If your student attends a school within the Newport feeder pattern, you’ll probably receive this invitation from your current PTA, but there are a few folks on the list from private schools who might not otherwise receive it. This is for all parents of teens in the Bellevue School District, so feel free to pass it around!
Audrey
PS – This email is being sent to parents who have a current 8th grade student headed for Newport. Requests for removal cheerfully honored. All names are in the BCC line to preserve your privacy.
The Eastside Community Network, Bellevue School District Safe and Drug Free Schools Committee and the Bellevue PTSA Council present…
An Evening on Understanding the Mysteries of your Teenager’s Brain - 5/1, 7-9pm
Interlake High theater
Victoria Tennent, M.Ed., and the author of Healthy Beginnings – Nurturing Children’s Growing Minds, and Calming Ourselves in Stressful Moments, will share information, resources and strategies, and help parents to:
· Gain insight into the mysteries of teen behaviors by exploring research on the development and workings of the adolescent brain
· Apply information in practical ways to deal with challenges inherent in these developing years, such as: impulsive behavior, moodiness, miscommunication, quickness to anger, dangerous risk taking (including alcohol and other drugs) and depression
· Learn positive ways to communicate with and stay connected to teens
Jon Osterberg, PEMCO Speakers Bureau will speak on:
· Why teenagers will always drive the way they’ve always driven
· What the typical accident for a teenager looks like
· What parents can do beat the odds
· The effect of teenage passengers on teenage drivers
· The latest developments in teen driving laws
Please come to this informative evening -- open to all high school (and middle school) parents.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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