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Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Happy Holidays! Best wishes for a successful end to the semester, and to all of you for a holiday season filled with peace, joy, and family togetherness. ❤️
🎁 This season of giving, please consider a gift to The Parent Venture. Your donation of any size helps keep our events FREE for parents and the community!
⛄ Mark your calendars for these great events coming up in January/February:
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Chris Balme, education leader, author (The Magic of Middle School), and school founder, presents On Beautiful Conversations: How to Stay Connected to Your Adolescent Child (January 23).
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Mario De Anda, Director, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and Alice Kleeman, College Advisor (Retired), present Free Money for College? Facts and Myths About Scholarships and Grants (coming January 28).
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In February, we welcome George Anders, author, speaker, and journalist, for You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a “Useless” Liberal Arts Education (February 25).
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Warm wishes,
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"Thanks so much for making these events available to ALL the community. This is such a gem!"
– Elisa C., Parent, Silicon Valley, California
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Upcoming 2024 - 2025 Events | |
Happy, Confident, and Strong: Tips for Helping Your Child Develop a Healthy Body Image
Andrea Bastiani Archibald, PhD, Developmental Psychologist
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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On Beautiful Conversations: How to Stay Connected to Your Adolescent Child
Chris Balme, Education Leader, Bestselling Author, School Founder
Thursday, January 23, 2025
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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Free Money for College? Facts and Myths About Scholarships and Grants
Mario De Anda, Director, Silicon Valley Community Foundation & Alice Kleeman, College Advisor (Retired)
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a "Useless" Liberal Arts Education
George Anders, Journalist, Speaker, Author of You Can Do Anything
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
6:00pm – 7:00pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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How We Can Create Inclusive School Communities and Why It Matters
SEPTAR (Special Education PTA of Redwood City) offers a virtual event on how to make schools and communities more inclusive by amplifying student voices. FREE and open to the public!
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
7:00pm - 8:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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8 Things You Should Never, Ever Say to a Teenager
Ellen Galinsky, author of The Breakthrough The Breakthrough Years: “Adolescents are primed to be like emotional detectors. They react strongly to experiences so they can learn to be themselves. I think of these big feelings as developmentally necessary.”
— HuffPost: Parenting
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Pentatonix - Hallelujah (Official Video)
"This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can reconcile and embrace the whole mess, and that's what I mean by 'Hallelujah.'"
— Leonard Cohen, Songwriter
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning: 5 Things Parents and Educators Show Know About AI
Isabelle Hau, executive director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning, offers a practical guide for parents and educators, outlining the key things they need to know to help kids thrive in an AI-enhanced future.
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