Please join SPSK (Special Parents for Special Kids) and SEED (Special Education Enrichment Development Foundation) of Lafayette for a free screening of the award winning documentary, “Including Samuel”. Tuesday, February 21, 6:30 pm, Lafayette Library and Learning Center, Art & Science Room.

Photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of children with disabilities before he had his son Samuel eight years ago. The film documents the social and educational inclusion of youth with disabilities.  Habib documented his family's efforts to include Samuel in every facet of their lives, a journey that transforms each of them.

For more information, please visit www.spsklaf.org or http://www.includingsamuel.com

Please join LAFSD math consultants, Mallika Scott and Andy Schipper, as they discuss the work they are doing with teachers.  You will have an opportunity to hear about the key mathematics concepts your child is learning, strategies Mallika and Andy are sharing with Lafayette teachers, and ways you can support your child's math development as you participate in relevant math activities.  While these sessions will differ in content from those presented in October, prior attendance is not required.

All sessions are held at Stanley Middle School Library from 6:30 - 8:00 pm.

Parents of K and 1st Grade Students:
Tuesday, March 6

Parents of 2nd - 3rd Grade Students:
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Parents of 4th - 5th Grade Students:
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Please R.S.V.P. to scampbel@lafsd.k12.ca.us

If you have any questions you can contact Gwen Helvey at gwenhelvey@sbcglobal.net.

Mallika Scott is a former elementary and middle school math and science teacher. She has collaborated with renowned math educator Marlyn Burns on math assessment projects for the Gates Foundation and contributed to the Do the Math intervention services. She has also served as a professional developer for Math Solutions. Mallika is the co-founder of S&S Math Services, LLC.

Andy Schipper is a former Project SEED mathematics instructor and school director. He has been aiding the professional development of elementary teachers in mathematics since 1995. Andy is the co-founder of S&S Math Services, LLC.

Sweet Thursdays and Lafayette School District Parent Education present:
Peggy Orenstein, author of the bestselling Cinderella Ate My Daughter and Schoolgirls
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 7:30 - 9:00pm
Lafayette Library and Learning Center 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Lafayette, CA 94549
 
Peggy Orenstein, the acclaimed author of the groundbreaking bestseller Schoolgirls, reveals the dark side of pink and pretty in Cinderella Ate My Daughter.  As a new mother, Peggy was blindsided by the persistent ultra-feminine messages being sent to a new generation of little girls—from "princess-mania" to endless permutations of pink. How many times can you say no when your daughter begs for a pint-sized wedding gown, she wondered. How dangerous is pink and pretty anyway? Being a princess is just make-believe, isn't it? Does playing Cinderella shield little girls from early sexualization—or prime them for it?  Peggy offers a wake-up call to parents: the rise of the girlie girl is not that innocent.

“Orenstein has done parents the great favor of having this important debate with herself on paper and in public; she has fashioned an argument with its seams showing and its pockets turned inside out, and this makes her book far more interesting, and more useful.”
Annie Paul, The New York Times Book Review

Buy your books in advance at The Storyteller Bookstore in Lafayette. 20% of the proceeds will go to the Friends of Lafayette Library and Learning Center.

Refreshments provided by the Lamorinda Moms Club.

Visit www.peggyorenstein.com to learn more.

If you have questions you may contact Gwen Helvey at gwenhelvey@sbcglobal.net.

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