Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Hello all,
I'm officially back from maternity leave, and although I miss my little girls, it's so great seeing everyone!
Currently I'm working on building the mentoring program here at EMES.  We have staff, middle and high school students as well as community folks hanging out with kiddos once a week for a half an hour.  It's SO wonderful to see kids light up when they see their mentor come to spend time with them!  If you would like your child to participate, or maybe you yourself would like to be a mentor, please contact me as soon as possible.  Also, if you have anything to donate to the mentor program (legos, games, etc.) that would be great!
Next week I will be back in classes teaching!  We will start with the wonderful "bucket filling"activities.  Every year, at all levels I read the book, "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" by Carol McCloud.  The idea is that everyone has an invisible bucket (even you;) and that you can either dip into or fill other people's buckets by what you say and do.  We all use the same language to help kids articulate when other's are dipping into their buckets.  At the end of the book, we all fill everyone's "bucket" in the classroom. Talk with your child(ren) about their bucket, and how it was filled today, or what they could do to fill it!
Happy bucket filling!!!
Kacie

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Welcome

Welcome back! I always love seeing how students grow over the summer and hearing about all of their fun adventures they had with their families.

As you may or may not know, the Cordia-Worth family grew by one. On June 19th we welcomed Mayla Bliss. We fell in love with her immediately, even her big sister LuLu. While you may see me periodically at school, my plan is to be out on maternity leave until sometime in October. Thankfully, Cat Fair (school counselor from neighboring Calais Elementary) will be subbing for short term counseling on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Guidance classes will resume upon my return. Cat and I spent some time together this week checking in. She will contact you if she plans to see your child. If you wish to make sure this connection happens or a new need has arisen, you can contact Cat directly in the guidance office here (223-7936 x303) on Tuesdays and Thursdays. She can also be contacted at her office in Calais on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (454-7777 x362) or by email at cfair@u32.org.

If you have any questions or concerns, I am still checking my email periodically and can be reached at kcordia@u32.org. I miss laughing with your children and cannot wait to see them when I return in the fall.

Kacie Cordia-Worth, School Counselor