Week 3

Congratulations to the Polar Bears for their win over Lakehill Prep.
Final score was 21-12.
Check out the article at
http://corsicanadailysun.com/sports/x955427161/Frost-uses-big-first-half-tough-D-to-earn-second-win

This week is Homecoming Week. Don't forget to show your spirit by dressing up this week. You can find the spirit schedule on the bathroom doors.

Juniors will host the Homecoming Dance after the game. They are selling raffle tickets all week and at the game. Prizes will include a Polar Bear and Lady Polar Bear team autographed football and volleyball, a wooden standing drink cooler and many other prizes. More details on the dance will be posted in the hallways and announced during the week.

Lady Bears will have a week off this week and will resume play on Sat. Sept 11.

Speaking of Sept. 11. Most of you were only toddlers when the 9/11 bombings occurred, but even at that age, I'm sure you have some memory of the impact the tragedy had on our country. As we approach the ninth anniversary of 9/11, please keep in mind the people who lost their lives that day and our soldiers who continue to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. They are fighting for our way of life and our liberties. Justin Baldridge, 2006 Frost graduate and son of Coach Jerry and Teri Baldridge is part of the Marine company that is clearing out the Taliban extremists ahead of our troops. He is right in the thick of the danger and he, now more than ever needs our thoughts and prayers.

State Senator Brian Birdwell who survived the Pentagon bombing on 9/11 will speak at the Navarro County Courthouse on Sat. 9/11/2010 at 1:30pm. Senator Birdwell is a very good friend of our family and has quite a story of survival to tell. I urge you to attend the gathering in Corsicana if you can. I will let you know what time he will speak.

This is the third week of school and progress reports will go out next week.

Here is our week at a glance:

Tuesday - Finish Open Book Test - Review for Selection Test
Wednesday - Selection Test - Poetry Selection One Vocab Warm-up Word List & Exercise pg 23-24
Thursday - Writing About the Big Question, Reading : Meanings from Context pg 28
Homework: Literary Analysis: Sound Devices pg 28-29
Friday - Vocab Builder pg 30, Enrichment: Phases of the Moon pg 31


Vickery's Vit & Visdom
"Tell me a fact and I'll learn. Tell me a truth and I'll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever." --- Indian Proverb

This brings to mind, when my children were very small. I underestimated their intelligence, as many parents will. I got in the habit of saying "no" and using the reason, "Because I said so." After all, that is how I was raised. My children wanted reasons, justification and would negotiate their case whenever they could. I was exhausted trying to outwit them. Finally, I realized that they deserved an explanation to my decisions. Once I took the time and explained why they couldn't have something or do something, and used a story from my own childhood as an example (sometimes I had to make one up), they were more okay with the decision. Children are smart if we allow them to be. If we bully and intimidate them when they are small, they figure out very quickly, it is not worth it to question, which is sad on so many levels. Danny DeVito in the movie "Matilda" demonstrates his terrible parenting skills with this line,"I am smart, you are dumb, I am right, you are wrong and there is nothing you can do about it."
In class, I sometimes get off topic and share a story from my childhood to prove a point in a lesson. Years later, kids (now adults) come up to me and tell me, "I loved your stories". If it helps them to remember the point I'm trying to make, I will gladly get off topic for a minute to explain, not just state facts to be regurgitated on a test. My parenting advice to you, although I hope you don't have to use it for a while, is to correct your children early, often, but, always explain your correction. It makes them feel more valuable that you took the time to explain. The time you take to do this will help your child in the long run.

Here's the Vit....If you learn to laugh at yourself, you'll never run out of smiles.