March 2008
Addiction Seminar
Follow-up
Earlier this month, the SHS PTSA partnered with the
SAMA Foundation and the Bowlby family to host a seminar and panel discussion on
the adolescent brain and the effects of
alcohol and other dangerous addictive drugs. Two major points made by the
Bowlbys and the SAMA panel: prescription medication is easy for teens to get
their hands on by going into their parents’ medicine cabinets or the medicine
cabinets of friends, and addiction should never be kept secret.
An article about the Bowlby family appeared in
the Sammamish Reporter in February http://www.sammamish-reporter.com/jumpstory.html?story=news1&pubdate=2/13/2008.
A second article is due to appear on March 14.
For
more information on Parenting for Prevention and Parenting for Early
Intervention, visit the SAMA website www.samafoundation.org. SAMA is a privately funded non-profit organization
based in
Next PTSA General
Membership Meeting—Monday, March 24, 12pm
Please
plan to attend our next PTSA membership meeting at noon on Monday, March 24, in
the Skyline Staff Lounge to elect next year’s officers and acknowledge this year’s
Golden Acorn recipients.
The
slate of Skyline PTSA officers for 2008-2009:
President: Leigh
Stokes, Heather Gillette
Secretary: Howard
Burns
Treasurer: Suzanne
Weaver
VP of Volunteers:
Renee Robinson
VP of Pacific
Cascade Freshman Campus: Susan Lammers
Jean Manis jeanmanis@msn.com and Leigh Stokes leigh.stokes@comcast.net
Co-Presidents
Skyline PTSA 2.6.70
Mark Your
Calendar
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Mar 11 |
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7pm, Rooms
102-103 |
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Mar 15 |
Mock SAT
Test |
7:30am-12:30pm,
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Mar 24 |
Skyline
PTSA General Membership Meeting |
12pm,
Skyline Staff Lounge |
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Mar 31 |
Parent Education Evening with Jan Faull |
7-9pm, |
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April 1-2 |
To raise
$300,000 to help support Project GLAD Training |
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Apr 17 |
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PTSA
Community Service Scholarships
Deadline: April 17, 2008-2:30pm
Skyline PTSA is
awarding SIX (6) - $500 scholarships to any graduating senior to be used for
future college or vocational education. Applicants will be judged by community
leaders outside of Skyline. Skyline PTSA strongly encourages applicants to turn
in their volunteer hours for documentation. The deadline for turning community
service documentation is Thursday,
April 3rd.
Applications should
be typed, limited to 2 pages and
include the following:
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Name, address,
telephone number, and e-mail address
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Community Service
Resume - Please list the types of community service you have completed during
your high school years, making sure to separate your resume by school, church and community. You’ll need to include:
the program name, hour’s completed, approximate dates and a brief description
of services provided. Consider listing any accomplishments that changed or
improved the program as a result of your participation.
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Leadership - Describe
any leadership activities you have participated in at your school or in your
community.
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College or Vocational
Plans – Describe your plans for the next few years. Scholarship recipients must
plan on attending an accredited college (either voc-tech, community or
four-year college).
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Include a brief (no
more than 250 words) essay on the following question: “What life lessons have
you learned from community service?”
Please don’t
include previous awards or high school activities not related to community
service. Also, please don’t include community service where you also received
class credit. References are not necessary. All names and personal information
will be deleted prior to submission to the judges.
SUBMIT YOUR
APPLICATION BY APRIL 17TH, 2008 TO MRS. EDGAR IN THE
Issaquah Schools Foundation Calling
for Kids
Donate Now to Calling for Kids
This
month, you will be seeing mailings asking you to make a donation to the
Issaquah Schools Foundation’s Calling for Kids campaign. The goal
of this year’s campaign is to raise $300,000 to help the District implement
Project GLAD training. The campaign’s goal is to have at least 1,500 donors
make an average donation of $200. You donate by mail when you receive one of
the CFK mailings over the next couple of weeks, or you can donate right now
online. Go to www.issaquahschoolsfoundation.org
and click on the “Donate now” box in red at the top. Or, you can wait to be
called on April 1st and 2nd by one of Issaquah’s charming
high school students and donate over the phone. Don’t want to be called? If you
donate by March 14th, ISF will remove your name from the call list
and publish your name in a “Thank You” ad in the Issaquah Press.
Calling for Kids Video
Knowing
that a picture can paint a thousand words, ISF talked on camera with several
GLAD teachers from around the District to hear about GLAD directly from the
practitioners. Click here
to watch this YouTube video, then help ISF spread the word about Project GLAD
and Calling for Kids to everyone in
your address book. If you want the direct link to the video, it’s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMMoTHqAUKA.
Time Magazine Article Touts Teacher
Training
If
you’ve been wondering whether teacher training is indeed the best way to boost
student achievement, you’ll want to read the February 25th edition
of TIME. In it, an article by Stanford professor Linda Darling-Hammond talks
about how the highest achieving countries – Finland, Sweden, Ireland, the
Netherlands, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand
and Canada – have tackled the problem of boosting student achievement. Her
findings? Each of these countries has poured resources into teacher training
and support. According to Darling-Hammond, they “routinely prepare their
teachers more extensively…and give them lots of time for professional
learning.” It’s a brief article and is worth taking a look at. Go to How They
Do It Abroad – TIME.
Thank You PTSAs!
Issaquah
Schools Foundation thanks all of our PTSA’s for their support of the Calling
for Kids campaign. To date, every single one of our local units has
hosted (or scheduled) presentations for their members about the campaign and
Project GLAD. Calling for Kids is truly a community effort. We couldn’t do it
without you!
The Issaquah PTSA Council and Newcastle
Elementary PTSA presents
Jan Faull: “Resisting Raising Children Who Feel Entitled”
March 31, 7-9pm,
This is a free seminar for adults–no registration required.
Have you asked yourself these questions lately?
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Are children entitled
to every new electronic game and gadget?
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Are children entitled
to a car at age 16?
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Are children entitled
to a college education?
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How can parents
instill an ethic of work in their children?
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How do parents teach
responsibility and accountability?
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How do you love and
protect your children without spoiling them?
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How much is too much?
Jan Faull, M.Ed, a local child
development and behavior specialist, has written several books and taught for
BCC parent groups,