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2008 - 2009 School Year
Classroom Guidance lessons will begin during the fourth quarter.
Videotaped guidance lessons begin the week of August 18.
Videotape topics for the month of August = Safety, Who I am?, What is a counselor? Feelings -
Happy, Sad, Mad
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2007 - 2008 School Year
I will visit each Kindergarten class once every four weeks to facilitate a
guidance lesson social skills and other important topics.
Guidance lessons will begin Tuesday, August 28. My schedule consists of: Garrett 130 - 2 pm,
Riviere 2 - 230 pm, Abney 230 - 3 pm, Hoppe 830 -9 am, LaFaver 9 - 930 am and Taylor 930 - 10
am. These are the dates I will visit your child's class for guidance:
Week A –
Garrett – 130 – 2 pm
August 28
October 2
November 6
December 11
January 29
April 1
Week A –
Riviere – 2 – 230 pm
August 28
October 2
November 6
December 11
January 29
April 1
Week A –
Abney – 230 – 3pm
August 28
October 2
November 6
December 11
January 29
April 1
Week A –
Hoppe – 830 – 9 am
August 29
October 3
November 7
December 12
January 30
April 1
Week A –
LaFaver – 9 – 930 am
August 29
October 3
November 7
December 12
January 30
April 1
Week A –
Taylor – 930 – 10 am
August 29
October 3
November 7
December 12
January 30
April 1
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Each week your child will have a guidance video shown. Please see below for a listing of all
videos shown.
Video #1 (August 28) I Can Follow Rules
Video #2 (September 4) - Safety First! Rules have a reason
Video #3 (September 11) - Let's Talk about Feelings
Video #4 (September 18) - Don't Be So Bossy
Video #5 (September 25) - Don't Call Me Names
Video #6 (October 2) - Sooper Puppy
Video #7 (October 9) - Sooper Puppy
Video #8 (October 16) - Sooper Puppy
Video #9 (October 23) - Sooper Puppy
Video #10 (October 30) - Sooper Puppy
Video #11 (November 6) - Sooper Puppy
Video #12 (November 13) - Stop Picking on Me
Video #13 (November 27) - Listen to What I Just Heard: Gossip, Rumors
Video #14 (December 4) - but names will never hurt me
Video #15 (December 11) - The Power of One
video #16 (December 18) - Use your Words
Video #17 (January 8) - Ten Things to Do Instead of Hitting
Video #18 (January 15) - My Friends and Me
Video #19 (January 22) - What's Respect?
Video #20 (January 29) - What to Do When you get Angry
Video #21 (February 12) - Respect Yourself and Others Too
Video #22 (February 19) - You can Count on Me - Building Character
Video #23 (February 26) - What I Like About Me
Video #24 (March 4) - McGruff the Crime Dog and Gun Safety
No video March 11 due to Testing
Video #25 (March 18) - TBA
Video #26 (April 1) - TBA
Video #27 (April 8) - TBA
Video #28 (April 15) - How would you feel?
Video #29 (April 22) - Let Me Choose
Video #30 (April 29) - Doing the Right Thing
Video #31 (May 6) - You Can Choose Dealing with Feelings
Video #32 (May 13) - Cooperation
Video #33 (May 20) - Resolving Conflicts
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In addition to the weekly video, I will do guidance lessons every fourth week. Please take a
moment to review what lessons have been taught with your child so that you can reiterate the
lessons at home...
Guidance Lesson One
Lesson one focused on introductions - who I was and what a counselor does. We went over
important rules in the classroom - raising our hand when we have something to say, listening
with our eyes and our ears, keeping our hands and feet to ourselves, pay attention, etc. We
talked about what respect was and the total opposite, bullying, was. Your children should have a
basic understanding of respect - treating people the way we want to be treated (nice) and the
basic understanding of what a bully is - someone who is mean to you for no reason - they may
call you names, tease you or make fun of you or even hit or kick you. I gave the children
examples and asked them what the respectful thing to do would be if they passed someone in the
hallway that they knew or someone that they didn't know and another example - what would you do
if you accidentally ran into someone on the playground? I also presented them with specific
situations and asked them if this would be a bullying situation or not. We talked about what
you can say to a bully - "Stop that"; "I don't like when you tease me." A big thing I stressed
was that each child can choose who they want to be friends with and no other child has the right
to tell them that they can't be friends with someone or that they won't be their friend if they
are friends with another child. The children were on their best behavior and I look forward to
my next lesson with them.
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Lesson Two
Dear Parents,
As mandated by the St. Tammany Parish School Board, trained personnel will be presenting a
classroom lesson on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention, Education, and Reporting during the month of
October. Although the children will have a chance to talk about the topic with a guidance
counselor during the class lesson, we would like to encourage you to talk with your child about
this important issue. This might also be a good time to talk to your child about other general
safety issues.
Materials to be used in the lesson are available at the school for preview during the remainder
of the month of September. If you wish to preview the material, or if you have any questions,
please call the school.
Thank you for your concern and interest in the safety of your child.
Sincerely,
Stacey Boitnott
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Lesson Three
Lesson three focused on tattling vs. reporting. Students were taught when you tell on a person
just to get them in trouble, that is called tattling. When you tell on someone because they are
hurt or in danger, that is called reporting. I read them a story called A Bad Case of Tattle
Tongue. After reading the story I gave them different scenarios and they had to determine
whether it was a tattling or a reporting situation.
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Lesson Four
Lesson four continued the lesson on tattling vs. telling (reporting). We reviewed again that
tattling is when you tell on someone when the situation isn't a big deal, it's none of your
business, and you are just trying to get someone in trouble. Telling (reporting) is when you
tell on someone to get them out of trouble because they are either in danger or hurt. We
watched a video called When Telling Isn't Tattling and after each clip we stopped the tape to
discuss it. The students have a better understanding of when it is important to tell and when
it is unnecessary.
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Lesson Five
Lesson five focused on the importance of the words "I'm sorry" and not only saying it when it is
appropriate but showing you are truly apologetic. Saying those words when you don't really mean
it is dishonest and rude and typically a person gets busted when they use those words and don't
really mean it. Actions speak louder than words. Children were also taught the importance of
forgiveness.
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Lesson Six
We read enemy pie and talked about really getting to know someone before deciding someone is an
enemy because you might lose out on a good friend if you are too hasty.
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