The Counselor's Corner

Students have enjoyed talking about sportsmanship this week.  

Sportsmanship means that you are a good winner and a good loser.

Being a good sport means following rules and respecting your teammates.

Additional children books on sportsmanship are:

              

      

Quotable Quote:  "Before you can score you must first have a goal."       -            Greek Proverb

The Counselor's Corner

Our character education word for the week is sportsmanship.  Sportsmanship means fair play in games and other competitions; using fair play or sportsmanlike conduct.

According to our Changing Lives Character Education Program, sportsmanship in school means:

1.  I will play fair and congratulate the winner.

2.  I will stay cool and control my temper.

3.  I will observe the rules of the game.

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  Career in Focus:  Professional athlete plays in front of an audience and gets paid for it. Fans enjoy seeing these athletes play so much that they are willing to pay to watch. In this way, professional athletes are like performers or entertainers. They must perform well in each game or risk losing. If they don't play well, they won't last long.

  
  

  Our classroom guidance lesson focuses on "Being a Good Sport".

  
  

  Quotable Quote:  "We do not stop playing because we are old.  We grow old because we stop playing."                      Author Unknown

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

The Counselor's Corner

Self-discipline means control and training of one's self for the sake of development.  Control of one's emotions or actions.   PCES students are learning that self-discipline in school means:

1.  To think before they act.
2.  To do their homework at a regular time.
3.  To ignore someone or to walk away when they are provoking them.
4.  To get their school clothes ready before they go to bed.

Career in Focus:




Quotable Quote:

The Counselor's Corner

Since our character education word for the week is perseverance,
PCES students have enjoyed hearing Al Gore read Brave Irene on
Storyline on Line along with several other guidance activities on perseverance.

Despite a raging snowstorm, Irene perseveres and delivers a ballgown to the Duchess for her mother.

Quotable Quote:

“Stay the course, light a star, Change the world where'er you are.”

Richard Le Gallienne

The Counselor's Corner

Our character education word for the week is perseverance.  Perseverance means having the habit of sticking to a task; persisting; to continue to do something in spite of difficulties.

The students at PCES are studying perseverance this week during classroom guidance.  Students are learning to be like The Little Engine that Could and to never give up.

According to our Changing Lives Character Education Program, perseverance in school means:
1.  I will not give up until I find the right answer.
2.  I will work hard to achieve my ambition.
3.  I will study hard, and stay in school to succeed.
4.  I will stay in the game to win!

Career in Focus:  Author/Writer

Writers create books, scripts, ads, articles, manuals, and other written material.

The Guidance Lesson focuses on facing our fears and never giving up.  We are connecting this to

Women's History Month with a spotlight on women:  Colonel Eileen Collins and Dr. Mae C. Jamison.

Quotable Quote:

“Try and fail, but don't fail to try.”       Stephen Kaggwa

The Counselor's Corner

Our character education word for the week is self-reliance.  Self-reliance means to trust in ones own efforts and abilities.

According to our Changing Lives Character Education Program, self-reliance in school means:
1.  I will try and try until I succeed.
2.  I will do the task assigned to me on time.
3.  I will not depend on others for what I can do myself.
4.  I will not leave for tomorrow things I can do today.

Books to read on Self-Reliance:



Career in Focus: Conservator
Conservators preserve history and culture by restoring antique books, artwork, and other important artifacts.
Quotable Quote:

“Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward”  Patricia Sampson

The Counselor's Corner:

Self-Reliance means to trust in ones own efforts and abilities.  During classroom guidance, students discuss ways they show self-reliance.  They also watch the dvd on Auto-B Good:  Self-Reliance.

Additional Books to Read on Self-Reliance are:

Quotable Quote:  "Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to Clinton's sometimes needy, often undisciplined, emotionalism."
Dee Dee Myers