Culture Disciples Book Club - TODAY
The Culture Disciples Book Club will meet February 22nd 3:45pm-4:45pm in the Lower Deltec to discuss Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s book, This Earth of Mankind.
Persons of any age are welcome to read and attend the book club.
“An educated person must learn to act justly, beginning, first of all, with his thoughts, then later in his deeds. That is what it means to be educated.”
Community Fundraising
Right now, through March 1st Evergreen Community Charter School is extending 50% of all donations to Building Bridges.
Help us to support their vision, to address issues of race and racism, one conversation at a time, by contributing so that our community can offer this funding. Funds from this fund drive will be used to pay for Black expertise in the form of moderators, key note speakers, and presenters.
The perspectives that these presenters bring is often hard-won and they deserve more than our respect, they deserve compensation! Help Building Bridges pay more presenters for their knowledge and hard work.
No matter where you are in your work, you’ll benefit from their 9 week session coming up March 11th.
Lost & Found Round Up
Take a moment next week, before the break, to look through the Lost & Found before it is donated on March 6th.
If you’ve never been, the Lost & Found is in the Foyer between the Main Office and the Elementary Hallway.
There are a lot of K-3 items this time. There are also a lot of lunch containers. So if you’re wondering where all your tupperware is… it may be in the closet…
Tourney of the Hoops
Meet Coney -
Official Tourney Mascot
Students are gearing up for Game Day! Classes are doing test runs and reviewing rules. Beyond 20 Students are making posters and Running Coney Mascots.
Third Grade is filming a video to share during the Pep Rally.
We hope to see families on the field!
In True Evergreen Fashion, make sure you’re ready to walk up the trail, and bring your lawn chair or blanket!
Volunteer Positions Added!
On Game Day, yes, we need folks to cheer and wave signs. But if you’re more reserved, maybe you want to set up a water station in the Gaga Pit, or be part of the Crew that makes sure that water station is always replenished.
Maybe you’d like to help by bringing some pre-cut oranges for kids to grab?
Weekday commitments problematic? We will also need help pre-setting the field the afternoon of Sunday, March 17th.
Off the field you can share your pledge page widely and often!
Spring Art Show
March 16th - April 20th
at the East Asheville Library
Stop by the East Asheville Library’s Flowstate Community Art Space to check out student work. There will be a Reception with light refreshments for Student Artists and their loved ones from 4:30pm-5:30pm on Friday, March 22nd.
Exhibition Nights
Part of every student’s expeditionary learning journey is participating in our bi-annual Celebrations of Learning! Exhibition Nights is the Spring Celebration of Learning. So save the date to come celebrate your child’s academic growth!
There will be food sales in the gym, and exhibits set up in the classrooms. As always, families are welcome to look in on other classrooms to see journeys to come, or revisit journeys past!
Look for more details here in The Scoop after February Break!
Use the form to the right to let our Facilities Manager, Patrick, know that you’ll be there!
City Council Candidate Forum
A sizable audience filled the gym for Monday night’s City Council Candidate Forum. Students asked some hard questions of the candidates. Students addressed everything from getting position statements on the proposed neighborhood development and the sidewalk that was promised between Beverly Rd and Bell Rd; to issues that affect the broader community, like houselessness, affordable homes, and sagging infrastructure.
If you missed it, you can watch the forum on our YouTube Channel.
Early voting has started! Vote now, or vote in March, but vote, and vote informed!
From Right to Left:
Kim Roney,
Roxanne Peterson,
Isabella Toothman,
Lucia Hess,
Gabriel Enos,
Tod Leaven,
Sage Turner,
Roberto (Bo) Hess,
Kevan Frazier,
CJ Domingo,
Poppy Bell,
Brodie Smith
Delayed gratification
Delayed gratification involves resisting the impulse to take an immediately available reward in the hope of gaining a more valued reward in the future. This ability to delay gratification is essential for mastering self-regulation and self-control. The Marshmallow Test was an experiment studying self-control and delayed gratification, first conducted over 40 years ago. In follow-up tests with the children over time, those who demonstrated self-control and were able to delay gratification had:
· Better social skills
· Less aggression
· Better able to control emotional responses
· Higher SAT scores
· Lower levels of substance abuse
· Better response/resiliency to stress
It’s not easy for parents to teach children delayed gratification in an instant gratification world, yet it feels more important than ever before. Along with the internet, smart technology has done something that is almost exclusively thought of as a good thing--it has eliminated the process of waiting. Google provides immediate answers at our fingertips, text messages provide quicker communication than waiting for someone to answer the phone–or worse–return your call, and marketing strategies entice consumers with quick, if not instantaneous, results (Think: get rich quick and lose weight fast just to name a couple). We’ve unintentionally found ourselves in a cultural standard that promotes and encourages “quick fixes” of all shapes and sizes, geared to minimize frustration, avoid any kind of discomfort, and expedite gratification. Sure, this sounds efficient and appealing on the surface, but research is showing that our increasingly technological world is actually inhibiting the development of one of THE MOST important skills and predictors of future success: delayed gratification.
The natural rewards of saving up, persevering, working hard, or accepting “no” now in exchange for a bigger (and better) “yes” later are great starting points for offering our kids more intentional opportunities to experience and understand the value of patience, delayed gratification, and self-control. Check out the video and articles below for more information on the benefits of delayed gratification and strategies to help your kids strengthen this fundamental skill.
Strategies to Teach Children Delayed Gratification: Part 1
Strategies to Teach Children Delayed Gratification: Part 2
Upcoming Community Workshop - Substance Use Prevention
Click image above to register
Here at Evergreen, counselors play a critical role in our comprehensive and holistic education model by designing, facilitating, and evaluating learning opportunities that address the social, emotional, and academic well-being of all of our students. Here is a free learning opportunity our counselors recommend for parents or guardians of any age child/ren.
This event will take place March 14th in the Art Room, just off the gym.
We’re bringing Potlucks Back!
Curated by the Equity Leadership Team
Sunday, May 5th @ 4pm at Evergreen
We invite you to a space to build and reaffirm our Evergreen community. Everyone is welcome, including children of all ages. Simply bring a dish that means something to you or your family and be prepared to talk about it!
“Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture. It has a history. It has a story. It has relationships.”
Summer Adventure Camp Registration Announcement Imminent
A Summer Camp Registration date will be announced during February Break! Keep your eye on your email for details! We hope to see your adventurer there!
June 24th-28th,
July 8-12,
July 15-19,
July 22-26, and
July 29-Aug 2.
Weeks offered will include:
Don’t Forget to send donations for 5th Grade’s Food Drive
Fifth Grade will continue collecting donations for MANNA FoodBank’s Annual Student Food Drive through the end of the month. Collection bins are located in the office, main entrance foyer, middle school hallway, and the 5/6 hallway. All unexpired, non-perishable food collected will be donated to the non-profit at the end of Feb.
Requesting :
Canned food (veggies, pasta sauce, etc.),
Dry foods (cereal, rice, pasta, meal kits, etc.),
Snacks (bars, fruit, apple sauce, etc.)
Click the image above to read an article from MANNA about the skyrocketing need for food donations in WNC.
Join the Flyering Committee!
Flyers are available for pick up in the Main Office now thru the end of February!
Take a few flyers w/ you to businesses where you have an authentic relationship, and ask before you leave them!
Welcome to the Flyering Committee!
Our General Flyer- great for Kindy-general elem enrollment
Middle School Specific Flyer - Please take to spaces that you and/or your Middle Schooler frequent!
Evergreen Community Charter School is currently recruiting Board members who can represent our Asheville community for the 2024-2025 school year!
Are you interested in stepping into Evergreen’s leadership? We encourage everyone interested to apply!
Serving on the Evergreen Board is both an honor and a gift offered by Board members. A Board term is three years. Here is a little information about the structure of the Board, Board roles, and expectations of Board members. Please share the Board application with friends and others in your network!!
Applications are due February 28. If you have any questions, please reach out to Heather Laine Talley, Chair of the Nominating & Evaluation Committee using this form.
Little Actions, Big Payoffs
Earn cash for Evergreen by taking a moment to link your grocery accounts to the school! This has to be done anew each year. Have you re-registered yet?
Remember Box Tops for Education? Now you don’t even have to cut off the cereal box top and save them in plastic baggies, we’re in the digital age, baby! Simply download the App and scan your receipts, wherever you shop.
Artsonia also gives a percentage of your purchases to the school. So start your masterpiece mug collection!
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