September 5, 2025
1. Mind Up- This year all students in Grades 1-4 will participate in weekly SEL lessons delivered by our School Adjustment Counselors. Please read the letter below for an overview of the Mind Up SEL program:
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
We recently introduced an exciting, evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL)
program that can help our students better engage in learning, learn to self-regulate their behavior,
and improve their attention skills and well-being. MindUPTM is a classroom-based program that
teaches children strategies guided by the fields of neuroscience, mindful awareness training,
social and emotional learning, and positive psychology to support success in the classroom and in
life.
MindUPTM was created collaboratively by university scientists and school-based educators. The
program helps children understand the ways brains work and how their thoughts and feelings
affect their behavior. It has five goals:
1) To foster a cohesive, caring classroom climate
2) To foster focus and mindful awareness
3) To build emotional literacy
4) To increase positive qualities such as perspective-taking, empathy, gratitude, and kindness
5) To increase optimism, well-being, and resiliency
A core practice of the program is the “Brain Break.” The Brain Break is a simple mindful breathing
and listening activity that is practiced three times per day. This activity can help foster attention
and self-regulation.
As part of MindUPTM, parents and caregivers will have the opportunity to learn about what
children are practicing in the classroom through a short online course designed specifically for
families to bring MindUP strategies home. The course is designed to complement the school
program and can be paced along with children’s learning in the classroom. You can access this
course for free at home.mindup.org.
If you would like to learn more about the research around social and emotional learning, please
visit www.casel.org. For further details about MindUPTM, please visit www.MindUP.org. If you have
further questions about the program or would like more information, please feel free to contact me.
We are excited about the potential this program holds for helping our classrooms become
communities of better-engaged, more focused, and more optimistic learners!
2.Pick up and Drop off Procedures- In order to help streamline the drop off and pick up lines, we ask families to please adhere to the following:
If at all possible, please stay in your vehicle. This keeps the flow of traffic moving quickly.
Please practice with your child how to buckle and unbuckle independently.
If your child is having difficulty getting out of the vehicle, please pull into the parking lot and walk your child to the front door.
PLEASE be sure to have your placard everyday for pick up.
3.Cub Scouts Sign ups: Forms are going home with students today.
4.Picture Day: Lifetouch will be at TES on Tuesday, September 16th for picture day. Order packets will be sent home on MONDAY or you can order online with Picture ID# EVTFTC3PK.
5.SAVE THE DATE- FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS- On September 26th, please join us for the Narragansett High School Football game for Templeton Elementary School night. The game begins at 7pm. More information to come!
Thank you to all families who came to open houses over the last 2 weeks! They were very well attended and we are looking forward to an amazing year!