moroni-elementary

March 2026 School Counselor Newsletter

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:06:10 GMT

This month our students will have the following lessons:

Kindergarten:

We will read Llama Stops Teasing, which teaches how hurtful teasing can be and how much better it is to be kind to one another; and Monkey Needs to Listen, which teaches the importance of listening to instructions in order to be successful.

1st–5th Grades:

This month we will learn about Habit 5: “Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood.” We will read the following stories to help students learn this habit: Jumper and the Lost Butterfly Net and Sammy and the Pecan Pie.

6th Grade:

We will focus on the following leadership skills: Kindness & Respect and Volunteering. Both of these skills are necessary to be a strong leader and to build positive connections with others.

Parent Tip
Kids who recognize their strengths and emotions feel more secure and motivated.
Ways you can help:

-Reflect on the day with your child by asking, “What made you feel proud today?”

-Encourage them to try something new and praise effort, not just success.

-Celebrate their unique talents.

Upcoming Dates
March 2: Curiosity Fair walk-through (8:45–10:15 AM)

March 16: No school for students

March 19: Books and Bingo Family Night

March 23–27: Jump Rope Qualifiers

March 30–April 6: Spring Break

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Mrs. Bailey - School Counselor

(435) 436-8291 | cbailey@nsanpete.org

April 2025 School Counselor Newsletter

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:44:07 GMT

As we return from Spring Break, it's a reminder that we’re in the final stretch of the school year.

In April and May, we will complete the last two lessons of the "Why Try" Program. Lesson 9, Plugging In, focuses on connecting with others when we feel stuck or need help—whether it’s parents, caregivers, friends, teachers, or mentors. Students will learn that asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness.

Our featured books are Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present and Stone Soup.

Lesson 10, The Wall, encourages students to see the big picture and ties together the concepts from the entire program, helping them build opportunity, freedom, and self-respect. The books we’ll read are The Treasure, The Red Lemon, and Seven Blind Mice.

Family Night is Tuesday, April 22nd, at 6:00 PM. We hope to see you there!

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Mrs. Bailey - School Counselor

(435) 436-8291 | cbailey@nsanpete.org

March 2025 School Counselor Newsletter

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:19:40 GMT

This month we finished up Why Try #7 “Desire Time and Effort” and have started our Why Try #8 “Lift The Weight”. This lesson focuses on doing hard things and how when we push through our challenges, it makes us stronger both physically and mentally. As we continue to work through our challenges, we solidify our self belief that we can do hard things.

We will read “ Brave Irene ” and “ Cinderella ” and identify the weights and challenges they had to carry and because they never gave up, they were successful and lived happily ever after.

At the end of the month, we will start Why Try #9 “ Plugging In ” which focuses on getting help from positive supports when we go through our challenges.

We will read the books “ Stone Soup ” and “ Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present. ” Students will identify who their support system is.

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Mrs. Bailey - School Counselor

(435) 436-8291 | cbailey@nsanpete.org

February 2025 School Counselor Newsletter

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:19:02 GMT

This month, we are excited to begin our 6th Why Try? lesson, titled "Jumping Hurdles." In this lesson, students will learn a valuable process for solving problems they may face in their daily lives. While new challenges can sometimes feel overwhelming or scary, we will emphasize that everyone has the ability to overcome difficult situations.

Our focus will be on recognizing the hurdles we encounter and creating strategies to overcome them. We’ll explore the importance of making mistakes, trying again, and persevering—reminding ourselves that we are capable of doing hard things.

To support this lesson, we will read the following stories: Dr. De Soto, One Grain of Rice , and Owen . These stories will help students understand how determination and problem-solving can lead to success.

We are looking forward to guiding our students in developing resilience and confidence as they learn to face and overcome life's challenges!

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Mrs. Bailey - School Counselor

(435) 436-8291 | cbailey@nsanpete.org

January 2025 School Counselor Newsletter

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 21:07:20 GMT

Happy 2025!

So far in our school year we have completed the first four lessons in the Why Try? Program: Reality Ride, Labels, Defense Mechanisms and Motivation Formula. Throughout the rest of the school year we will do the remaining six lessons.

This month we will start lesson five which is called "Climbing Out." It teaches about both positive peer pressure and negative peer pressure. Students will learn what that looks like and develop the ability to identify how to avoid negative peer pressure. They will also learn to recognize what kind of friend they are to others by identifying if they are using positive or negative peer pressure. These skills will help them stay out of hot water!

We will read the books The Emperor's New Clothes and Big Bad Bruce.

Regular school attendance is essential for academic success! If a student misses just two days of school each month, they will miss more than a full year of education by the time they graduate.

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Mrs. Bailey - School Counselor

(435) 436-8291 | Chelsea.bailey@nsanpete.org

November 2024 School Counselor Newsletter

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 22:40:06 GMT

We have the best students at Moroni Elementary School!

This month I will be teaching "Defense Mechanisms" which is the third lesson in the "Why Try?" program. This lesson teaches the importance of using positive defense mechanisms such as deep breathing and using the stop skill.

We will be reading the following books to help reinforce the lesson:

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

The Rain Came Down

Click Clack Moo

We will also talk about gratitude and how having a grateful heart and mind helps increase our own happiness and appreciation for what we have.

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Mrs. Bailey - School Counselor

(435) 436-8291 | Chelsea.bailey@nsanpete.org

August 2024 School Counselor Newsletter

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 21:50:52 GMT

Welcome back to school!

We are so excited to have our students back at school and are looking forward to all the amazing things they are going to do this year. Starting next week, I will begin the year teaching four Bully Prevention lessons which teach our students how to recognize bullying (repeated, on purpose, and with an imbalance of power), how to report bullying and how to refuse bullying. We want our students to be kind to each other, look out for each other, and feel like Moroni Elementary School is a safe place to be. For the rest of the school year, starting in the end of September our school counselor lessons will be taught from the Why Try? program which teaches the valuable skill of being resilient. We know that being resilient is such an essential skill and if students can learn to be resilient, they will have a stronger chance of being successful in life... and that’s what we all want right? We want our kids to succeed.

Additionally- our College and Career Week will be the 16-20 September. We will be having our annual Career Exploration Day on Friday 20th September 2024. If you would be willing to come in and share with our students what you do for your job and what it takes to be good at what you do, please let me know!

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Mrs. Bailey - School Counselor

(435) 436-8291 | Chelsea.bailey@nsanpete.org

May School Counselor Newsletter

Wed, 01 May 2024 18:10:39 GMT

We have finally arrived at our final month of school! We will be finishing up our ABC’s to Success lessons focusing on Y (you) and Z (zeal). Then for our final lesson we will be playing a fun Kahoot! game as a review of all of our ABC’s to Success.

We will be reading the following books:

Y (You): The OK Book

Z (Zeal): Giraffes Can’t Dance

The class with the highest attendance in March was Sra. Enriquez 6th Grade Green Class.

The class with the highest attendance in April was Miss Johnsons 4th Grade Black Class.

We love it when our students come to school!

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Mrs. Bailey - School Counselor

(435) 436-8291 | Chelsea.bailey@nsanpete.org

March School Counselor Newsletter

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 17:21:09 GMT

March will be an exciting month at Moroni Elementary School!

This month we will continue to work through our ABC’s to Success focusing on the letters “T” - Teamwork and

“U”- Understanding Others Perspectives. Additionally, we will have our last Bully Prevention Lesson of the year.

We will be reading the following books:

Teamwork: Teamwork isn’t my thing and I don’t like to share.

Understanding Others Perspectives: Big Deals and Little Deals/ The Day The Crayons Quit

We will also be having our College and Career week the 12-15th of March. Our school counselor classroom lesson will focus on College and Career. On Friday, 15th March we will be having our Career Exploration Day where students will be able to listen to various community members talk about their professions and what it takes to be successful in them. We did this last year and it was a big hit. Our students are excited to participate in it again!

The Class with the highest attendance in February was Miss Johnson's 4th Grade Black class with 95%. This is their third time winning the award for highest attendance. WAY TO GO!!!!

We also had 11 students with 100% attendance for the second trimester. They received certificates of recognition this week!

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Mrs. Bailey - School Counselor

(435) 436-8291 | Chelsea.bailey@nsanpete.org

February School Counselor Newsletter

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:26:36 GMT

In February we will focus on the letters P, Q, R and S.

These letters represent important values in our ABC's to Success.

"P" stands for Problem Solving, which will allow students to recognize problems when they arise and find solutions to those problems in order to rise above them and overcome them.

"Q" stands for Quality Work and Effort, which teaches us how to do and give our best in all that we do.

"R" stands for Respect, which is a core value to hope to instill in every student at Moroni Elementary School. We respect ourselves, our classmates, our teachers and our school.

"S" stands for Self-Confidence , the ability to believe in ourselves and trust that we can do hard things.

We will be reading the following books:

Problem solving: What do you do with a problem

Quality Work and Effort: Failure Friday

Respect: The Paperbag Princess

Self-Confidence: What I Tell Myself First

The class with the highest attendance in January was Miss Johnson's 4th Grade Black Class with 92.67%!

Next month we will be having our Career Exploration Day. If you would like to come and teach our students about your job. Please contact me! We would love to have our students parents talk about what is takes to do various occupations.

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Mrs. Bailey - School Counselor

(435) 436-8291 | Chelsea.bailey@nsanpete.org

January School Counselor Newsletter

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:43:11 GMT

In the month of January we will continue learning about our ABC’s to Success. We will focus on the letters L, M, N and O. Each letter represents an important value which will help our students excel.

We will also do another Bully Prevention lesson.

"L" stands for Life-Long Learning which will teach our students the importance of continually learning new things throughout life.

Book: The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

"M" stands for Manners . Showing respect by having manners in all areas of our lives.

Book: My Way to Good Manners by Elizabeth Cole

"N" stands for Nutrition . We know eating right helps us have a healthy body and mind.

Book: The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food by Stan and Jan Berenstain

"O" stands for Ownership . Taking accountability for our actions and making things right if we make a mistake.

Book: What if Everybody Did That? by Ellen Javernick

The class with the highest attendance in December was Sra. Casares’ 4th Grade Turquoise Class with 94.72%. Excellent job!

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!

Mrs. Bailey - School Counselor