Resource for You:A Quarterly Parent Involvement Newsletter!
The Region 13 Educational Service Center produces a quarterly the Parental Involvement Connection, a parent involvement newsletter in English and Spanish: http://www.esc16.net/preview.aspx?name=title1swi.3_newsletter
The newsletter can be printed and
distributed;
It can be placed on a district or
school website and made available through a link;
Districts and schools can add their own
material to the newsletter but they cannot delete articles from the newsletter,
it must be used in its entirety.
Use this resource as you see fit in your school's newsletter, emails or social media efforts.
Latino Leaders / Hispanic Futures Summer Program - June 16-19
We need your
help to promote a new summer opportunity being offered to 9th grade students at
all AISD high schools through a partnership between the Hispanic Scholarship
Consortium (HSC) and the District's Hispanic Futures Program. HSC and Hispanic
Futures are launching the Latino Leaders Program, a four-day,
district-wide program focused on nurturing the skills students need to succeed
in our rapidly-changing world. Program activities are centered around the
following themes: leadership, service & integrity, academic success &
college readiness, identity & wellness and career exploration. The first
3-days are in a "conference" format and the final day involves a
college visit.
Four students
(two male and two female students) will be selected from every AISD high
school. We are asking for your help by nominating four current 9th
grade students and/or recruiting students from your school to apply/register
online. Two male students and two
female students will be selected from each AISD high school (with the exception
of the Ann Richards School that can nominate four female students).
Attached is a
letter of invitation from the Hispanic Scholarship Consortium and an informational
flyer that you can share with students.
Your
assistance with informing students about this opportunity is greatly
appreciated.
St. Johns Community Unity Walk - April 26
It's time again for the 10th Annual St. John Unity
Walk on Saturday, April 26!
We gather in the parking lot at Webb MS
around 9:00am and the parade starts promptly at 9:30am, hopefully led by our
Webb Boy Scout Troop 6 and the Reagan Band and of course our APD escorts! This
is a great opportunity to bring out your student groups in their school uniforms
and T-Shirts, to have kids make posters, banners, signs or even
floats proclaiming what they love about their community and school and to invite
parents, teachers, staff, community partners and anyone else who wants to join
in the fun . . . . to come join in this wonderful celebration of our community
and schools!
After the parade, we'll enjoy a Technology/STEM Fair sponsored by
Skillpoint Alliance with lots of fun activities for kids and information for
parents about how to us technology and the Internet to access information and do
things to simplify and improve their lives. It is a highly interactive event
followed by a raffle for a laptop and STEM summer camp scholarships and FREE
lunch for all!
PTA Summer Leadership Seminar
School principals, administrators and PSS staff are eligible to register for
FREE to attend the Summer Leadership Seminar through Texas PTA, after a regular
member registers. Registration begins April 22. In the meantime, everyone can
view this page for more information: http://www.txpta.org/events/sls/
Summer Leadership Seminar, or SLS, offers a wide assortment of PTA related
workshops on leadership, parenting, financials, advocacy, and more. It is a
three-day conference full of activities and mingling with PTA leaders throughout
the state. There is also an opportunity to request financial assistance to
attend this conference with a link posted to the website with more information.
This year's conference is in Houston.
There is also a National PTA conference in Austin this summer which I had
previously mentioned to you. National PTA is offering one free registration to
each local PTA to attend the Emerging Minority Leaders Conference from June
19-22 at the Austin Convention Center. People can register for that conference
here 2014 Emerging
Minority Leaders Conference - For Members - National PTA and the discount code is 729365.
Univision Parent Pledge Program
Univision wanted to inform you on their education campaign, Pequeños y Valiosos. They are asking for parents to sign a petition stating that they will spend at least 15 minutes interacting with their child each day. They need to sign and provide an email. The email is to send them tips on how to interact with their child. Their goal is to get 500 signatures.
Palm Square Resource Fair
Friday, May 02, 2014
10am-2pm
Doris Miller Auditorium, 2300 Rosewood Ave.
Call 512.854.4120 for more information.
