by Elise McVeigh | Oct 31, 2022 | Mrs. McVeigh's Manners Themes of the Week
This week Mrs. McVeigh’s Manners themes of the week are Mistakes and It’s Not All About YOU! Ask your child about making Mistakes: Does everyone make mistakes? YES How should you handle a mistake? Apologize once – in a good tone of voice – and...
by Elise McVeigh | Oct 24, 2022 | Mrs. McVeigh's Manners Themes of the Week
This week Mrs. McVeigh’s Manners themes of the week are Respect, Rude, and Trick or Treat. Ask your child about what it means to have Respect: It means you use kind words. You use a good tone of voice. Reply yes (or no) mam/sir. Have good eye contact. Ask your...
by Elise McVeigh | Oct 17, 2022 | Mrs. McVeigh's Manners Themes of the Week
This week Mrs. McVeigh’s Manners themes of the week are Restaurant and Balanced and Polite Eating Ask your child about having good Restaurant manners, and ask the following questions. Who is the first person who greets us at the door, with menus? The host or...
by Elise McVeigh | Jul 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
This is an old column, which I thought was very appropriate for this time period. Dear Mrs. McVeigh, My boyfriend and I recently went to a friend’s house for dinner. I had to use the bathroom when I was there. After I washed my hands, I noticed that their hand towel...
by Elise McVeigh | Jul 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Mrs. McVeigh,My friend and I have 8th graders, and were reminiscing about their classmates that we have known since Kindergarten. As we were looking at various kids on Instagram, we noticed that all of the girls have pictures of themselves posing in bathing...
