As part of the Wellness Committees continued focus on staff wellbeing, we encourage the practice of meal prepping as a simple yet effective strategy for maintaining balanced nutrition throughout the workweek.
Meal prepping involves preparing meals or components of meals in advance, which can help:
-Save time during busy weekdays
-Support healthier eating habits
-Reduce daily decision fatigue around food choices
-Minimize food waste and unnecessary expenses
Whether it’s preparing full meals or simply organizing snacks and ingredients ahead of time, meal prepping can make it easier to stay energized and focused throughout the day.
Speech Language Pathologist Summer Broekhof would like to nominate Counselor Kayla Petz for an orange spot recognition for her efforts in encouraging inclusion at St. Charles Elementary by creating this beautiful mural with students! #SaginawISD #OurStory
Speech Pathologist Kelsey Ruggles and her group are enjoying orange frog training today! 🐸
Another round of Orange Frog Happiness Advantage training is happening this morning at Unity Hall! Associate Preschool Teacher Chenelle Plyler and her team are getting to know Spark! 🧡 #SaginawISD
Our Birch Run Head Start classroom students celebrate Week of the Young Child with purple handprint flowers! 💐
Ms. Ceysha and Ms. Megan are celebrating their creative students during the Week of Young Child! Look at those smiles! 😁
Our Early Head Start classroom at Brucker Preschool is celebrating the week of the Young Child with music, art, and exploring with food!
Students in Ms. Latima's Valley Preschool classroom celebrated "Work Together Wednesday" by building structures. #OurStory #SaginawISD
Adams B Preschool students are celebrating the Week of the Young Child by working together and building structures! #OurStory
We are so thankful for the continuous support from volunteers for Millet Learning Center's Book Fair. Kari Urban's student Jeffrey's family did a fantastic job this week! Make sure to stop in before the end of today and visit or learn how you can help here: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/fair-finder.html
As part of the Wellness Committees ongoing commitment to staff wellbeing, we encourage exploring mindful approaches to nutrition—such as intuitive eating. Intuitive eating is a self-care framework that promotes a healthy relationship with food by focusing on internal cues like hunger, fullness, and satisfaction, rather than external diet rules. This approach encourages individuals to: Let go of restrictive eating patterns Respond to the body's natural hunger and fullness signals Cultivate a positive and respectful attitude toward food and eating Prioritize physical and emotional wellbeing over weight or appearance By embracing intuitive eating, we can support not only our physical health but also reduce stress around food and foster a more sustainable, balanced lifestyle. See the flyer on this post for more tips about intuitive eating!
St. Peter and Paul Preschool children celebrating the Week of the Young Child with these fun activities! #OurStory
Our Chesaning Head Start classroom spent some time building cooperative block structures for "Work Together Wednesday" during the Week of the Young Child.
Hemmeter A: growing green thumbs and great minds🌱🧠✨ #KinderGardeners #LearningInBloom #WeekoftheYoungChild
Today, Officers Diem and Catherwood from the St. Charles Police Department stopped by for a visit at our Murphy Farm Preschool! The kids loved seeing the lights on the car (and hearing the horn). They asked lots of questions and had a blast learning about safety, helping others, and how cool police badges actually are. Huge thanks to our local heroes for taking the time to connect with our students! 👮
Big shoutout to Ms. Pat for her amazing read-aloud in Valley Classroom J! She took the time to break down every sentence in the text, and the students absolutely loved it! #WeekOfTheYoungChild #Orange
Our Chesaning Head Start class participated in "Music Monday" for the Week of the Young Child by exploring different types of instruments in small groups. During large groups, they learned the music scale using "Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do."
We have only two days left for our Millet Learning Center Scholastic Book Fair. This is your opportunity to support students at Millet who need help getting new books. Orange Frogs, this is a great way to show random acts of kindness by spreading "Bookjoy.” 🧡
Ask a teacher friend for their wish list today! https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/fair-finder.html
Children in Hemmeter B participated in Work Together Wednesday and made their super fast boats! #WeekOfTheYoungChild #EarlyChildhood #SaginawISD
Children in Ms. Elaina's classroom at Valley Preschool are studying plants. They have bean sprouts in bags on the window and seeds in pots. The children are observing and charting the growth. Did you know that Jerome Preschool has its own greenhouse? This will help children take their STEM activities, such as this, to a whole new level! Enroll now for the 2025/2026 school year! Call (989)752-2193 to start the application with one of our dedicated Family Service Advocates! #OurStory #SaginawISD
