Ms. Pustilnik’s Virtual Classroom (UPDATED)
Check out my updated classroom! Enjoy 🙂 See you all soon in your specials rotation!!
Welcome to my (Virtual) Classroom!
Hi there Sedalia Park Panthers! I have a couple exciting things to share…. drum roll please….
Here’s my new virtual classroom! Please come visit me by clicking on the classroom picture below 🙂 When you visit my virtual classroom, I have linked all of the pictures, posters and items around the room so that when you click on them, you will see many cool resources.
Here’s my welcome back to school video. I hope you didn’t forget about my special assistance, Mr. Potato Head. See you all soon Park Panthers!
Ms.P 🙂
Happy New Year!!!
Howdy Sedalia Park Panthers and families!
We miss seeing you around our school, but the teachers, staff, and admin are already busy preparing for a new school year. Happy New Year!! Because this school year is starting off in a different way, I wanted to share a special resource with you that comes from the Counseling Department in Cobb County Schools. Check this out: Virtual Calming Center
Click the link above to find many resources to help you feel calmer and more grounded and manage stress. My personal favorite are the animal web cameras like this one from our local Georgia Aquarium: Beluga Whales Web Cam
Wishing you all a safe, productive, and stress-free start to the new school year!
Ms. Pustilnik 🙂
College & Career Week at the Park!
We are so excited to host a College & Career Week for our Park Panthers, starting Monday 4/27!
Click the link to check out some of the exciting things we have planned!
Monday 4/27 kicks off College Day! Wear your favorite college shirt, technical school shirt or armed forces attire. Visit this site to visit over 600 colleges virtually: https://www.youvisit.com/collegesearch/
Feelings Scavenger Hunt
Hi Sedalia Park Panthers!
You and your kids may be experiencing LOTS of different FEELINGS during this unusual time. Here’s another screen-free activity to help your child focus on FEELINGS and build their Emotional IQ or EQ.
(From: Centervention.com)
Feelings matter! When kids spend time learning about feelings, then they develop better skills to manage the big ones, exhibit better self-control, and feel more comfortable expressing themselves. This activity may be a good starting point to get your kids talking about all the changes in their daily lives and how they FEEL about it. What are they missing the most? What’s something that makes them happy these days? Talking about feelings often brings people closer together, too. There are many benefits to feelings education – check here for more information: Kids Health – Talking About Feelings and COVID-19 Calming Anxiety for Parents
Take care! Please reach out if I can help support your family and/or student in any way. flynn.pustilnik@cobbk12.org
(470) 344-3958
Welcome Back Park Panthers!
Hi Sedalia Park Panthers!
I hope you enjoyed a relaxing Spring Break! I miss you all!! Despite ALL of the changes that have happened to us and our school over the past few weeks, I’m hoping that we can work together and help our students develop and maintain positive attitudes through POSITIVE SELF-TALK. See below for the benefits of positive self-talk, including overcoming tough times more easily, coping with stress better, and building self-confidence. Negative emotions like sadness, fear, and disappointment are totally normal, expected and valid during this time. However, if we continue to focus only on the negative feelings, it leads to more stress and is not healthy for us.
Hey Parents! Here are some positive self-talk statements. Read these with your child and then ask them to add to the list to practice POSITIVE SELF-TALK. Try reviewing this short list daily, or at least weekly, to keep the positive self-talk going!
- What does your child like about him/herself? Maybe they need your help identifying strengths.
- What can they say when they make a mistake? (This is hard, but I’ll keep trying. Mistakes mean we are learning!)
- What can we say to ourselves to get through this tough time? (Challenges help me grow! I am strong! I know people who care about me.)
For more information, visit: https://www.thepathway2success.com/positiveselftalk/
Coping with Today
Hi Sedalia Park Panthers!
What a day! The quote below struck me today.
It’s hard to have a positive attitude about everything. What a big disappointment for our students, staff, families and even our communities to be at home for the rest of the school year! In situations like these where we have no control, we have to learn to cope and can help our kids learn this important life skill too. Click here –> Coping Calendar – you may want to try it with your family. Simple steps you can take everyday this month to take care of yourself. I hope you’ll try at least one thing from the calendar and see how it makes you feel. Please reach out if I can help support you, your student and/or family in any way.
Take care, Flynn (flynn.pustilnik@cobbk12.org or 470-344-3958)
For More Info: Go to ActionForHappiness.Org
Responsibility Review
Hi Sedalia Park Panthers!
We’ve been away from school for almost 3 weeks now! I miss you guys and have enjoyed seeing some of you on Zoom calls this week already. I have a tough review question for you…
Do you remember what the 3 R’s at our school are? Sedalia Park Panthers are…
- READY
- RESPECTFUL
- RESPONSIBLE
We already talked about what it means to be responsible when I visited your classrooms in February. Do you remember? So, here’s your chance to show RESPONSIBLE behavior at home by helping your family and taking care of your stuff. Your challenge this week is to complete the Clean Your Room Checklist (see below OR make your own checklist!) and show just how RESPONSIBLE you can be. Easy, right?? No screen required for this activity! I bet it will feel good to help out your family by completing this challenge and seeing their happy, grateful faces. 🙂
Happy cleaning!
Ms. P
New Contact Information & Resource
Hi Sedalia Park Panthers!
I hope you all had a restful weekend! I wanted to let you know that you can call or text me on my google voice number if you need assistance – (470) 344-3958. Please don’t hesitate to contact me. I want to help support our students and families especially during this unusual time.
Here’s a new resource for you to check out at home –> WeDoListen.Org
Meet Howard B. Wigglebottom and enjoy great books on different social-emotional topics like lying, listening, cooperating, courage, making good choices and MORE! There is also an interactive game and coloring pages. Happy digital learning!
