BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School recently announced the winners of the Little Horn of the Month award for November and the Students of the Month for December.
The following are comments about the Little Horn of the Month award winners:
Fourth grade
Blake Jauregui - Blake is a hard-working student. He stays on task and completes his work on time. He is reading like crazy to make his AR goal.
Hannah Payne - Hannah is a conscientious and hard-working student. She is very helpful in class and with her peers.
Fifth grade
Nestor Miramontes - Nestor is a very serious student. He is a hard worker and he is always willing to help others.
Tiffany Henslee - Tiffany works very hard each day. She is reading diligently and maintaining her AR goal. She constantly gives her best in class.
Sixth grade
Hannah Markel - Hannah is an outstanding student always doing her best. She likes to read and challenge herself on her AR goal. She does a great job of sharing what she is reading with others. Way to go Hannah!
Bobby Kester - Bobby is a hard-working student. He does a great job at putting in extra effort to learn all that he can! Bobby brings a good attitude to class and is ready to go.
The following are comments about the Students of the Month for December:
Fourth grade
Jalen Freeman - Jalen is kind and helpful. He is always willing to assist others. He works hard in class and is very responsible. Jalen is a super student!
Shanae Evans - Shanae always tried her best and is an amazing student. She is a hard worker and an awesome reader! Shanae has a friendly and positive personality, which makes her an excellent role model for others.
Fifth grade
Trey Whitehead - Trey works hard in class. He always gets his work done on time and is a great role model for other students. Trey is easy going and gets along with everyone.
Bailee Garner - What a great student Bailee is! She is kind to everyone and a joy to be around.
Sixth grade
Diego Saenz - Diego is a fantastic student, always works hard to learn as much as he can and even teach others! He is positive in class and always has a smile! Nice job Diego!
Paige Reinholz - Paige is a great student who works harder than ever to improve herself. Paige is focused on learning and being the very best she can be!
Helping unmotivated students
Helping unmotivated students is one of the most complex challenges we face as educators and parents. In many cases the child's lack of motivation results from far more than simple laziness or a conscious desire to act out. The roots of apathy go deeper into feeling, of frustration, anger, hopelessness, lack of control or loss.
The majority of these feelings lay at the subconscious level, where they wreak havoc on a child's ability to engage in higher-level thinking tasks such as sustained attention to detail, problem-solving, memory, perseverance and self control. This is why punishing students for getting bad grades often backfires. Since they are already feeling bad about life, how is making them feel worse about it going to get them motivated to succeed?
In the Love and Logic new book, "From Bad Grades to a Great Life!," the author teaches a variety of alternatives for getting at the roots of apathy...rather than making it worse with anger, lectures, threats and punishments. At the core of the book is the importance of loving children for who they are...rather than whom we want them to be. Yes, the healing process begins when we end the power struggle by saying, "We will love you no matter how well or poorly you do in school. Your grades are your grades, not ours. That's why we are no longer going to fight with you about them. Just let us know how we can help."
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