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In This
Issue
Ø Kindergarten
Registration
Ø PSSA
Workshops for Parents
Ø Join a
School Advisory Council (SAC)
Ø Parent
University’s Lecture Series
Ø Facilities
Master Plan-Phase 2
Ø Audio
Conference - Title I Parent Set Aside:
What Can I Spend it on?
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Everett Munroe ’12,
a junior at Simon Gratz HS, has
exhibited leadership potential and strives to do his best at all times. He
won an essay competition at Philadelphia Futures Young Men’s Initiative.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
WORKSHOPS
440 N. Broad
Street
Call 215-400-7272 to register.
Parent University’s Career and Job Readiness Lecture
Series
Part One: Wednesday, January 26th at
6:00 pm.
Did you
know…
PA Parent Information
Resource Center (PIRC) will conduct FREE noontime webinars about topics of
vital importance to parents. All webinars will be conducted on the fourth
Wednesday of each month from January to September. For more information and
to register, visit
http://www.center-school.org/pa-pirc/pro_dev.php
Positive
Quote
“Live
as if you die tomorrow. Learn as if you live forever.”
Mahatma
Gandhi
Office of Parent, Family,
Community Engagement, and Faith-based Partnerships
Karren Dunkley, Deputy Chief
Quibila A. Divine, Director of Parent and Family
Engagement
Linda Maldonado, Coordinator
Yves Marie Desir, Office Assistant
215-400-4180
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Announcements
FREE Special Education Training Sessions in English
and Spanish: January 18th – February
22nd between 9:30 am and 12:00 pm at 2200 N. 2nd St. Snacks and tokens
provided. Call 215 425-6203 for more
information and to reserve your space.
Temple Youth Voices
Project: Recruiting participants
(ages 14-17) to use their voice for positive social change. Tuesdays and
Thursdays afterschool and one Saturday per month; start on Tuesday, January 18th
at Temple
campus 3rd floor; Barton Hall between Broad and 13th St. Call 215 204-3871 or email inelson@temple.edu for more information.
Art
Sanctuary’s After School Program Recruits Teens: The program offers a
variety of FREE art, theatre, poetry, guitar, and voice classes. Classes for
youth ages 12-17 start on Saturday, January 18th and end Saturday, May
7th. Call 215 232-4485 or email here for more
information.
Mayor Nutter to Kick Off Volunteer Impact Challenge
2011: Mayor Nutter will host a day of service; Saturday, January 22nd;
10:00 am to 1:00 pm at Parkway Central Library; 1901 Vine St. Lunch and
ServePhiladelphia t-shirt for those who register in advance. Go here for more information.
Parent Resource Day
and Anti-Domestic Violence Awareness: Saturday, January 22nd; 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at Dunbar Elementary School; 1750 N. 12th St. Call 215 684-5065 for more information.
Fairmount
Water Works Interpretive Center: Offers a FREE Science Saturday Workshop, about Schuylkill Fish Species January, 22nd and 29th from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at 640 Waterworks Drive.
Visit Fairmount
Water Works Interpretive Center™ or call 215 685-0723 for more
information.
Please Touch Museum to host Disability Awareness
Exhibit: Saturday,
January 22nd to Sunday, April 24th. The exhibit is designed for children ages
5-12 years old. For more information visit here
Philadelphia
Home & School Council Workshop on the CSAP Process: Saturday, January 22nd at
10 am; 440
N. Broad Street, Room 1080. Call 215 400-4080 for information.
The School
District of Philadelphia Kindergarten Registration: Enroll your child now
for September 2011, January 24th to May 31st. Open House day is Tuesday,
March 1st and Open House Week is May, 23rd – 27th. Contact your local public
school. (Your child must be 5 years old before September 1st.) For more
information call 215 400-4270.
US Department of Education’s Education Stakeholders Forum: Monday, January 24th beginning at 9 am, stakeholders
wishing to listen in to the forum's proceedings can click on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/education-department
(No need to register for this live streaming.)
PSSA Test Prep for
Parents Workshop:
Tuesday, January 25th; 10:00 am to 12 pm at two locations…West Parent and
Family Resource Center, McMichael Elementary School; 3543 Fairmount Ave; Call
Nate Shrieves at 215 823-5530 to register AND Kinsey School at 6501
Limekiln Pike; call Nicole Hines at 215 276-5266 to register. The Office of Specialized Services and
Right to Education Task Force will be at Kinsey to offer information about
PASA and PSSA-M tests.
Parent
Workshop on Math Interventions: Tuesday, January 25th, at 440 N. Broad St., Room 1179 from 2-4
pm. Learn about Corrective Math and
FASTTMath and what you can do at home to support your child. Call 215-400-6065 for more information.
My Child,
My Choice Rally: Tuesday, January 25th at 9:00 am at the State Capitol in Harrisburg. FREE
transportation will be provided, buses leave from West Oak Lane. Call 215 851-1795 or
visit www.philadelphia.baeo.org
for more information.
The
Criminalization of Youth and the Dismantling of Public Education (FREE
Seminar): Wednesday, January 26th
between 5:30 and 7:30 pm at University
of PA; Houston Hall,
Ben Franklin Rm. Locate it on the map
at http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/map.php
Sheppard School presents two workshops: Anger Management on Wednesday,
January 26th from 8:30 am to 11:30 am; and Multicultural Latino Festival on
Monday, January 31st from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. For more information, call 215 291-4711.
The Philadelphia
Trainers Collaborative: Offers
monthly educational trainings, January’s
meeting focus: Developing your capacity to co-facilitate Diversity
Dialogues. Wednesday, January 26th at Temple University,
Conwell Hall 3rd floor; conference room 3B; 1801 N. Broad St. RSVP here.
Media Access Workshop: Tell your Story, FREE opportunity for community
leaders, parents and small business owners, to gain hands-on skills &
training from Local Media; Saturday, January 29th at NBC
Philadelphia Studios, City Line Ave. & Monument Rd. Registration is
required visit access@pabj.org
The Center
for Autism Research at Children’s Hospital: Needs participants for conducting
autism research studies for infants, toddlers, school-aged children, and
adults. Families will be compensated for their time and travel. Call 866
570-6534 or email autism@email.chop.edu
Temple
University Center City’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Offers a variety of courses for
retired educators or others who want to continue learning. The new semester
starts on Monday, January 24th. To sign up visit here.
Fathers Are In The House Presents
Sports & Business Seminar: Monday, February 21st; 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at The Wells Fargo
Center for parents/guardians and their children in grades 6-12; $10.00 for
parents and $8.00 for students. Call
267 804-3852 or email gporter@bizelite.org
for information.
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Resources
The Philadelphia Free
Library has various
programs and services available at your local library. Visit http://www.freelibrary.org/libserv/
for more information.
Live Online Session: Family School Community Partnership
Improve Student Achievement; learn how family engagement impacts on student’s
success; Wednesday, January 26th
12:00 to 12:30 pm Register here
http://www.center-school.org/pa-pirc/online/
USA Funds access to Education Scholarships: For the 2011-2012
academic year, USA Funds will award 1,500 scholarships to students with
economic need. Accepting applications between December 15, 2010 and February
15, 2011. For more information, visit http://www.usafunds.org/scholarship
Office of Secondary Reform (OSSR): Offers FREE students’ website; SAT/PSAT information,
College Prep Tips, Practice Drills & Exams, and more. 4 easy steps to
student sign up, call 215 400-5719 or email vdavinci@philasd.org
FREE E-books and Digital books available online: Visit www.faithinstitute.org to see the
titles. Call 877 464-2066 to get more information
about how to get 2 free e-books per person.
Parenting Web Site: There are multiple
parenting resources to help families in various aspects of their lives. Visit www.cap4kids.org/philadelphia
Six warning signs that your child is being bullied: Approximately 160,000 children miss
school every day in the United
States for fear of being bullied; more
than 50 suicides have been linked to prolonged bullying; and approximately 85
percent of school shootings have revenge against bullies as a major motive,
according to Dr. Ted Zeff, a practicing psychologist and author. [ Read
More ]
PTA Radio Examines Family
Engagement and Drop-out Crisis: The latest edition of PTA Radio is available for your
listening: PTANewsroom.org/pta_radio.html.
Kid’s College & Learning Through Sports: Offers information for Bullying Prevention for
grades 3-5 call 866 552-9192 or visit www.ltsstar.com
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SAVE THE DATE
Imagine Great Schools
Facilities Master Plan Meetings-2nd Phase:
Will be held
in various locations beginning on February 1st at 6 pm or 10 am (if on a
Saturday). Visit http://www.philasd.org/fmp for more
information.
Tuesday, February 1st…..Penrose
School Tuesday,
February 8th…..Saul HS
Wednesday, February 2nd….Kensington
CAPA Wednesday, February
9th…..South Philadelphia HS
Thursday, February 3rd….Germantown
HS Thursday, February
10th….Fels HS
Saturday, February 5th….HS of the Future
Philadelphia Home
& School General Membership Meeting:
Tuesday,
February 1st at 6 pm; 440 N. Broad St. in Room 1075. Get your questions answered about School
Advisory Councils (SACs). Call 215
400-4080 for more information.
US Department of
Education’s Audio Conference - Title I Parent Set-Aside: What Can I Spend it On?: Wednesday, February 16th
at 440 N. Broad St., noon – 1:30
pm. Call 215-400-4180 to register
(space is limited).
PA Parent Information
& Resource Center (PIRC): Presents a Homework Workshop; Thursday, February 17th;
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm at 275 Grandview Ave. Camp Hill. Call 717 763-1661 x 205
or email callen@csc.csiv.org
The Education
Trust Leadership Webinar Series: Learn what help
principals need to improve schools; Wednesday, February 23rd at 4:00 pm. Visit Leadership Webinar Series for information.
PA PLA,
“PARENT POWER”, and Student Success Center Workshop: Come hear about Math & Reading Programs,
PSSAs, Parent University, and Title I.
Saturday, February 26th; 9:00 am at Fitzsimons High School;
2601 W. Cumberland St.
(Breakfast will be served.)
U. S. Department of Education’s
Voices in Action National Youth Summit: Engage middle/high school students
from across the nation in meeting the president’s challenges to lead the
world in college completion by 2020, Saturday, February 26th; 8:00 am to 6:00
pm at Washington, DC. For more information, email robert.gomez@ed.gov
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