Friday, March 2, 2012
Friday Afternoon Skating
Apparently Family Ice will not be open for too much longer, but the web site says open-today (we're hoping it is true) and so there is some energy for after-school skating...
Raising Sexually Healthy Children - in Cumberland
Raising Sexually Healthy Children: Birth to 10 yearsTuesday March 13, 2012
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Street: 290 Tuttle Road at Cumberland Town Hall
City State Zip: Cumberland, Maine 04021
Phone: Call Susan FMI: 756-4278
Notes:
The Cumberland/North Yarmouth Family Network Care Committee presents:
Raising Sexually Healthy Children
Anyone not know where to begin? Let's talk before we have to. Come for a fun and interactive evening and discuss raising sexually healthy children. This talk will focus on birth to age 10 years but parents of older children can benefit.
Sandy Lovell, independent sexuality consultant and Jennifer Wiessner, LCSW, Sex Therapist, will be providing a relaxed environment for parents to consider how to navigate those moments.
Come to Cumberland Town Hall on Tuesday, March 13. Program begins at 7PM. Reserving a seat is recommended. Seats can be reserved by emailing Susan at spenza@mac.com
Town Hall is located at 290 Tuttle Road, Cumberland Center
Sandy Lovell is an independent consultant with more than 20 years experience advocating, consulting and training on issues related to sexuality. From her initial work as a trainer for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England to her most recent leadership role as Director of Education for the Family Planning Association of Maine, Sandy puts educators, decision makers and parents at ease, injecting intelligence and humor into an often-sensitive subject.
Jennifer Wiessner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker whose North Yarmouth, Maine-based private practice focuses on achieving healthy sexuality for her clients. Jennifer's goal is to assist those with sexual dissatisfaction to experience the joys of healthy intimacy and sexual health. Jennifer currently works with couples and individuals and provides consultation sessions for parents wishing to encourage developmentally healthy sexuality in their children. In addition, Jennifer has participated in many advanced trainings including being a member and only therapist of the inaugural class of the Sexual Health Scholars Program for medical students conducted by the American Medical Students Association. This six month intensive program focused on sex
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Prep School Negro Rescheduling - New Date TBA
We're happy for snow but sad that it is getting in the way of our fascinating community conversation with Andre Robert Lee...We will confirm a new date for the The Prep School Negro soon!
Girls Conference
Registration is now open for
the 14th Annual Girls Unlimited Conference!
All girls in 4th-8th grade are welcome
For more information and details on the workshops see the attached brochure or register here:https://hghw.wufoo.com/forms/girls-unlimited/
Registration is only $10 if you register before March 26; $15 after. Registration includes breakfast, lunch, workshops and takeaways! Full scholarships are always available and no one is ever denied.
Register today – this conference will fill up!
The Girls Unlimited Conference is a part of Hardy Girls Healthy Women’s Annual Girls Rock Weekend – a 3-day celebration of girls’ leadership, voices and activism. For more information, visit us online: http://hghw.org/node/237
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Megan Williams, President
Hardy Girls Healthy Women, Inc.
PO Box 821 / 14 Common Street
Waterville, ME 04903-0821
207.861.8131 (w) / 207.415.5253 (m)
Skype: megan.hghw
***Register for our Summer Institute, “Navigating Girl World: Connecting the Dots…Changing the Culture” – June 13-15, Colby College, Waterville Maine. Learn more or register: hghw.org/content/summer-institute***
Clynk for FSP
The FSP Clynk Outing Club account is currently at $73.35. Helps us get to $100!
There are multiple ways to use the Clynk Bags to support FSP.
-- Take a bag and fill it :)
-- Put a bag in your work place
-- Host a genuine bottle drive in your neighborhood
-- bring a Clynk Bag to your St. Patty's party or to a sports event
-- donate money from your families Clynk account to FSP (we are listed both under Friends School of Portland and Friends School of Portland Outing Club - either will do.)
There are multiple ways to use the Clynk Bags to support FSP.
-- Take a bag and fill it :)
-- Put a bag in your work place
-- Host a genuine bottle drive in your neighborhood
-- bring a Clynk Bag to your St. Patty's party or to a sports event
-- donate money from your families Clynk account to FSP (we are listed both under Friends School of Portland and Friends School of Portland Outing Club - either will do.)
Monday, February 27, 2012
Worthy Reads
While on vacation, a number of ideas for links and "worthy reads" came my way :
Help Teens Learn to Listen from Daily Good - a sweet approach to teaching true listening skills -- also,
Our Kids & Stem (suggestions from Four)
Help Teens Learn to Listen from Daily Good - a sweet approach to teaching true listening skills -- also,
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Our Kids & Stem (suggestions from Four)
- "The Gears of My Childhood" By Seymour Papert. This essay was published as the foreword to Seymour Papert’s book "Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas"
- Wired, March 29th, 2007 :" Geek Dad: The Origins of Mindstorms" By Jim Bumgardner
- Does Heavy Media Use Make Girls Less Happy? NYT, Jan. 27th, 2012
NYT Stories Related to Kids, Quaker Ed, Etc (suggestions from Four)
From The Alliance For Childhood
Play England has released a new report called A World Without Play: Literature View. It gives an overview of the importance of play for children's health.
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Screen-Free Week: April 30-May 6
On average, preschool children spend a staggering 32 hours a week in front of a screen, and the number is even higher for older kids. Become a Screen-Free Week organizer! Sponsored by our friends atCampaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood.
A new blog about play called re:Play has been launched by the Strong National Museum of Play.
The long-awaited report on play from the American Academy of Pediatrics has been released, with a focus on children in poverty. Read it here.
We've recently updated our Nature Resource List, an extensive compilation of books, websites, organizations, and films about outdoor play. Our latest article, “Crisis in Early Education: A Research-Based Case For More Play and Less Pressure,” continues to receive praise. It can be downloaded and distributed from our web site. It makes the case for play-based learning and supports our continued work with educators across the country. | |
We invite you to keep up with media coverage of issues affecting children by visiting our Facebook page regularly. You'll find many interesting articles there. |
March 3 - Women in Harmony Concert (Jessica Sings)
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| Come boogie with your favorite chorus: Women in Harmony! http://www.wihmaine.org |
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Yippee Outing Club
Maine Huts and Trails makes the New York Times!
Also, one last eventbrite link http://outingclubspring2012b.eventbrite.com
to use for April, May and June!
Also, one last eventbrite link http://outingclubspring2012b.eventbrite.com
to use for April, May and June!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Fun in the Sun
Looking for a great, healthy, fun, exciting, FREE outdoor family activity tomorrow? It's the state middle school Nordic ski meet in Fryeburg, with teams from about a dozen schools giving it their all for the glory of the sport. Two or three teams will dominate the standings, and the rest of us will strive for personal goals, the funnest time, and the best food. It's a heck of a day, and it's always gloriously sunny. Come cheer for Violet, Sinéad, and Cecilia as they pour it on for Portland Nordic. Please stop by our area - we are the sea of lime green hats and we share food with our supporters (feel free to bring a plate of sandwiches or something healthy to share). John Marble is guaranteed to be somewhere in the woods banging a bucket with a stick - bring your own noisemakers (cowbells traditional) or share his. At Nordic ski meets, everybody cheers for everybody, and it's a very good example of healthy competition for younger kids to see. Depending on conditions, you can also bring skis or snowshoes and head off on the non-racecourse trails.Directions: Rte. 302 into Fryeburg, turn left onto the main drag at the academy. After the traffic light, turn left at the Norway Savings Bank onto Oxford Street. Follow it to the end. There will be lots of cars - park anywhere you can. The trailhead is off to the right, over the railroad tracks and past all the cars, school buses, and oil tanks.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Prep School Negro - March 1st - 3 reasons to come
We were recently asked, "Why would I want to come to Prep School Negro?" and our thinking about the answered generated some queries:
1) What are the implications of economic segregation for ourselves and our children, and how does school shape our likelihood of integration or segregation in terms of race and class?
2) What does it mean to encourage "diversity" and "inclusion" in our schools? Are there ways we could become more fully inclusive?
3) What role does education play in creating access to the middle and upper middle class? What role do we, as citizens, play in shaping education policy that best serves democracy?
4) How do we maintain curiosity about experiences that are different from our own? What might we learn about ourselves or our children through listening to Andre's story? In what ways does his story reflect a more universal experience and in what way is it specific to him, to race, to class?
What other queries do people bring to this program?
Below is a clip from the film People Like Us : Social Class in America that describe the possibility and challenges of class mobility via education for families - although the film is getting old, it is really interesting!
Tammy's Story : Rural Poverty
1) What are the implications of economic segregation for ourselves and our children, and how does school shape our likelihood of integration or segregation in terms of race and class?
2) What does it mean to encourage "diversity" and "inclusion" in our schools? Are there ways we could become more fully inclusive?
3) What role does education play in creating access to the middle and upper middle class? What role do we, as citizens, play in shaping education policy that best serves democracy?
4) How do we maintain curiosity about experiences that are different from our own? What might we learn about ourselves or our children through listening to Andre's story? In what ways does his story reflect a more universal experience and in what way is it specific to him, to race, to class?
What other queries do people bring to this program?
Below is a clip from the film People Like Us : Social Class in America that describe the possibility and challenges of class mobility via education for families - although the film is getting old, it is really interesting!
Tammy's Story : Rural Poverty
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