Principal's Weekly Message

This Week’s Happenings at Muir

8^th Grade Speech Competition this week
This is Speech Week at Muir with all of our 8th grade students delivering speeches in front of their classmates as part of a competition.  

PTSA meets on Tuesday
The John Muir PTSA will meet tomorrow night at 6:30pm and all are welcome to attend.  

PE Equipment drive May 4^th to 8^th 
From May 4^th to 8^th, there will be a collection for used sports equipment for the PE department.  We will also be accepting cash donations to purchase new equipment for PE.  Please see the attached flyer for more information.

State Testing on April 27-May 1
Save the date for state testing which will take place April 27^th to May 1^st.

Looking Ahead to Next Week
Looking ahead to next week, our instrumental music program will host their spring concert on Wednesday evening and next Friday, April 24^th will be a pupil-free day with no school for students as we observe Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.

Mindful Monday Minute
Every Monday our students do a Social-Emotional Learning activity in their Muir Time class.  We encourage you to follow up with your student on what they discussed.

Today in Muir’s Mindful Monday students learned how to identify effective strategies to manage conflict and regulate your emotions in challenging situations using the 3 C’s of conflict resolution: to Calm down, Communicate clearly, and Compromise respectfully.  Ask your student when and where they would use these strategies.  Next time there is a challenging situation, consider practicing the 3 C’s of conflict resolution with your child.