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March 22, 2017 By Eaton Academy Staff Leave a Comment

T in BEST

From the President:

“Eaton Academy serves students who benefit from a more customized model of education designed to meet their personal needs.” Those personal needs are academic, social, emotional and physical.

In previous blogs we introduced “B” for Befriend only those that bring out the BEST in you, “E” for Excel in your natural talents, and “S” for Set Goals and do something every day to achieve them. Lastly, it’s time to continue your journey of being your “Potential BEST” by engaging in the following activities specifically designed to meet your personal needs. “T” for Treat others with the same level of respect you expect from others.

Treat others with the same level of respect that you expect from others. Motivate yourself to treat others with respect and be a positive person.

Activities, strategies, interventions, and accommodations:

Auditory: A Visual: V Kinesthetic/Tactile: K/T

Ask yourself these questions. Document your answers.

How do you talk to others?
What is the tone in your voice?
Do you say positive or negative things to them?
Do you use humor or sarcasm?
What was the last positive or negative thing you said to a friend?
What is body language?
Why is it important to watch the body language of others?

February 15, 2017 By Eaton Academy Staff Leave a Comment

Continuing Your Personal BEST Journey

From the President:

“Eaton Academy serves students who benefit from a more customized model of education designed to meet their personal needs.” Those personal needs are academic, social, emotional and physical.

In previous blogs, we introduced “E” for Excel in your natural talents. Now it’s time to continue your journey of being your “Potential BEST” by engaging in the following activities specifically designed to meet your personal needs.

They were designed to help you analyze how you excel in your natural talents and how you prefer to learn information.

These are the LAST activities designed to help you excel in your natural talents.

Go to YouTube.com and enter Warren Buffett & Bill Gates at Columbia University. It will bring up several choices of varying time lengths that you can watch. Click on each clip you’d like to watch and note the various stories they tell that relate to Befriend, Excel, Set Goals, and Treat with Respect. A/V/K/T
Learn from the two richest men in America as they discuss business and life in this lecture from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln’s College of Business Administration. Though they’re a generation apart in age and different in style, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett share a mutual respect for each other. With humor and insightful candor, the prosperous pals impart their wisdom about money, passion, and finding one’s place in the world.
Review concepts of “excel in your natural talents.” Ask students to take note of things each man says during the interview that relates to their own natural talents and how they learned to excel in life. A/K/T
Break into groups and discuss the lecture. A
This activity can be done with any lecture, video, or YouTube video. Teachers an research and determine the appropriateness of the age level and the video.

January 30, 2017 By Eaton Academy Staff Leave a Comment

Excel in Your Natural Talents

From the President:

“Eaton Academy serves students who benefit from a more customized model of education designed to meet their personal needs.” Those personal needs are academic, social, emotional and physical.

Welcome back to BEST in 2017! Before the holidays we focused on “B” for Befriend only those that bring out the BEST in you by completing several different types of activities that were auditory, visual, and kinesthetic/tactile. They were designed to help you analyze how you excel in your natural talents and how you prefer to learn information.

Next, here are activities designed to focus on “E” for Excel in your natural talents.

Highlight in yellow if the activity/task/strategy (verb is highlighted in red) is auditory, visual, and kinesthetic/tactile. These strategies will help you practice how to excel in your natural talents. Document your answers in your three-ring binder.

Ask yourself these questions? Document your answers.

What are your natural talents?
How has one of your natural talents motivated you to make a choice in your life?
Was that a positive experience in your life?

Complete these tasks.

List five of your talents. K/T
Prioritize verbally or on paper in order of enjoyment-1 being your favorite and the one that gives you the most joy. A and K/T
Draw a scene or picture or take a picture of you doing that talent. K/T

October 31, 2016 By Eaton Academy Staff Leave a Comment

The Journey to Being Your Potential BEST…

From the President:

“Eaton Academy serves students who benefit from a more customized model of education designed to meet their personal needs.” Those personal needs are academic, social, emotional, and physical.

In last week’s blog, “B” for Befriend, only those that bring out the BEST in you was introduced. You were to ask yourself these questions.

Do your friends inspire you or make you feel good about yourself?
Do the activities you engage in with your friends lead you to make good or bad choices?
Have those choices affected your life positively or negatively?
Are your friends “there for you” when you most need them?

Now it’s time to start your journey to being your “Potential BEST” by engaging in the following activities specifically designed to meet your personal needs.

This week, you are to complete these activities.

Highlight in yellow if the activity/task/strategy (verb is highlighted in red) is auditory, visual, or kinesthetic/tactile. These strategies will help you practice how to befriend those that bring out the BEST in you. Document your answers in your 3 ring binder.

Complete these tasks. Motivate yourself to choose good friends.

Individual tasks/activities

Choose one friend and note something he/she did or said that helped you through a difficult time in your life. (K/T)
Choose one friend and note something he/she did or said that hurt you or made you feel bad about yourself. K/T
Choose one trait or quality that you admire and would like to emulate. K/T
Create a “T” chart that lists these items. Compare and contrast. K/T

Small group tasks/activities

Role-play some of these actions that describe your feelings. A and K/T
Break into small groups and discuss these situations. A and K/T

The goal is to use activities that encourage you to think about how you make friends. Create your own activities that are not listed. Decide whether they are an auditory, visual or kinesthetic/tactile activity. It will help you learn what type of learning activity you prefer and how you naturally learn and absorb information.

Next week, we will provide more “Befriend” activities.

October 20, 2016 By Eaton Academy Staff Leave a Comment

Getting to Know Eaton Academy – Be Your Potential BEST Series

From the President:

Eaton Academy serves students who benefit from a more customized model of education designed to meet their personal needs. Personal needs are academic, emotional, social, and physical. We focus on the whole student and all that student needs to flourish, succeed, and reach his/her POTENTIAL BEST. Our BEST character education program, developed over ten years ago, is implemented daily. We focus on each letter in BEST for nine weeks, discussing, practicing, and implementing anti-bullying techniques. Students use these tenets and strategies to strengthen self-worth, confidence, and self-esteem. Follow our blog each week to see samples of our tenets, questions to ask oneself, and strategies designed to help students become their BEST!

B-Befriend only those who bring out the BEST in you.

Activities, strategies, interventions, and accommodations: How do you BEST learn information? Auditory: Do you need to hear it? Visual: Do you need to see it? Kinesthetic/Tactile: Do you need to manipulate it?

Auditory: A Visual: V Kinesthetic/Tactile: K/T

Ask yourself these questions? Document your answers.

Do your friends inspire you or make you feel good about yourself?
Do the activities you engage in with your friends lead you to make good or bad choices?
Have those choices affected your life positively or negatively?
Are your friends “there for you” when you most need them?

Next week we will post auditory, visual, and kinesthetic/tactile strategies to help you practice how to befriend those that bring out the BEST in you. Enjoy the journey on becoming your Potential BEST!

Bridgit Eaton-Partalis

President and Co-Founder

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