Understanding the Mysteries of your Teen's Brain

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.

Class of 2011 News

I’m really just confirming with you that you’re on my list of parents who have students in the NHS Class of 2011. But I’ll include a few helpful tidbits to make it worth your while…..

New Building Open Today!
Did you know that Newport students spent today in their new classrooms? That’s right – the three-story building is officially open for business.

Town Hall Meetings
Want to meet your local elected representatives? They’re holding Town Hall meetings on Saturday, March 17th just to get the chance to meet YOU.
41st District – Senator Brian Weinstein, Representative Judy Clibborn, Representative Fred Jarrett
9:30am-11am, at Hazelwood Elementary School, 7100 116th Ave SE, Newcastle
1:30pm-3:00pm, at Bellevue City Hall Council Chambers, 450 110th Ave NE, Bellevue

“Making the Move to Newport”
Mark your calendars now for our PTSA presentation to 8th grade parents, “Making the Move to Newport.” Tuesday, May 29, 7 p.m. in the Newport High School Library.

And please share this email with your friends who have students bound for Newport. We don’t want anyone to miss out!

Audrey Bennett

Newport High School: http://www.bsd405.org/nhs/homepage/
Newport PTSA: http://www.newportptsa.org/

Welcome, Class of 2011 Parents!

Hi, there – Thanks very much for sharing your email address with me at tonight’s Eighth Grade Parent Night at Newport.

The Newport PTSA Presentation, “Making the Move to Newport,” will be held on Tuesday, May 29 at 7 p.m. in the Newport High School Library. This is the day after Memorial Day, so we’ll all be tanned & relaxed. ”Making the Move to Newport” covers all the stuff that wasn’t covered today….more info about sports paperwork, how Newport communicates with parents & students, what to expect on your calendar, what financial costs to expect….and much, much more. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT!!

Wanted to make sure you had the Newport High School website address: http://www.bsd405.org/nhs/homepage/ I encourage you all to visit it and check out the great info there. The FAQ is particularly interesting to 8th grade parents.

Email List – I will be working hard the next few weeks to add names to this email list. Tonight I got about 150 names, which is wonderful, but that also means I’m missing about 350 names. So I’m hoping you will help me out by forwarding this information to any lists you might have of other parents of incoming 8th graders – sports teams, friends, neighbors, 8th grade party planning committees, and the like. I want to add them to my list!

I especially need your help if you are coming from a school other than Odle, International, Tyee, or Tillicum. I can advertise the presentation pretty well to those parents via their office staff & PTSA leaders….but for all others I am at a disadvantage and really need you to help me spread the word to other families headed to Newport.

First Problem – I got back only six of the eight signup sheets I distributed….so about 65 people think they gave me their email names but alas, I didn’t get them. Hope whoever took them home will notice they have ‘em & return the sheets to the office. Or to me….

Thanks very much, and welcome to my favorite high school!!

Audrey

Legal bits: I am bound by the same PTSA restrictions that cover our directories – no commercial, political, or ideological stuff allowed. I also put all names in the BCC line to preserve your privacy. Requests for removal cheerfully honored.