Dear Parents,
It's hard to believe that the school year is almost over!
We have enjoyed bringing you high-quality parent education that inspires, engages, and (hopefully) offers insight into raising happy, healthy children and teens.
If you missed Dr. Denise Pope's outstanding presentation,
A Well-Balanced Perspective on College "Fit"
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don't despair!
A video will be available soon, and you can click
here
to download a free copy of the new
Challenge Success
white paper,
A "Fit" Over Rankings: Why College Engagement Matters More Than Selectivity
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Did you know that human trafficking is happening in San Mateo County? And on our school campuses?
Join us for this year's final event,
Lily's Wings,
an original community project and play to raise awareness in youth about human trafficking (Wednesday, May 15,
M-A
). This event is open to adults and youth 13+.
ps. If anyone is missing a Women's Champion vest (M-A PAC), please email me!
Warm regards,
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Charlene Margot, M.A.
cmargot@csmconsulting.net
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Upcoming 2018 - 2019 Events
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Menlo-Atherton High School
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Lily's Wings: An Anti-Trafficking Community Project and Play
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Lily's Wings
is an original play produced by Fuse Theatre to raise awareness about human trafficking. Youth 13+ and adults are welcome to attend! Free admission.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Menlo-Atherton High School
M-A Performing Arts Center (PAC)
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Anxious parenting is an optimization economy with no upper limit, which turns every second of a child’s life, in and out of school, into a commodity.
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How to Grant Your Child an Inner Life
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"As my children get older, I’m realizing how profoundly my instincts have been shaped by this culture of constant supervision, which wants to believe that it’s the same thing as intimacy. I still prefer it, over all, to the enormous distance that I sometimes felt as a teen-ager toward my parents. But I want to ask: Who is speaking up, today, for a young person’s right to a private life, to secrets, unshared thoughts, unmonitored conversations and relationships?"
- The New Yorker
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Kevin Durant credits his mother, Wanda--who raised Kevin and his brother as a single parent in Washington, D.C., on a postal worker's salary--for showing him how to rebound from setbacks. He saluted her as "the real MVP" during his 2014 NBA MVP acceptance speech.
"At one point, when I was working overnight shifts, Kevin asked me, 'How long are you going to keep working like this?'" says Wanda Durant. "It was hard on him and his brother, too. But I told him, 'It's what I have to do to make sure we're OK.' He understood."
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- Wanda Durant, mother of Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors
Photo: Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group
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Challenge Success, Stanford Graduate School of Education
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Challenge Success
, a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Stanford Graduate School of Education, partners with schools, families, and communities to embrace a broad definition of success and to implement research-based strategies that promote student well-being and engagement with learning.
Photo: Challenge Success
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6th Annual Education Conference
Connections Between Achievement, Neuroscience and Stress
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Please join education leaders, community leaders, mental health professionals and non-profits for this very power day of learning. For more information, contact Carrie DuBois at cdubois@cbnorcal.com
Monday, May 20, 2019
9:00am - 12:30pm
Doors open at 8:30am for registration
Sobrato Center for Nonprofits
Shoreway Conference Room
350 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City
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T
he Parent Education Series
provides families with the knowledge, skills, and strategies they need to support student success, health, and well-being.
Parents, students, educators, and community members welcome! Free admission and light refreshments. Spanish interpretation is available.
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Stay up-to-date on The Parent Education Series by visiting our
Facebook page and YouTube channel!
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