WELCOME TO WILKINS STADIUM !
BY DINA VELTRE MILLER ; PAUL WHITE ; REGINA MILARSKI ; KAREN CERRA ; BETH WAGNER ; MIKE BOTHWELL ; CLIFF MONCREIF ; KEN TRUSKY ; CHRIS SEITZINGER ; LYNN BELL ; ROCHELLE OKON ; KELLEY TOMKO
Wilkins Primary School has introduced a new behavior incentive program in the cafeteria . The teachers that work in the cafeteria got together with some members of the PBIS committee to come up with a way to help improve the behavior in the cafeteria . We incorporated visual and tangible parts of the program to really get the students attention . The program has taken the whole team working together to put into place , from developing the ideas , creating the visuals , printing and cutting out materials , ordering low cost rewards , preparing no cost rewards ( special PAWS ), and pulling it all together . This is a product of many people taking on a part to get it completed , as we all wanted to see improvement with the behavior in the cafeteria .
The cafeteria has temporarily become Wilkins Stadium ! One wall has been turned into three separate baseball diamonds , which include a home plate , first base , second base and third base . There are 5 baseballs between each base . Each table is a team , and the classroom teacher is the coach of that team . Each team has a baseball player . The players are color coded depending on which lunch period they eat lunch .
The students have the opportunity to have the team player moved around the bases on the field at Wilkins Stadium by showing the 5P behaviors : Prompt , Prepared , Productive , Polite , and Proud . Each class has the opportunity to have their team player move once each day . The class ( team ) earns a GAME BALL to be displayed outside of the team ’ s classroom each time their team player moves . Then when the class reaches a base , the whole class will receive a prize . The prizes get larger as they move around the field . When the students hit a home run and are on home base again , they will receive a special reward given in the cafeteria ! The classes are given reminders throughout the lunch period , receiving a strike if they are struggling to work as a team . They can receive three strikes before they are out . If
they strike out that day , the player does not move and they do not receive a game ball .
The program was introduced during one of our “ Pause for Paws ” programs that we hold monthly . During this program , we review the rules and expectations with the students . We practice the 5 P behaviors , and practice the cafeteria expectations . During this particular “ Pause for Paws ”, we focused on what it means to be a team player . We taught the students what a team player looks like in school , and how it can look in the cafeteria . We reviewed the ways that they could earn that game ball each day . We also explained in detail what would earn the class a strike , and how they can fix it and still get a game ball even if they have had two strikes that day . We also had a “ kick off ” event that included permitting the students to wear baseball hats for the day , and they each received a bag of fresh popped popcorn in the cafeteria with his or her lunch , just as if they were at a stadium for a baseball game ! The program has started off great , and the students are really responding to the game !
The administration has been supportive in allowing the changes and helping to finance the parts of the program that require funding . The classroom teachers have been encouraging teamwork and earning the game balls , and also setting up classroom rewards for reaching the goal of earning game balls . Wilkins Primary is working together as classroom teams to make it a Great Day for a baseball game at Wilkins Stadium !
WOODLAND HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS
oodland Hills
Junior Achievement Day
BY MEGAN MATHIEU AND TRACY MITCHELL
On April 13 , 2018 Woodland Hills Intermediate grades 4 , 5 , and 6 participated in Junior Achievement Day . Junior Achievement is a program dedicated to “ inspiring youth to succeed in a global economy ”. The business partners that visited Woodland Hills Intermediate for the day were Common Wealth Bank and UPMC . The professionals were assigned to a homeroom class and they taught the students many career readiness skills . Students were trained in entrepreneurial skills , global trade , job training , salary and savings , education options , and world trade as well as consumers and producers .
All Junior Achievement activities were hands on and implemented project based learning . Junior Achievement professionals were very impressed with our students and the amount of knowledge our scholars already demonstrated . Plans are already in the works for
Junior Achievement to continue the program next school year in the fall . Overall , Junior Achievement was a meaningful and valuable experience that connected our students to real world applications of learning thus preparing them for career readiness and their future . It was a huge success !
WOODLAND HILLS ❘ SUMMER 2018 37