Guidance Time with Mrs. Bender!

Some of you may not know our new Guidance Counselor to WE, Mrs. Bender!  (Yes...she is the other half of Mr. Bender, our PE teacher:)  Leanne Bender, our guidance counselor will be leading half-hour guidance lessons in the first grade classrooms. She will be in the first grade classrooms for a total of 18 weeks during our school year.  Over the coming weeks, Mrs. Bender will focus her lessons on skills that will promote an understanding for one another's feelings and and how to communicate effectively.  Mrs. Bender also brought along her pal, Carmen the Cat, who is pictured above and the students made 'me' puppets to show their special qualities.  Guidance is a great opportunity for students to learn new strategies for solving problems peacefully and making healthy choices.