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Dear Clyde W. Needham Families!

Please join us for our first Parent Cafe meeting on Friday, August 30th at 8:15AM in our library here at Clyde W. Needham Elementary!

At Parent Cafe we share information and ideas that help us take care of ourselves, raise confident children, and build positive relationships with out families!.

There will be a raffle each week!! Parents who complete the program will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a $200 gift card!!

For more information, please call Ana Sanchez: 209-361-9928

Parent Cafe Schedule of Topics:

1. Parental Resilience: Sessions 1-4 Being Strong and Flexible (topics include ways to manage and cope with stress)
2. Develop Social Connections: Sessions 5-7 Parents Need Friends (topics include ways to build and maintain your social networks within family, friends, school, and community)
3. Concrete Support for Parents: Sessions 8-10 We All Need Help Sometimes (topics include obtaining community resources in San Joaquin County and CAPC, and the importance of utilizing family and friends for concrete support)
4. Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development: Sessions 11-14 Being a Great Parent is Part Natural and Part Learned (topics include modeling positive behavior for children, PRIDE skills, identifying parenting styles and positive behavior reinforcement for children)
5. Healthy Parent-Child Relationships: Sessions 15-16 Give Your Child the Love and Respect They Need (topics include building collages that represent quality family time, learning how to effectively praise children, and identifying effective communication with children)
6. Social and Emotional Competence of Children: Sessions 17-20 Parents Need to Help Their Children Communicate (topics include how to effectively channel emotions (i.e. anger) to communicate more effectively with children)

We hope to see you here at Clyde W Needham on Friday mornings through December 20th for Parent Cafe!!! Please join us for this excellent resource!

Sending all of our Needham Knights Peace and Blessings!

Sonja Renhult, Principal

Many school districts have implemented or are on their way to implementing policies that address smartphone use by students during the school day and the governor has voiced his support on a number of occasions. We believe it is important to gather input from students, staff and our families as we develop our policy.

Each thought exchange will launch Sunday at 6:00 pm and close Friday, August 30 at 11:59 pm

Thought Exchange for Parents and Guardians: https://tejoin.com/scroll/643665866

Thought Exchange for Students: https://tejoin.com/scroll/724892372

Dropping Off:

• All students arriving in a vehicle MUST be dropped off in our parking lot on Pleasant Avenue
• ONLY STUDENTS ARRIVING ON FOOT will be allowed to enter school at the Church Street Gate.
• Drop off time for grades 1-6 is 7:30 - 8 AM
• students may eat breakfast or walk the blacktop until school begins
• Drop off time for Kindergarten(K) and Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is 7:45 - 8 AM
• students may eat breakfast or walk in the kinder yard until school begins
• School begins for all students at 8AM

Picking Up:

• All students being picked up in a vehicle MUST be picked up in our parking lot on Pleasant Avenue
• Vehicle pickups will not be allowed at the Church Street Gate - this exit is for WALKING STUDENTS ONLY
• Pick Up time for grades 1-6 is 2:05 PM on regular school days
• 12:12 PM on Minimum School days
• Pick Up time for Transitional Kindergarten (TK) will be 11:50 AM every school day including minimum days
• Pick Up time for Kindergarten will be 11:50 AM on regular school days
• 11:50 AM on all minimum days
• For quarters 2-4, kindergarten students will be picked up at 1:20 PM on regular school days and at 11:50 AM on every minimum day

For more detailed info please visit Needham Elementary School's Drop Off & Pick Up page