The Husky Orchard Elementary School 120 Jackson Street Billings, MT 59101

Phone: 281-6216 Website: orchardhuskies.weebly.com Facebook: Orchard Elementary Huskies

Dustin Gaugler, Principal Melissa Soucy, Assistant Principal

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MARCH, 2019

NAIAWomen’sNationalBasketballTournament

AcollegebasketballteamwhowillplayintheNAIANationalTournamentwillbeatOrchardtovisitaclassroomforanhourtheweekofMarch13th-19th.Theplayersandcoacheswillspendhalfanhourreadingwiththestudents,andthesecondhalfplayingbasketballinthegym.Our5thgradestudentsandhouseleaderswillbeattendingagameduringtheschooldayaswell.

GoldenAppleAward The GOLDEN APPLE NOMINATION deadline isfast approaching....March 6th! Please take thetime to nominate a deserving teacher forthisprestigious andmeaningful award! You cango to the BPS homepagehttps://www.billingsschools.org and the link tothenominationisrightatthebottomofthepage.

ScienceFairPleaseplan on joiningusThursday,March21sttocelebrateandappreciatethehardworkofour4th and 5th grade students on their Science Fairprojects. The gym will be open from 8:00 –3:30PMforallfamiliestocheckthemout.

PTA

March:8-----------------------------ReportCardsGoHome11-----------------------------UnitedSouthSideSoccerAcademy(Lastsession)18-----------------------------IndividualPictures21-----------------------------ScienceFair21-----------------------------BreakfastforGuardians

OrchardElementaryisstilllookingfordedicatedparents and community members to join ourParent-Teacher Association. The PTA is avolunteergroupthathelpstoprovideresourcesandprogramsforourschoolandfamilies.

PTAFundraisersFridays

Each Friday Diversity Club will be sellingpopcornfor50centsafterschool.

BreakfastforGuardiansParentsandguardians,pleaseplantojoinusforbreakfastonThursday,March21stintheschool’slibrary.Thiseventisorganizedbytheschool’sPTAandwillbeheldfrom7:30-7:55AM.

Therewillbedoughnuts,muffins,coffeeandjuice.Wehopetoseeyouthere!

OrchardAttendance

Parentspleasemakesuretocallandlettheofficeknowbefore8:30ifyourchildisgoingtobegonefortheday.406-281-6216

PrideintheSouthSide

The Western Heritage Center has graciouslyloaned Orchard Elementary a historical exhibitall about the south side. The heritage andhistory on the south side is rich and somethingto be proud of. Come and check it out in theschoolentrance.

KindergartenRegistrationSIGNUPNOW!

Do you have a little one that will be startingKindergartenatOrchard thisupcomingAugust?Ifso,wearenowacceptingregistrationsforthe2019-2020 school year. We have registrationforms here at theOrchard School office, or youcan download it at www.billingsschools.org,click over the “Parents Tab”, then click on“Enrollment and Registration” at the bottom ofthepage.Onthatpage,youwillfindinformationregardingALL of thenecessary immunizations thatwillbe required of students entering Kindergarten.The enrollment form to be completed is threepages. You will need to turn into our schooloffice the registration form, a certified copy ofhis/her birth certificate, and currentimmunizations.Statelawrequiresthenecessaryimmunizations byAugust, before s/he can startschool. If you, or anyone you know,will have akindergarten student starting in August, 2019,weappreciateyouregisteringwithusbeforetheendoftheschoolyear.Thankyou!

PleasejoinusincelebratingourFebruaryStudentsoftheMonth.Congratulations!

KindergartenOliviaLealos(Hawáte)-Mrs.BinfordMelodyGrundhauser(Woksape)-Mrs.

BretzAmeliaGarza(Woksape)-Mrs.Munguia

1stGrade

AlaricBelton(Altruismo)-Ms.BarnettJamesSwearingim(Woksape)-Mrs.

CurtisBenStacey(Isibindi)–Mrs.Welch

2ndGrade

ImaniCalloway(Woksape)–Mrs.LangJamieMartinez(Hawáte)-Mrs.PetersonAleasiahGrussing(Amistad)-Mrs.

Sarsfield

3rdGradeAdrianWilliams(Rêveur)-Ms.LambertAidenFrierson(Isibindi)-Ms.PetrickSereyaWidner(Isibindi)-Mr.Roberts

LilianaKnick(Altruismo)–Mrs.Meidinger

4thGradeCheriannaKujala-Penny(Isibindi)-Mrs.

AuchLillianaCastro(Isibindi)–Ms.Schillinger

5thGrade

SidneeBaker(Rêveur)–Mr.Schwarztkopf

KayleeTrevizo(Woksape)-Mr.SkeltonIsaiahContreraz(Isibindi)-Mrs.StetlerJadeWidner(Amistad)-Mr.Wilson

SpecialistsAdrianWilliams(Rêveur)–Ms.Berg

(Reading)MakylaApodaca(Altruismo)-Mrs.

Bettise(Art)KhiyanStilson(Amistad)-Mrs.Ellis

(Music)JazzlynnRussell(Amistad)-Mrs.Jeziorski

(Library)JalahWilson(Rêveur)-Mr.Miller

(Health/PE)

AHUGETHANKYOUtotheOutbackSteakhouseforprovidinga

greatmealforourstudents.

GOHUSKIES!

CounselorsCornerNurturingaGrowthMindset

Over 30 years ago StanfordUniversity Professor,Dr. CarolDweck, and her colleaguesbecame interested instudentattitudes towards learningand failure. Theyobserved thatwhile some students rebounded frommistakes and failure others seemeddevastated byeven the smallest setbacks. After studying thousands of children, Dr. Dweck coined theterms “fixed mindset” and “growthmindset” to describe the underlying beliefs peoplehave about learning and intelligence. Fixedmindset people are inclined to believe thatintelligence and talents “are born”, therefore, effort in learning isminimal because theybelieve that their ability is a fixed trait. While students that nurture a growthmindsetbelieve that intelligence has a malleable quality and can “be built” through embracingchallenges, effort, and learning frommistakes. When students believe that they can getsmarter, they understand that effortmakes them stronger. Therefore, they put in extratime and effort because they know that they can actually grow their brains, they gainstrength by persevering through the struggle of learning something new that leads tohigherachievement.Recent advances in neuroscience have shown us that the brain is farmoremalleablethanwe ever knew. Research on brain plasticity has shown how connectivity betweenneuronscanchangewithexperience.Studiesondifferentkindsofpraisehavealsoshownthatparentandteacherfeedbackcanmakeadifferenceaswell.Wecaneitherencourageachildtochooseachallengeandincreaseachievementorlookforaneasywayout.Researchhasshownthattellingchildrenthat“theyaresmart”encouragesafixedmindset,whereaspraisinghardworkandeffortcultivatesandpromotesagrowthmindset. Whenstudentshave a growthmindset they take on challenges and learn from them. Growthmindsetlearners know that mistakes become our best teachers and are an essential part oflearning.Whentheycanviewmakingamistakethiswayitallowsthemthefreedomtotakerisks that theymightnotordinarily take for fearofnotbeingperfect. Agrowthmindsetemphasizes “the Power of YET” in learning. This focuses on the process of learningsomethingnew thatwasoncehardandpromotespersistenceuntil that skill ismasteredandbecomeseasier.Itturnsoutthatifwebelieveourbrainscangrow,webehavedifferently.Ifwecanhelpchange a person’s mindset from a fixed to a growth mindset it can lead to increasedmotivationandachievement. Asaparent, ifyouencouragethefourkeyfactorsthathelpcreateagrowthmindset,whichinclude;effort,embracingchallenges,exceptingmistakesaspartoflearning,andbeingopentoconstructivefeedbackyouwillbegivingyourchildvaluableinformationandsupportastheybuildastrongfoundationforlearningandlife.