Welcome to the Hernando Elementary School
Counseling Website
email contact: constance.belew@dcsms.org
office hours 7:00am- 3:00pm
Monday-Friday
Please email me if you need anything and check out the District Mental Health link for additional resources.
Registration for new and returning students is open on our district website. www.desotocounty schools.org.
An email will be sent to returning students with a snap code for registration. Please upload your required documents.
New students must have a certified birth certificate and MS 121 immunization compliance form marked complete for K4-6th grade.
If you have registration questions, please contact us at HES, Contact our Central Services at 662-449-8279, or 662-449-7230 for residency questions, or please send me an email using my contact information listed above.
**students will receive free breakfast and lunch for the 2021-2022 school year**
An email will be sent to returning students with a snap code for registration. Please upload your required documents.
New students must have a certified birth certificate and MS 121 immunization compliance form marked complete for K4-6th grade.
If you have registration questions, please contact us at HES, Contact our Central Services at 662-449-8279, or 662-449-7230 for residency questions, or please send me an email using my contact information listed above.
**students will receive free breakfast and lunch for the 2021-2022 school year**
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html visit this site for extra ideas of things to do at home k-12
New Character Education Videos this week
Previous Character Education
Videos and Lessons
More Ideas to Keep Spreading Kindness, Not Germs:
1. paint a rock and leave it for a neighbor to find
2. Write someone you are thankful for a letter (Nurse, doctor, policeman)
3. Draw someone a picture
4. Make a fun video and send it to someone you miss
5. Do a chore without being asked
6. FaceTime someone and tell them a joke
7. Tape a sign to a neighbors mailbox to cheer them up
8. Share a snack and story with someone at home
9. Sing someone at home a song, or send someone a video of you singing
10. Give everyone at your house a smile and a hug
1. paint a rock and leave it for a neighbor to find
2. Write someone you are thankful for a letter (Nurse, doctor, policeman)
3. Draw someone a picture
4. Make a fun video and send it to someone you miss
5. Do a chore without being asked
6. FaceTime someone and tell them a joke
7. Tape a sign to a neighbors mailbox to cheer them up
8. Share a snack and story with someone at home
9. Sing someone at home a song, or send someone a video of you singing
10. Give everyone at your house a smile and a hug
Stress Pizza Activity:
Supplies:
paper
scissors
crayons or markers
stress pizza menu(below)
1. list your favorite stress busting coping skills (we learned a lot of coping skills this year, feel free to use your own ideas)
2. use the menu key or assign a topping to your coping skill (ex. Talking to someone is tomatoes)
3. cut a nice big triangle out of your paper in the shape of a pizza slice
4. design your pizza with your coping skill toppings
Can your family design a whole stress buster pizza? Remember to use your coping skills during this time. Hang your pizza on the refrigerator or in your room to help remind you.
Supplies:
paper
scissors
crayons or markers
stress pizza menu(below)
1. list your favorite stress busting coping skills (we learned a lot of coping skills this year, feel free to use your own ideas)
2. use the menu key or assign a topping to your coping skill (ex. Talking to someone is tomatoes)
3. cut a nice big triangle out of your paper in the shape of a pizza slice
4. design your pizza with your coping skill toppings
Can your family design a whole stress buster pizza? Remember to use your coping skills during this time. Hang your pizza on the refrigerator or in your room to help remind you.
Emotional Charades
You need:
Think of different emotions. For kindergarten students this may be sad, happy, mad, scared. Students draw emotion faces and label the emotion. Parents you may need to help with this step. First graders, older siblings, and parents think of more complex emotions like frustrated, stressed, or furious and draw and label. You could make this game more difficult by doing emotional sentences. For example. Holding a baby, hitting a home run, or missing my friends. Again, parents, you can help with the writing and reading steps.
Cut the examples of emotions or sentences out and fold into smaller pieces to mix into a bowl or box.
Take turns drawing out emotions to act out and have your family guess what emotion you are showing.
Remember try not to talk and each player can have 10-20 seconds to act. You could assign a time keeper and interpreter for younger players.
After you play the game, talk about the different emotions you acted out and things or situations that could make you feel that way. End the game by discussing coping skills that can help us calm and express big and/or hard emotions. You can make a family coping skills list to use during this time.
Some Coping skills we have discussed this year at school:
You need:
- Paper
- Something to write with
- Scissors
- A box or bowl
Think of different emotions. For kindergarten students this may be sad, happy, mad, scared. Students draw emotion faces and label the emotion. Parents you may need to help with this step. First graders, older siblings, and parents think of more complex emotions like frustrated, stressed, or furious and draw and label. You could make this game more difficult by doing emotional sentences. For example. Holding a baby, hitting a home run, or missing my friends. Again, parents, you can help with the writing and reading steps.
Cut the examples of emotions or sentences out and fold into smaller pieces to mix into a bowl or box.
Take turns drawing out emotions to act out and have your family guess what emotion you are showing.
Remember try not to talk and each player can have 10-20 seconds to act. You could assign a time keeper and interpreter for younger players.
After you play the game, talk about the different emotions you acted out and things or situations that could make you feel that way. End the game by discussing coping skills that can help us calm and express big and/or hard emotions. You can make a family coping skills list to use during this time.
Some Coping skills we have discussed this year at school:
- Hugs
- Talking to someone
- Reading
- Writing
- Drawing
- Walking
- Watching tv/games
- Music
- Thinking happy thoughts
- Breathing
- Counting
- Exercise
- Taking a break
Lesson 2: listening
Why is it important to be a good listener?
How do you feel when someone isn’t listening to you?
What could you do to be a better listener?
What does an active listener do?
Games to practice listening skills at home:
Simon Says. Take turns being Simon.
Interview game.
Take turns interviewing a family member.
Interviewee can only answer with one word but use face and body to get your point across. See if you can understand each other and listen actively.
Example interview questions:
Think of your own interview questions and write them down.
Interviewees try to only answer with one word but use your face and body. For example only say broccoli, spinach, or cold but express how you feel about each with body and facial expression. This requires the interviewer to use whole body listening.
Practice listening by a fun game of Simon Says.
Why is it important to be a good listener?
How do you feel when someone isn’t listening to you?
What could you do to be a better listener?
What does an active listener do?
- Head-think about what is said
- Eyes-look at the speaker
- Ears-listen actively
- Mouth-closed and quiet
- Body-hands,feet, body is still
Games to practice listening skills at home:
Simon Says. Take turns being Simon.
Interview game.
Take turns interviewing a family member.
Interviewee can only answer with one word but use face and body to get your point across. See if you can understand each other and listen actively.
Example interview questions:
- Do you like broccoli?
- Do you like spinach?
- Do you like cold weather?
Think of your own interview questions and write them down.
Interviewees try to only answer with one word but use your face and body. For example only say broccoli, spinach, or cold but express how you feel about each with body and facial expression. This requires the interviewer to use whole body listening.
Practice listening by a fun game of Simon Says.
Character education student challenge
Research a career or job that you think you may want to do when you grow up. Ask a parent to help you research the job online.
Draw a picture of the job or career you researched and post it to the HES Twitter @tweethes_dcs
I can’t wait to see what you guys may want to be when you grow up!
Research a career or job that you think you may want to do when you grow up. Ask a parent to help you research the job online.
- Find out what training or school the job requires you to have.
- Find out how much they make on average.
- Find one thing that is your favorite part of the job or career.
Draw a picture of the job or career you researched and post it to the HES Twitter @tweethes_dcs
I can’t wait to see what you guys may want to be when you grow up!
At HES we want to support efforts to be Bully Free each day and treat each other with Kindness and Respect. Here are some suggestions from the National Stomp Out bullying organization....give them a try!
1. Ask the kid who is left out at recess to play with you 7. Celebrate our similarities & differences
2. Be a leader 8. Respect others
3. Be Brave 9. Give someone a compliment
4. Stand up for others
5. Be Kind
6. Be tolerant
1. Ask the kid who is left out at recess to play with you 7. Celebrate our similarities & differences
2. Be a leader 8. Respect others
3. Be Brave 9. Give someone a compliment
4. Stand up for others
5. Be Kind
6. Be tolerant
