WIEC News

In This Issue: February Student Spotlight ▪ February calendar

Director’s Chair

Maxine’s Corner

Left Picture: Top row — Isaiah Driver, Carl Lundy. Bottom row — Andrew Mortimer, Emmanuel Bennett, Raymond Charley, Emilio Arroyo, Crystal Bennett, and Alyssa Mor-timer.

Top Right picture– Aidan Vann. Bottom Right picture– Lauren and Lila Ellis.

Congratulations to our Fall 2016/2017 Block DV Recipients!!

For the Hung A Lel Ti Community February 2017

WIEC Students at Math Counts On January 28th, Danny Lu-

na Arcos and Aidan Vann

participated in Math Counts,

held at the Bridgeport Ele-

mentary School. The Mono

County Office of Education

facilitated the 6-8th grade

Math Counts “Winter Warm

-ups” competition.

Twenty-three students from

Coleville, Bridgeport, Lee

Vining, and Alpine compet-

ed. Aidan tied for 4th place!

Great job students!

A big thanks to Ginger for

coaching, driving, and chap-

eroning our students. You

are appreciated.

Student Art work

Martin

February Student Spotlight: Martin Luna Arcos

We are proud to recognize Martin as our February Student Spotlight. Martin is a 7th grader at DVES and is a regular attendee at the Ed Center. He is a bright and helpful student-athlete. Martin’s favorite subject is Social Studies. He plays defensive end in Pop Warner football and aims to play professional football when he grows up. Congrats Martin!!

Collaborative Outings: Heavenly Dec 2016 and Roller Kingdom Dec 2016

Director’s Chair, February 2017

Greetings from the Ed Center! January was a productive and enjoyable month. Our students partici-

pated in skiing and roller skating at the beginning of the month, and we’d like to thank the Washoe

Tribal Truancy & Probation programs and Alpine County Behavioral Health Services for including

the WIEC in these youth activities.

The WIEC would like to congratulate the following students for their academic accomplishments:

December Hawks of the Month: Kai Koos, Kindergar ten; Lauren Lundy and Ahkoah J im,

2nd grade; Aidan Vann, 7th grade; Crystal Bennett, 8th grade.

2016/2017 Fall Block DV Recipients: Emmanuel Bennett, 4th grade; Isaiah Dr iver , 5th grade;

Lila Ellis, 5th grade; Carl Lundy, 5th grade; Andrew Mortimer, 5th grade; Emilio Arroyo, 6th grade;

Raymond Charley, 7th grade; Lauren Ellis, 7th grade; Alyssa Mortimer, 7th grade; Aidan Vann, 7th

grade; Crystal Bennett, 8th grade.

4th place finish at the Mono County Office of Education Math Counts “Winter Warm-ups”

Competition: Aidan Vann, 7th grade. A special thanks to Ginger Craik for coaching our stu-

dents and transporting them to Bridgeport to compete.

WIEC Computer Lab– Thanks to our AIEC grant, we were able to purchase 8 new computers for

our computer lab. Thank you to the Washoe Tribe’s IT guys, Cole and Lane, for installing, updating,

and setting them up.

Upcoming WIEC activities: Feb. 13th at 4pm- Leadership & Self-Esteem Presentation by Alisa

Merino, Program Coordinator from the Douglas County Suicide Prevention Network and the

Washoe Tribe’s Probation Officer Paula Smith.

Feb. 16th at 6pm– College Planning Night

Other events: Feb. 1 at 3:15pm– School Site Council, DVES Library

Feb. 14th at 6pm– Alpine County School Board Meeting, Annex Building DVES

Feb. 15th at 6pm– LCAP PAC Meeting, Annex Building DVES

During the upcoming President’s Week break, the Ed Center and WWCC Rec will be collaborating

on activities and trips for the students. Permission slips will be available at the center in the next few

weeks.

If you have any questions or concerns, please give the center a call at (530) 694-2964. We will assist

you.

Thank you and have a great February!

Maxine’s Corner, Feb 2017

The Pomodoro Technique

Sometimes, it can be hard to get going on a task. You might be battling motivation (in that you can't find the motivation you need to start), procrastination, distraction, or all of these at once. Sometimes, the feeling of challenge can shift from the getting-going-of-it to the keeping-at-it. The Pomodoro Technique can be a useful tool in this situation. The "Pomodoro" is the length of time spent on the task, a 25 minute interval.

Here's the gist of how it works (for more information, follow the above link, or visit the

Pomodoro Wikipedia page):

You decide what you need to work on - maybe it's a school project, a personal

project, something for someone else...

You find a timer and set it for 25 minutes.

You get to work! You keep at your task for the entire 25 minutes. If a distraction

pops up you write it down and get back to the task at hand. THIS IS IMPORTANT:

write your distraction down. And then leave it behind.

When the timer rings, make a mark on your paper - a check, a star, a whirl -

whatever you'd like to use to denote that you've completed the task. Maybe make a

box and put a check in it!

If it's your 1st, 2nd, or 3rd checkmark, take a quick break (3-5 minutes) and then go

back to the first step (decide what you need to work on next), and start over.

After you've gone through this series of steps 4 times, and you have 4 marks, you

get to take a longer break (25-30 minutes); once that's done, start over from step 1

and work again to amass 4 completion marks - that check in the box, or star, or

whatever you like.

Try it! See if it works! If it doesn't, take some time to reflect - was there any part that you liked? Was it fun to cross an item off your list (crossing an item off, even just one, is a win)? Did it help to acknowledge your distractions by writing them down? And, about those distractions - are you seeing a pattern? Can you use this information as a way to avoid those distractions in the future? Remember - if something doesn't work for you, it's value gained, and not a loss. The more you learn about yourself and what works and what strategies support and help you on your path, the better. Pomodoro on!

(Information on the Pomodoro Technique drawn from http://cirillocompany.de/pages/pomodoro-technique &

February 2017

Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.

1 2 3 4 School Site

Council Meeting 3:15pm DVES

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Self-Esteem &

Leadership presentation with Alisa Merino & Paula Smith 4pm

Valentine’s Day

School Board Mtg. 6pm

LCAP PAC Meeting 6pm Annex Bldg.

College Planning Night 6pm

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 President’s Day

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tes Daily After School Tutoring/Homework Assistance- 2:30pm-6pm, Mon-Fri

Computer Lab Hours- 10am-6pm, Mon-Fri

College Planning Night- Feb. 16th 6pm