There are 10 life skills Van Buskirk highlights during the year.  Each life skill will be addressed monthly by the classroom teacher and reinforced through scheduled lessons by the counselor.  These life skills will also be the theme for spirit assemblies, as well as the theme for Soy Un Oso Poderoso.  The classroom teacher selects four students quarterly to be recognized for outstanding demonstration of a life skill.  These students are recognized at the Soy Un Oso Poderoso celebration.

The library has resources highlighting each life skill on display and available for checkout out.  Click on the life skill below to see the list.

Month                                  Life Skill                        Meaning________________________

August                                      Effect                                    Do your best.

September                                Responsibility                   Respond appropriately and be                                                                                    
                                                                                                  responsible for your actions.
                                                                                                                          
October                                    Friendship                           Make and keep a friend through mutual

                                                                                                  trust and caring.

November                                Cooperation                        Work together toward a common goal.

                                                                                              

December                                 Problem Solving               Create solutions in difficult situations

                                                                                                 and everyday

                                                                                             

January                                    Tolerance                             Get along and work with people whose

                                                                                                  opinions or ways differ from your own.

                                                                                                                                                                                                February                                   Initiative                             Do something because it needs to be   
                                                                                                 done.                    

                                                                                                 

March                                        Caring                                 Feel and show concern for others.

                                                                                                 

April                                          Perseverance                     Stick to a purpose or a goal.

May                                           Integrity                             Act according to a sense of what’s right

                                                                                                and wrong.