7-12 Students decked the halls for the Holiday Season! 🎄🎅 #bulldogpride
Just as positive coaching shifts from compliance to commitment, positive athletic parenting shifts from "managing the outcome" to "supporting the journey."
Research consistently shows that the #1 reason kids quit sports is that it stops being fun, often due to pressure from adults. Your goal is to be their Safe Harbor—the one place where their value isn't tied to the scoreboard.
Here is the framework for being a high-impact sports parent.
1. The Golden Rule: The 6 Words
Surveys of collegiate athletes asked what their parents said that made them feel best. The overwhelming winner was just six words. It wasn't "You played great" or "Good hustle."
It was: "I love to watch you play."
This phrase liberates the child. It requires no performance metric, no win, and no advice. It simply says that your joy comes from their participation, not their perfection.
2. The Four Roles
In any youth sports environment, there are only four distinct roles. You can only pick one.
The Player: Plays the game.
The Coach: Strategizes and instructs.
The Official: Enforces the rules.
The Spectator: Cheers and supports.
The Trap: Most conflict happens when a parent tries to be a Spectator and a Coach (yelling instructions) or a Spectator and an Official (yelling at refs). If you are in the stands, stay in your lane.
Research consistently shows that the #1 reason kids quit sports is that it stops being fun, often due to pressure from adults. Your goal is to be their Safe Harbor—the one place where their value isn't tied to the scoreboard.
Here is the framework for being a high-impact sports parent.
1. The Golden Rule: The 6 Words
Surveys of collegiate athletes asked what their parents said that made them feel best. The overwhelming winner was just six words. It wasn't "You played great" or "Good hustle."
It was: "I love to watch you play."
This phrase liberates the child. It requires no performance metric, no win, and no advice. It simply says that your joy comes from their participation, not their perfection.
2. The Four Roles
In any youth sports environment, there are only four distinct roles. You can only pick one.
The Player: Plays the game.
The Coach: Strategizes and instructs.
The Official: Enforces the rules.
The Spectator: Cheers and supports.
The Trap: Most conflict happens when a parent tries to be a Spectator and a Coach (yelling instructions) or a Spectator and an Official (yelling at refs). If you are in the stands, stay in your lane.
Miss Morales was recognized with the Lightning DOES Strike Twice Award ⚡️🌩️⚡️ for inspiring and encouraging students! ⛈️ #bulldogpride
Montana State Registered Apprentice Specialist, Dave Fuqua, and James Stone with the MT Dept of Labor visited with juniors and seniors this week about apprenticeship opportunities. 👷🏼👨🏻⚕️👩🏻🌾 #bulldogpride
All Bus Routes will run at 3:33pm dismissal today.
Mr. Standley and Ms. Wineinger's Intro to Business class students marketed their entrepreneurial projects at the Holiday Bazaar. 🍞🐶🍦🎣🧁👕 #bulldogpride
Bus Routes will not be traveling into ND this morning due to no travel advised. Bus drivers will be contacting families on their routes.
K-6 students love classroom visits from the Little Bulldog mentors! 🏀🦃🏃🏻♀️ #bulldogpride
High School students earned a Hat & PJ Day for their exemplary behavior! Our students demonstrate PRIDE and are positive role models for younger Bulldogs! In grades 9-12, there are only 6 office referrals to date. 💙🤍 #bulldogpride #wearebulldogs
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It is the final day of book blast! It is so exciting how many great books are on the way to our students. There is still time to complete the treasure map. Use the following link:https://app.booksarefun.com/BainvillePS59212 to participate!
It is the final day of book blast! It is so exciting how many great books are on the way to our students. There is still time to complete the treasure map. Use the following link:https://app.booksarefun.com/BainvillePS59212 to participate!
Time is ticking to earn our students more books! You can contribute through the invitation from your favorite student or make a school-wide contribution https://app.booksarefun.com/BainvillePS59212 through Sunday night.
Don't forget! When you register and send 10+ invitations, it helps classroom teachers earn shopping sprees for classroom supplies or books. Plus, students still have time to get it on the Epic Treasure Chest giveaway! Thanks for supporting our teachers!
Don't forget! When you register and send 10+ invitations, it helps classroom teachers earn shopping sprees for classroom supplies or books. Plus, students still have time to get it on the Epic Treasure Chest giveaway! Thanks for supporting our teachers!
Attention Book Blaster families! We have only a few days left! Now is the time to contribute through the invitation from your favorite student or to make a school-wide contribution: https://app.booksarefun.com/BainvillePS59212 . You have until Sunday night to contribute.
Thank you to everyone in our community and beyond that have contributed to our Book Blast event! Your support will help students take home as many books as possible, up to 10 each. In our quest to promote literacy and reading, every new book is like gold to be treasured!
Thank you to everyone in our community and beyond that have contributed to our Book Blast event! Your support will help students take home as many books as possible, up to 10 each. In our quest to promote literacy and reading, every new book is like gold to be treasured!
t’s not too late to complete your Treasure Map, earn your prizes, and help your child’s teacher earn a shopping spree to purchase books and supplies for the classroom! When 60% of the classroom students register and invite 10+ friends and family members, that teacher will earn a $100 shopping spree. If 90% of the classroom invites 10+ friends and family members, the teacher will earn a $200 shopping spree. Visit https://app.booksarefun.com/BainvillePS59212 to participate!
Book Blast contributions help ensure all our students receive books. After your student earns all 10 books from the book list, additional contributions help provide more books for all our students, classrooms, and the library. Plus, there’s still a chance to be entered into the Disney trip giveaway! #booksarefun #literacy #bookblastadventures #readingrules
Student Council would like to invite the community to watch High School teams have fun on Monday! 🏈🏐 #bulldogpride
Congratulations, Harrison Kuehl, for being our 3rd Book Blast Treasure Chest winner! Way to go! There is still time to win a Treasure Chest by inviting 10+ family members or friends: https://app.booksarefun.com/BainvillePS59212 . Let’s keep up the momentum to help build our students’ home libraries!
#GiveLiteracy #BookBlast #bookblastadventures @go.booksarefun #goread #lovebooks
#GiveLiteracy #BookBlast #bookblastadventures @go.booksarefun #goread #lovebooks
Congratulations to Addison and Sophie for being selected as November's STAR Students! 🌟💫 #bulldogpride
Mrs. Dear recognized Ms. Natasha with the Lightning Award⚡️for her hard work providing our students, staff, and community with great, healthy meals. Her kitchen is inviting and fun. She does a lot behind the scenes for our school and is a bright, positive reflection of Bulldog PRIDE. 🌩️⚡️#bulldogpride
Wow - our Book Blast is off to a great start! Congratulations to Mara Portra for winning our first drawing prize: the Book Blast Treasure Chest! Our quest to level up our readers has never been so much fun! We’re blasting through our mission to earn as many books as possible for our students. Register now and invite 10+ contacts to be entered into the drawings for our Treasure Chests!
#booksarefun #bookraiser #bookblastadventures #epictreasurechest #treasure @go.booksarefun
#booksarefun #bookraiser #bookblastadventures #epictreasurechest #treasure @go.booksarefun
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Today we celebrate with Hailey as she signed her letter of intent to play volleyball for the Jimmies while she studies Biology. 🏐🧡🖤 #bulldogpride
