10/05/2026
🧠 We’re growing strong brains at Neck River!
This year, we’re beginning a schoolwide focus on executive functioning skills—the skills that help children manage their attention, emotions, impulses, and actions.
We’re going slowly and focusing on one skill at a time. First up? The skill of INHIBIT: the ability to STOP 🛑 and THINK 💭 before we act.
At school, students will practice pausing before reacting, interrupting, grabbing, calling out, or making an impulsive choice.
🏠 Families can help at home by using the same simple language: “STOP and THINK. What’s the best choice?”
These skills take practice, and we’re excited to build them together! 💚🧠
[Photo Description: Colorful “INHIBIT!” graphic featuring a smiling stop-sign character holding up a hand as a reminder to “STOP and THINK.”]