Hi Ward Families! We have seen some sporadic cases of influenza at Ward. One of the ways we can minimize spreading the flu is to keep sick children at home until they are completely well.
This helpful document from the City of Newton can help you decide if your child is ready to return to school after being out sick.
Executive Function Skills in Children and Adolescents
Sponsored by Newton SEPAC and Newton Public Schools:
Kristen Jacobsen, MS CCC-SLP
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 7:30 - 9 pm
Auditorium Newton North High School 457 Walnut Street Newton, MA
Teach children to manage their time, space and materials (and keep their emotions in check)!
This presentation will cover powerful strategies to help your child develop independent executive function; teach students to internally sense the sweep of time, self-monitor in order to sustain concentration, manage pace, and complete tasks in allocated time frames; improve students' motivation and task initiation, help them to plan homework and long-term projects/papers, and coach students to think in an organized way; and encourage self-initiative to manage homework and personal belongings.
Ms. Kristen Jacobsen, MS CCC-SLP is a trained speech-language pathologist who is Co-Director at the Cognitive Connections Executive Function Practice. She is currently working with Newton Public Schools to develop an Executive Function program for middle school students. She provides training and coaching for teachers and professionals, parent consultations, as well as student coaching services. Ms. Jacobsen has worked as an educational consultant and speech-language pathologist in public education, private schools and hospital settings, and has provided teacher training seminars and school consultations nationally.
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February 12th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pm at Angier Elementary
with optional school group time at 6:30pm or 9pm
Join us for an interactive evening with Madeline McNeely, founder of Conditioning Leaders. She is a facilitator, trainer, coach and consultant who will share with us practices gleaned from her most popular trainings on good group leadership practices to ensure your FORJ team is operating at its best.
If you're looking for news about local educational and non-profit events, or services offered by local tutors, merchants, and other service providers, check out the Community Notes page maintained by the Newton PTO Council. Click here to link to their website, which you can search by category.
