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In this issue:
- GPS webinar will help adults have meaningful conversations with teens
- Free breakfast and lunch reminder
- COVID-19 dashboard updated
- South Boosters to host fund-raiser tomorrow
- Food service partners is hiring
GPS webinar will help adults have meaningful conversations with teens
The Glenbard Parent Series: (GPS) Navigating Healthy Families will present 14 Conversations You Need to Have by Age 14 (15, 16 and 17)! with Michelle Icard at noon and 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, via Zoom. Go to glenbardgps.org for the link to these webinars.
To be placed on a reminder list for GPS events or submit a question in advance, send an email to gilda_ross@glenbard.org.
At times, adults’ best intentions are met with stone-cold resistance from adolescents. Because of a teen’s neurological and developmental need to figure out who they are as an individual, breaking down communication is often a first step in this process.
Icard will share a model for overcoming language obstacles. Based on her book “Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen,” Icard will guide adults past the challenges and fears of covering “the important stuff” and give them the confidence to have meaningful conversations with young people.
In addition to discussing dos and don’ts for communicating with adolescents, Icard will cover the specifics of what adults need to know on hot topics. This webinar will include the following topics: becoming independent, keeping creativity alive, taking care of yourself, living with technology, and helping others. Her presentation is appropriate for parents, guardians and educators of children ages 13 through 17.
Icard is the author of “Middle School Makeover: Improving the Way You and Your Child Experience the Middle School Years.” Her middle school leadership programs, Athena’s Path and Hero’s Pursuit, have been implemented at schools across the country.
GPS is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, Community Consolidated School District 93 Birth to 5 Community Coalition, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, DuPage Medical Group, Emmy Gaffey Foundation, Glenbard Early Childhood Collaborative, Kiwanis Clubs of District 9, and Prevention Leadership Team of the DuPage County Health Department.
For further information, visit glenbardgps.org or contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at 630-942-7668 or gilda_ross@glenbard.org.
Free breakfast and lunch reminder
It’s National School Breakfast Week. Reminder: this year, we provide free breakfast and lunch to all students each day under the Seamless Summer Option program. A complete meal as defined by the USDA guidelines is offered free of charge.
A la carte items such as chips, cookies, etc. are available for purchase. Students may purchase items using cash, MySchoolBucks funds, or debit and credit cards. All students served will need to scan their IDs so meal transactions are reported to the state.
Families do not need to complete an application to receive free or reduced meals at school during this school year.
COVID-19 dashboard updated
We updated data on our COVID-19 Dashboard. The dashboard is updated each week that school is in session.
South Boosters to host fund-raiser tomorrow
Glenbard South Boosters will host a fund-raiser on Tuesday, March 8, at Get Smashed on Roosevelt Road in Glen Ellyn. Mention Glenbard South Boosters and 10 percent of your order will be donated to Glenbard South Boosters.
Food service partner is hiring
Due to a national labor shortage, we are experiencing shortages in a variety of areas, including contracted food services. Our contracted third-party vendor is hiring. See below for application information. Please share the information with those in a job search.
STAY CONNECTED
Glenbard Township High School District 87 does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Glenbard offers classes in several college preparedness courses, as well as career classes at TCD, admission to which is non-discriminatory. Lack of English-language proficiency will not be a barrier to admission and participation in those programs.
Glenbard Township High School District 87 | 596 Crescent Blvd, Attn. Peg Mannion, 630-469-9100,
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