Just a reminder that there is a PTO meeting this evening @ 7PM in the technology room.  Hope to see you there!

Just a heads up that we will have Melissa Brinser at the 4/26 PTO meeting given a presentation on the topic of:

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Why is my child so smart but struggling in reading, writing and/or spelling?

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We hope you will be able to attend!

Although this will be our main site for posting information, we now have a Facebook page for those who use this as a way of keeping up to date.  If you have feedback or things you think should be included, please let us know.

www.facebook.com/findleypto

Thanks!

The PTO Board

Please join us for the last Family Movie Night of the yearthis Friday. We also need a few volunteers to make Movie Night a success. If you can help, please contact Jeanne Derocher at jaderocher@frontier.com.

The movie will be The Adventures of Tintin

Friday March 16th

Findley Cafeteria

Doors Open at 6:30, Movie begins at 7:00

There will be popcorn and candy for sale

The upcoming photo session for the volunteer badges has been rescheduled from March 15th to :

April 26th 2012 at 6:30 pm-7:00 pm

So if:
-Your dog ate your badge,
-The lamina melted,
- You are new volunteer in Findley, OR
- You need a new badge.

Please come to this session and have your picture taken.

Thank You

1.  Be a Reviewer.  You’ll spend 30 minutes asking supportive questions of 6 or so students and celebrate their discoveries.  And, if you sign up to be a reviewer or exhibitor you get to sign up for your child’s review time on-line.  All others wait until Mar 7th, 4-7 during Display Drop Off.

Reviewers:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av7iRzlqgGl7dENiVTNBVUdzWHNUQXJEX1VpWEpIUkE#gid=1

2.  Be an Exhibitor.  Do you use math or science at work, or have a science-related job? Do you work in medicine, dentistry, engineering, biotechnology, energy, or other science-related field?  Do you design shoes, use specially treated fabric, make computer chips or semiconductors, or work in a laboratory?  Do you have a science-related hobby?

If so, we hope you’ll volunteer as a guest exhibitor at the Findley Science Fair and share how science is used in your field.

The specifics…

What:  Bring something the kids can see or touch, and yourself, for a demonstration or hands-on exhibit.

When:  March 8, 2012    Set-up 5:30 pm, exhibit 6-8 pm

Contact Stacey Wainwright s_wainwright@comcast.net or put yourself down at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av7iRzlqgGl7dENiVTNBVUdzWHNUQXJEX1VpWEpIUkE#gid=

Do you ever feel like a broken record?

Come to this month’s PTO meeting, you won’t want to miss it.

When: Thursday, February 16th 7:00 – 8:30

Where: Findley Library

Topic: Positive Discipline

Positive Discipline is an approach to parenting created by Jane Nelsen and made famous in the Positive Discipline series of books written by Jane Nelsen, Cheryl Irwin, Lynn Lott, Mary Hughes and others. It is a proactive approach to parenting that is neither permissive nor punitive. It is based on strategies of kindness and firmness that effectively develop responsibility, self reliance, cooperation and problem solving skills. Children have two important needs: to feel a sense of significance (that they matter) and a sense of connection. When children have opportunities to meet these needs, they are much more likely to have a sense of well being and are much less likely to misbehave. Discipline and life skills must be consciously taught; P.D. provides parents with ideas and strategies to do this crucial work in a way that gives them a sense of competence and confidence.

The speaker’s name is Glenda Montgomery and she is a parent educator in Portland Oregon. She has taught elementary school in both Canada and the United States, using Positive Discipline techniques in the classroom since 1986. She began teaching “Parenting the Positive Discipline Way” in 1999 when her youngest was in preschool and has been leading parenting classes and workshops in Portland since that time. Since 2006, she has offered One-On-One Parent Coaching. In 2008, she became a Certified Positive Discipline Trainer, trained and certified by the national Positive Discipline Association to prepare both classroom teachers and parent educators to teach Positive Discipline tools and techniques. Since 2011, she has become a Lead Trainer, certified to facilitate C.P.D.T. training.

The presentation will run for one hour and fifteen minutes and will introduce the topic of PD. Everyone is welcome to attend! Non-Findley parents are welcome too.

Just a reminder that the January PTO meeting is this Thursday 1/19/12 at 7PM in the Technology Room.  Here are the important links to information:

January 2012 Agenda

June 2011 (pending approval)

November 2011 (pending approval)

January Budget Report

January Treasurer Report

Thanks and we hope to see you there!