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Another great week so far :)  We've been working on filling in our new agendas most mornings with our plans here at NextStep and any outside events or chores we have planned.  We've been tying Maslow's Hierarchy into conversations, addressing different types of needs we have (physical, safety, love, self esteem etc).  We had a wonderful interactive lesson about asking for help on Monday.  We discussed different situations in which we might need to ask for help, why it is sometimes hard, and w...
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Hello Everyone,
Just wanted to say I miss you guys, sounds like Rory is keeping you all very busy and doing some wonderful things. Keep up the good work and I will see you on Friday!!  Kristine
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It's been a great week here at NextStep.  Kristine's been out as she is doing some short term teaching in Brunswick and we miss her a lot!  On Monday we had a nice discussion about personal safety and how we should handle ourselves if strangers talk to us.  This is something that we definitely want to continue as an ongoing discussion in the future.  We also talked about cleaning, starting with bathrooms.  We will be taking on at least the monthly cleaning of one or two of the bathrooms here ...
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Jake went and saw The Lorax this weekend and was interviews and on You tube

See Jacob

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Here's our very own Jannessa on Shannon Moss's report of the Strive Dance Marathon

Go Jannessa

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Here we are working hard!!

 
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Nate is counting out something but we were all laughing at this picture because at first it looks like he is sticking up different fingers to Rory than he really is.


 
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Greetings everyone, lots to share this week.  First, double check with your students because the first monthly newsletter was sent out today and it is awesome.  Rory and everyone worked extremely hard to put this together, it is full of lots of information about everyone, in their own voices - you can really get a sense of who we are.

What did we learn this week?  Well, we started on Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, we are concentrating on the lower levels right now and starting to understand what...
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