate successes with joyful support, and have fun alongside our students. Thank you for all that you do and please take some much-needed rest and relaxation over the Thanksgiving Break. Twitter Challenge: #Portrait of a Learner #MURSDInspires #SkillfulCollaboratorResourcesArticles/Blogs from Twitter
Self-Care Practice: Gratitude With Thanksgiving season upon us, our self-care practice this week to work on is gratitude. Gratitude allows us to find the good in our lives. Research indicates that gratitude practices boost emotional well-being as well as physical health. Here are a few examples of how you can express gratitude: 1. Send a text message to someone thanking them for brightening your day. 2. Keep a gratitude journal and write down 3-5 things you are thankful for. Do this a few times a week. 3. Create a gratitude jar where your family adds in gratitude notes. Read through the notes when the jar is full. 4. Capture the ordinary moments in your life that you can feel gratitude for. You do not always have to focus on extraordinary events that occur. 5. Run errands with gratitude. Thank those who help you along the way at stores. 6. Write a personalized thank you note to someone who helped you in some way. 7. Give a colleague a high-five or fist-bump for a job well done. 8. Write a kind review for a business or product that you enjoyed and appreciated. 9. Post on social media something you are #grateful for. 10. Do random acts of kindness. Inspiration "Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud."--Maya Angelou Upcoming district events/meetings
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