FOURTH WEEK OF JUNE

Vs. Ungrateful or unthankful

• SUGGESTED READING:
  My Dad is Really Something
  The Whipping Boy
  Where the Red Fern Grows
• SUGGESTED FILMS:
  Mr. Holland's Opus
• SONGS:
  Thankful Heart by Paul Williams

FAMILY ACTIVITY:

• Celebrate your children's success in the recent school year. Make sure they know that you are proud of their success. Your recognition of their effort is an important factor in influencing them to continue, or intensify their efforts in the future.
• Thank the teachers who have made such an important contribution to your child's development and success in the past year.
• As a family, discuss what each of you is thankful for. Specifically thank your children for something nice they have done for you recently, even if you have already thanked them.

CLASS ACTIVITY:

• Write thank you notes to community members who have donated time or materials to assist the school during the last year.

HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY:

• The officers of the student body should write thank-you notes to community members who have donated time, money, and material to the school during the last year. Long term and major donors should be thanked personally by an officer in the school's name.

"Be thankful for what you have because there is always someone less fortunate than you." -Millions of American mothers

"George Bush was elected President because he wrote everyone who did him a favor a thank you note. He even wrote me one, and he didn't even know me." -Former Republican Party official, Jack Pitney

"Never look a gift horse in the mouth." -American Proverb

"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein

Perform a Random Act of Kindness Each Day

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