December is Empathy

Empathy is the feeling that you understand and share another person’s experiences and emotions. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Empathy is about standing in someone else’s shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or...

November is Gratitude

Cottage Lane will be growing a gratitude tree. The gratitude tree will show everyone that we appreciate the small things in life, are grateful for everything they have, are mindful of the things that are going right in their lives and hold people in our lives close to...

October is Acceptance

This month we celebrate and practice ACCEPTANCE! Acceptance is the willingness to embrace feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own. Acceptance is the ability to experience or survive something unpleasant. Acceptance is the willingness to tolerate...

September is Courage

Welcome back to an exciting school year! This year’s character education is bursting with color. September is scarlet red for COURAGE. Starting a new year with new teachers, new classmates and new expectations takes courage. Being brave, making sacrifices,...

Winter Olympics 2018

Tonight is the opening ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. There are so many opportunities to learn about winter sporting events, countries around the world and athletes. Here are a few links: Mrs. Ramirez friend, Stacy Spletzer, is...

Snow Day!

How did you spend your snow day? Did you have a nice relaxing lazy day? Were you crafty and creative? Did you spend your day reading or gaming? Make any snowmen? Snowball fight? Check in and let Ms. Early know…I will share my pics too… Enjoy your snow...