Memorial Wellness Weekly Newsletter
Parent/Teacher/Community
March 14, 2021
Maximizer or Satisficer?
Students encounter challenges and obstacles every day. We teach them resilience through approaching these barriers with flexibility. Learning to have a growth/flexible mindset is a crucial part of our educational culture. We learn through risks and mistakes.
Students are asked to explain the process of their thinking more and more as they progress through the grades, rather than just answer the question. We are challenging our student every day with academics and critical thinking activities. Learning leads our students to forming a perspective or mindset of practicing through two lenses: Maximizer or Satificer?
How do we show up? For our students, workplaces, families and communities...are you satisfied with what we put our OR are you a maximizer?
Maximizers = Considering whether there is a bigger, better, faster, stronger option...always wondering if there is a better choice. "That was an option but..."
Satisficer = Content with the present, status quo...where you are offered is good enough.
Quiz: Maximizer or Satisficer?
March Theme:
Message of the Month: Flexible Thinking (Growth Mindset, Flexible vs. Fixed)
Upcoming opportunities:
Kid's Heart Challenge -
Talk Time with Your Student:
Meeting Our Needs:
You can only be the best version of yourself if you have a solid foundation.
The AAP recommends the following (healthychildren.org):
Children 6 to 12 years of age should sleep 9 to 12 hours per 24 hours on a regular basis to promote optimal health.
Children 6 years and older need 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity on most days of the week (free play and organized sports focused on fun).
The AAP recommends that families create a Media Plan in order to address the multifaceted impacts that all kinds of media and screen time have on children. Attached to this report is a Tip Sheet for parents on screen time. Additionally, create your family media plan here: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/media/Pages/default.aspx
More Tips and Help:
Memorial School Wellness Team
Beth Purcell, Assistant Principal, purcellb@sau25.net
Christine Hodgdon, School Counselor, hodgdonc@sau25.net
Anna Cook, School Nurse, cooka@sau25.net
Katelyn LeBlanc, School Social Worker, leblanck@sau25.net
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