District 96 PTA-O 2012 Guest Speaker Flyer
From: The District 96 PTA/Os
2012 Guest Speaker
Tuesday, February 7th 7:30pm
Don’t miss this year’s Guest Speaker—Sarah Migas, MSW an Internet Safety
Specialist from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.
Her lecture will focus on learning how parents can help their children success-fully navigate today’s digital landscape.
Lecture to take place at Blythe Park School’s auditorium.
See you there!
RAIN is presenting an evening with Paul O’Malley, Clinical Psychologist from LADSE. Paul will discuss Behavior Issues with children with a question and Answer period following.
Light refreshments to be served.
What: Behavior Issues
When: October 19, 2011
Where: Riverside Public Library
Time: 7pm-8:30pm (doors open 6:30pm)
Other: No babysitting available at this time. Plenty of time to socialize and find out more about RAIN. Contact Mary Komperda for questions: raindistrict96@gmail.com or 708-203-6465 leave a message.
Dear District 96 Parents :
As Summer approaches we all look forward to time away from the “routine” and hopefully some pleasant warm weather. We’d like to extend an invitation to all parents and their children with IEP/504s to connect over the summer break and learn more about R.A.I.N and the many programs we have to help each other in navigating the special education road. We are looking to grow R.A.I.N into a phenomenal network of parents and students dedicated to our mission of awareness, education, support, networking, and acceptance of students with learning differences.
We’ll have many great opportunities over summer to share our knowledge and work together. We hope you can find the time to bring your ideas and benefit from some of the many events we are planning for the summer:
Recognizing that summer is a busy time for all if you can’t make it to any of the above events we’d still love to hear from you, and know what topics are of interest for future discussions and events. Please send us an email with your information as we’d like to gather a parent directory for R.A.I.N in an effort to effectively communicate our events and plans to the parents of children with IEPs and 504 plans. Have a great summer and we hope to see you in August for a picnic where we can all gear up for the 2011-2012 school year! To share your information and receive future directed communications please email mylaf@prodigy.net or call Mary Komperda at 708-447-8648. Thank you for your interest.
The Crane Crew has been working so hard this trimester to prepare for the big Art Show on May 12, 2011. There will be hundreds and hundreds of Cranes in the Hauser cafeteria. Cranes can be purchased for $1.00.
Students will also be selling their artwork and half of proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Jen’s Kids. Jen’s Kids is an organization that provides therapeutic art activities for hospitalized children.
The Art Show will begin at 7:00 P.M. and will end at 8:30 P.M.
Come and see all the amazing art work the students have created!
“Race to Nowhere”
April 26 from 7p-9p
Ames Gymnasium
for Adults Only
Ames PTA is hosting an important event: A viewing of Race to Nowhere. Race to Nowhere is a documentary that provides a unique and eye-opening look into education and parenting as it exists today. This documentary has received rave reviews and has resulted in large attendance at many school-sponsored screenings. This is a unique opportunity for our community to come together to view this important movie and to engage in a discussion on these topics.
Tickets: $10 in advance/$15 at door
Tickets can be purchased online at: rtnafamesschool.eventbrite.com
Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people across the country who have been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and worried that students aren’t developing the skills they need, and parents who are trying to do what’s best for their kids, Race to Nowhere points to the silent epidemic in our schools: cheating has become commonplace, students have become disengaged, stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant, and young people arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired. Race to Nowhere is a call to mobilize families, educators, and policy makers to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens.