Author Archives: khshaia

Classroom Lessons This Week This week, we learned about our February Habitude: Curiosity. We discussed and used our journals to record things we are most curious about. Student ideas included interests in space, time travel, cures for illness, dinosaurs, caves, … Continue reading →

Our October classroom guidance lessons this month are all about Bully Prevention. Students learn what is bullying behavior and how to make it stop. Some favorite books I use to help students understand bullying behavior are The Recess Queen, Stand Tall, … Continue reading →

The fall season is definitely here! With that comes a few new items to add to our Counseling Blog.  IB applications will go live on 10/5/20. Parents and students in grade 5 may access and complete the application by going … Continue reading →

Welcome back to a new school year. In September my class lessons will focus on understanding and respecting differences. I will be using a variety of books that develop characters who have differences and how they learn to positively accept … Continue reading →

During these “new normal” circumstances of COVID-19 It may seem we as parents are spending more time helping our children solve conflicts and problems in our families. I have designed two activities for students to choose from to help them … Continue reading →

As we continue in our school closure and the uncertain times of COVID-19 I hope all of our KES community is staying safe and well. The following articles have great information for parents to think about in support of your … Continue reading →

KES 2020 Virtual Career Day! Hi Everyone in recognition of our planned Career Day 2020 I have gathered together many websites for students to enhance their career awareness. I hope you have fun with these. Please email me your thoughts … Continue reading →

I have been trying to come to terms that I will not see all my amazing students. As you know I feel that all 450 are truly my students. I enjoy our monthly time in classroom lessons. My small group … Continue reading →

  March 13, 2020 Dear Kaechele Families: During this time, many different feelings and thoughts can arise. I want to provide resources to help support you and your families while we are navigating this period away from Kaechele. Here are … Continue reading →

Happy Random Acts of Kindness Month!! We have several projects to help make the world a better place. Here is a list of our projects. February 3-28 Donate gently used new or used books Books will be given to needy … Continue reading →