Lighthouse School, Inc.
Newsletter
June 2024
In This Edition:
Wellman Avenue Facility Entrance
Announcements:
Mill Road Facility Entrance
- The Bioeducational Theme for June is Character
- Bioed Newsletters for May are going home May 31st
- MCAS High School Biology testing June 4th-5th
- Transition Ceremony is Friday, June 7th
- Senior Week is the week of June 3rd
- Field Day is Tuesday, June 11th
- The last day of school is Wednesday, June 12th
- Report Cards & Progress Reports mailing out June 12th
“Your character defines who you are by the actions you take.”
--Catherine Pulsifer
LHS Update: May 2024 - pg 2
Theme of the month: character
During the month of June, students will focus on Character. Character is defined as the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual that make up someone’s personality. Having good character means that one has admirable traits, such as honesty, responsibility, and courage. Character can be changed and developed. When people develop strong character traits, they discover that their relationships get better and they feel better about themselves. This month we will help students identify their character traits. We will process questions such as: are there some traits they would like to develop further? Our job is to reinforce and teach positive and useful traits in our students, such as self-reliance, perseverance, courage, respect, and responsibility. It is important for staff to role-model positive character traits for our students.
Book Suggestions:
Movie Suggestions:
- Do Onto Otters: A Book About Manners
- Wonder
- My Mouth Is a Volcano!
- Each Kindness
- What If Everybody Did That?
- A Bad Case of Stripes
- The Dot
- Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
- It’s Up To You…What Do You Do?
- Remember The Titans (PG)
- The Lion King (G)
- Brave (PG)
- The Iron Giant (PG)
- The Last Mimzy (PG)
- Pokemon: The First Movie (G) (1998) or Pokemon: MewTwo Strikes Back (PG)
LHS Update: May 2024 - pg 3
Philosophy Amplification Project:
Stop and Smell the Flowers!
The fourteenth and last highlight of our Philosophy Amplification Project for this school year is Stop and Smell the Flowers. This new station in our 200 cluster is designed as a visual guide to mindful breathing. As students move the butterfly from one end of the mural to the other, they are encouraged to breathe with the “breeze,” experimenting with slower breathing (inhaling for a count of 4, holding for a count of 4, exhaling for a count of 4, and holding for a count of 4).
The APEX Application:
This station is used to notice one’s level of regulation before use and then notice where it is after spending time here. To see how one’s level of regulation is like a breeze, and to notice what scene you see when you think of a relaxing place and how helpful it is to focus on slowing down your breathing.
The Biodevelopmental components are:
Regulation, Physical Dimension, Sensory Dimension and Contact
LHS Update: May 2024 - pg 4
OUR CAMPUS FACILITIES MILESTONE
We would like to share with you a video of the progress happening with the new building. We are all so excited to see how much has happened over these last few months and looking forward to the many changes still to come and of course most of all, being together again soon.
LHS Update: May 2024 - pg 5
Summer Family Services
Our Family Therapists continue their hard work throughout the summer months. The team of therapists works to complete the consent forms for the upcoming school year. They meet with each family twice over the summer and maintain communication between the monthly meetings. In addition to the monthly meetings, they develop goals for the upcoming school year for each family they work with.
Please work with your therapist to schedule your summer visits, complete the consent forms, and review the Family Service Plan.
LHS Update: May 2024 - pg 6
Summer Challenge
As we complete the school year, we want to recognize the hard work that all of the students have put into developing their reading skills this year. This is no small feat, and the effort we saw each and every day was amazing to watch and the growth we saw in their reading development was equally as promising. With all of that hard work, we wanted to give you some resources to help your children keep those hard earned skills.
Research shows that two months of reading skills are lost over the summer if reading isn’t continued. It takes an average of 6 weeks to make up for summer learning loss and research also indicates that learning loss increases as children get older.
With that in mind, please find included in this newsletter, reading lists for you to review and utilize should you choose to do so. These lists are broken into grade level areas: lower elementary, upper elementary, lower secondary and upper secondary.
We hope you find this information helpful. As always, please reach out to us with any questions you may have.
We wish you all a safe, healthy, and happy Summer and look forward to seeing you in the Fall for the start of another wonderful school year!!!
LHS Update: May 2024 - pg 7
academic awards RECAP
academic awards RECAP
LHS Update: May 2024 - pg 8
end of year activities
Transition Ceremony
June 7th
Senior Week
June 3-June 7th
Field Day
June 11th
LHS Update: April 2024 - pg 9
summer activitIes
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
LHS Update: April 2024 - pg 10
LIGHTHOUSE Resources
Family Support Line
As a reminder, our therapists are available to offer clinical support to families and students 24 hours a day. If you are in need of assistance, please call our support line, starting with Line 1:
Line #1: (978) 821-1351
If you are not able to connect with a therapist or do not get a response within 15 minutes, please try Line 2:
Line #2: (978) 821-0316
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LHS Update: April 2024 - pg 11
