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Dear Parents and Caregivers, 


Happy Holidays! Best wishes to you and your families for a cozy, safe, and well-deserved winter break...and for the students, best of luck with final exams! ❄️


Mark your calendars! We kick off 2024 with parenting advice for the New Year. See below for "sneak peeks" into exciting programs coming up in January/February.


In January's Parent Forum (English), Eran Magen, PhD, founder of Parenting for Humans, offers Helping Your Child Build Good Habits. This is a great companion to December's Forum, How to Be Your Child's Favorite Conversation Partner.


Want to start 2024 on a reflective note? Carin Winter, CEO, and Corinne Cortez, mindful educators, Mission Be, present Cultivate Mindful Routines for the New Year in English (January 17) and Spanish (January 18).


On January 25, we welcome bestselling author and journalist Dashka Slater in discussion of her new book, Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives it Changed. Don't miss this one!


Just added! On January 30, we're delighted to host Louis Newman, PhD, former Dean of Academic Advising at Stanford University, to discuss his new book, Thinking Critically in College: Essential Tools for Student Success.


NEW! We're proud to join a consortium of Silicon Valley-based nonprofits to launch a groundbreaking Neurodiversity Speaker Series, beginning in February 2024. Community partners include Children’s Health Council, Compass High School, REEL2E, and The RILEY Project.


Wow! Our free Video Library (YouTube) just passed 180,000+ views! Over Winter Break, tune in to subscribe, view, or share a video (or two) with family and friends.


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Upcoming 2023 - 2024 Events

2024 Sneak Peeks

Cultivating Mindful Routines For the New Year (English)


NEW! Join Mission Be for a Mindful parent/caregiver workshop on how to create a New Year’s Mindful Practice Routine for you and your family. Workshop presented by Carin Winter, CEO, Mission Be.


Wednesday, January 17, 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Virtual Event (Live)

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Cultivando rutinas conscientes para el nuevo año (español)


¡NUEVO! Únase a Mission Be para un taller para padres/cuidadores conscientes sobre cómo crear una rutina de práctica consciente de Año Nuevo para usted y su familia. Taller presentado por Corinne Cortez, educador consciente, Mission Be.


Jueves, 18 de enero de 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Evento virtual (en vivo)

Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives it Changed


NEW! Dashka Slater is an award-winning journalist and the bestselling author of books for teens and adults including The 57 Bus. In Accountability, she tackles the question, Where does accountability end for online speech that harms? 


Thursday, January 25, 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Virtual Event (Live)

Coming Soon!
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Thinking Critically in College: Essential Tools for Student Success


NEW! Louis E. Newman, PhD, author and former Dean of Academic Advising and Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Stanford, offers the guidance students need to succeed in college and in life post-graduation.


Tuesday, January 30, 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Virtual Event (Live)

The Parent Forum

Parent Forum #29 (English) - How to Help Your Child Build Good Habits


How can you help your kids build good habits? In this Parent Forum (English), Eran Magen, PhDoffers tips on how to instill positive behaviors.


Friday, January 12, 2024

12:00pm – 1:00pm PT

Virtual Event (Live)

Coming soon!

Neurodiversity Speaker Series

Coming Soon!

A Strength-Based Approach to Learner Variability and Neurodiversity


NEW! We kick off the all-new Neurodiversity Speaker Series with Barbara Pape, EdM, Senior Director, Learner Variability Project, Digital Promise, and co-founder of The IEP Project.


Wednesday, February 7, 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Virtual Event (Live)

Book Shelf

Thinking Critically in College: The Essential Handbook for Student Success


Written in an engaging style that draws on Dr. Louis Newman's experience as a professor and academic advisor, Thinking Critically in College is an indispensable guide to college for students from all academic backgrounds.

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According to new research from Denise Pope, PhD, and Stanford University, the popularization of AI chatbots has not boosted overall cheating rates in schools.


— The New York Times: The AI Race

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When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mr. Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids


In their book, When You Wonder, You’re Learning, co-authors Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski reveal how Mr. Rogers' tools for learning can help kids become more kind, creative, curious, and caring.

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