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All students in grades 3-5 will take this test at the end of May.
Please try not to make appointments for your child during this testing window, if at all possible.

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Meet Miss Christy

My Family

Bambi Lil’ Nugget Shadow Gypsy

Lil’Nuggett

My Favorite Things

Animals Reading Candles

Beach Art Decorating

Fashion Chocolate Jewelry

Mexican Food Quotes Purple

Music Halloween

Playing Flute Dining out with friends

Ocean Kit Kats

Experience

25+ years of experience / 22 years as a School Counselor / 7 years as high school chemistry/biology teacher
HS Counselor in Kenton County School District and JCPS-duPont Manual HS
ES Counselor in JCPS at Brandeis ES and Brown
Principal Certification

More to learn about Miss Christy

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Meet

Miss Christy

Contacts

J. Graham Brown School’s WEBSITE

Interesting Articles

Student Support Request Form

JCPS Website

Calendar

Bear Essentials Weekly Newsletter

ES Counselor’s Corner

Important Announcements

Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) for grades 3-5 will be May 6-17, 2024.

Learn more about Miss Christy by clicking on her

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How to contact Miss Christy?

Star Student Pictures

PARENT RESOURCES

TESTING

Brown’s Parent Cafe Tips

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Interesting Articles for Parents

Perfectionism and Procrastination

The Catch-22 of Perfectionism and Procrastination

Screen Time

Screen Time Recommendations for Parents: How much is too much for kids?

Racism

30 Books to help you talk to your kids about racism

Listening

How to get your Kids to Listen: 5 Tricks to Try

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Social Emotional Learning at

Home

Social Problems

Writing Prompts

Parent

Resources: Tips/Links

Student Support Request Form

Social Emotional Learning Tips for Parents

Social Media Tips

Looking for an outside counselor/ therapist?

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Miss Christy’s Monthly Lesson Schedule

STUDENT RESOURCES

TESTING

NNAT3

ACCESS

NAEP

SEL LIBRARY: KINDNESS & Friendship

SEL Library: Growth Mindset

SEL Library: Accepting Yourself & Others

SEL Library:

Manners & Good Choices

Worry Rockets Game

Yoga Relaxation for Kids

Tips for Coping with Anxiety

Melting Exercise

Breathing Balloon

Meet Miss Christy

Libraries & Links

Miss Christy’s Lessons

2nd grade:

INCLUSIVENESS - Bullying Prevention

KSA

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“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” -unknown

Each Kindness

Strictly No Elephants

The Crayon Box Talked

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READ

Choose

Happy

The Way I Feel

I THINK, I am!

And Tango Makes Three

The Goodbye Book

In my Heart: A Book of Feelings

The Thankful Book

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Wilma Jean the Worry Machine

The Girl who Never Made Mistakes

Spaghetti In A Hot Dog Bun

Thanks for the Feedback

Enemy Pie_Reading Rainbow

Invisible

Boy

The Color Monster - A Story about Feelings

A Bad Case of Stripes

What do you do with a problem?

Some of Miss Christy’s

Favorite Books

Rainbow

Fish

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When the Cousins Came

The Adventures of Beekle

What does it mean to be Kind?

Sprinkles

Bubble Kisses

Sprinkled with Kindness

Be Kind

Each Kindness

This Way, Charlie

Monster Needs a Party

Bird on my Head

Let’s read about KINDNESS & friendship

Click on rug to read about

GROWTH MINDSET

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And So Much More

You are the You- Niverse

She’s Got

This

A Little Spot of Courage

You!

The Little Engine that Could

It’s OK to make mistakes

What do you do with an idea?

A World without Failures

The

Dot

Your Fantastic Elastic Brian

I Can Do Hard Things

Oh, the Places You’ll Go

The Girl who Never Made Mistakes

Let’s read about GROWTH MINDSET

Growth Mindset Ninja

Click the rug to read about accepting yourself and others.

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What would you wish for?

Carmella Full of Wishes

Hair Love

You Matter

Chicks Rule

Dinner at the Panda Palace

Happy in our Skin

The Hair of Zoe…

Not Quite Snow White

Mary had a Little Glam

Let’s read about ACCEPTING YOURSELF & OTHERS

Click the rug to read about MANNERS & GOOD CHOICES.

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out

No Fits, Nilson

The Good Egg

The Great Eggs- cape

The Bad Seed

TEK: The Modern Cave Boy

Mind your Manners in School

Manners in Public

I am Honest

The Lying King

Fair is Fair

The Bully Blocking Club

What Should Danny Do?

Being Selfish

That’s Good That’s Bad

What if Every- body did that?

2nd Grade Holdout

Book about being Destructive

The Way I Act

Book about Teasing

In a world where you can be anything, be kind.

Let’s read about MANNERS & GOOD CHOICES

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Moved to Archives on 3/20/24:

JANUARY

ACCESS for ELLs

All students identified as Multi-Language (ESL/ELL/ML) students in grades K-5 take this test
Testing window is Jan 8-Feb 16
PARENT LETTER English
PARENT LETTER Spanish
PARENT LETTER Arabic
PARENT LETTER Russian
PARENT LETTER Nepali
PARENT LETTER Swahili

FEBRUARY

NAEP

All 4th grade students will take this test in the area of Reading or Math
Feb 22 - testing date
Parent Letter

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Moved to Archives on 3/20/24:

Advance Program Gifted/Talented Parent Information

Gifted/ Talented

Honor Roll

Primary Talent Pool (PTP)

Student-Led Conferences

NAEP

NNAT3

ACCESS

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Moved to Archives on 1/17/24:

Character Strong Curriculum Overview

Parents of grades 3 & 5 - Important PACKET coming home this week

Moved to Archives: 12/22/23

Gifted/Talented & Advance Program Informational Session for Parents
Parent Session Presentation about G/T, Adv Prog, and AP

Moved to Archives: 1/17/24

PARENT SESSION: Join us next Tuesday, January 16th at 9am in the Library Reference Room as we discuss cyber safety for our next Coffee with the Counselor. We will hear from guest speakers that include parents and school personnel. Coffee and light refreshments will be served.
TESTING: AUGUST

BRIGANCE

All Kindergarten students take this screening in August of each year
TESTING: OCTOBER

NNAT3

All 3rd grade students take this test as a qualifier for Gifted/Talented - General Intellectual Ability category
Any 4th grade student who did not take NNAT3 last year may take this test
Any 5th grade student who is not yet identified as GT-GIA may take this test.

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Parents of grades 3 & 5 - Important PACKET coming home this week

Moved to Archives: 12/22/23

Gifted/Talented & Advance Program Informational Session for Parents
Parent Session Presentation about G/T, Adv Prog, and AP

Moved to Archives: 1/17/24

PARENT SESSION: Join us next Tuesday, January 16th at 9am in the Library Reference Room as we discuss cyber safety for our next Coffee with the Counselor. We will hear from guest speakers that include parents and school personnel. Coffee and light refreshments will be served.
TESTING: AUGUST

BRIGANCE

All Kindergarten students take this screening in August of each year
TESTING: OCTOBER

NNAT3

All 3rd grade students take this test as a qualifier for Gifted/Talented - General Intellectual Ability category
Any 4th grade student who did not take NNAT3 last year may take this test
Any 5th grade student who is not yet identified as GT-GIA may take this test.

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KINDNESS Challenge Kickoff

Character Strong Curriculum Overview

TESTING

Kindness Challenge Lessons K-5

Parents of grades 3 & 5 - Important PACKET coming home this week - NNAT3 Student Score Report & Gifted/Talented information

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KINDNESS Challenge Kickoff

Character Strong Overview for families

Character Strong Letter to families

Family Strong - Character Strong website for families

Kindness Lesson 1: Grades K-5

(w/ Miss Christy)

Start: Intro & Discussion
Grow: Life Skills Lesson
Exit: Reflection, Application, Celebration

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NNAT: Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test, 3rd edition

Test Date: October 17, 2023
Time: 8:00 AM
Grades:

all 3rd graders
all 5th and 8th graders who have not yet been identified as Gifted/Talented General Intellectual Ability (G/T GIA)
4th, 6th, and 8th graders who are not yet identified as G/T GIA, do not have an NNAT3 score from last year, and sign up to take this test.

Sign Up Sheet for students in grades 4, 6, and 7 will be available soon
Online test
Approximately 30-minute test
STUDENT SCORE REPORTS will be sent home with students after Nov 13-17
Contact Christy Teague at christy.teague@jefferson.kyschools.us if you have questions

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