Addendum – Newsletter – February 4, 2010

PARENT ED

Our very popular PARENT ED program kicks off for 2010 with noted child psychologist, Charlotte Reznick PhD speaking on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 8:30 am in the Teacher’s Lounge. Here’s the program she’s prepared for the parents of Marquez:

The Power of Your Child’s Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success

Imagine your frustrated kindergartner calming anger with a special “Balloon Breath.” What if your seven-year-old’s conversation with her heart could teach her to be proud of herself? Picture your fourth grader visualizing an ice-blue pillow to cool his hot headache. Or your fretful 11-year-old getting homework help from a Personal Wizard.

It has long been known that positive visualization can relieve stress, reduce illness, lessen pain, improve school and sports performance, and alleviate anxiety and sleep disorders. Dr. Charlotte Reznick presents nine imagination techniques that become tools children can access whenever they need help.

Learn how to use these tools to help your child:

• Love, accept, and appreciate himself
• Reduce pain and heal other physical ailments
• Overcome fears, such as fear of the unknown, abandonment, doctors, and disasters
• Deal with bedtime issues such as insomnia and bedwetting
• Cope with death, divorce, and other losses
• Handle anger, hurt, and frustration
• Achieve success at school and in sports
• Live peacefully with siblings and parents

CHARLOTTE REZNICK, PHD, is a nationally recognized child educational psychologist, an associate clinical professor of psychology at UCLA, and a compelling speaker and media personality who has inspired parents, professionals, educators, and psychologists throughout the world with her original therapeutic approach to helping children and adolescents heal themselves. She is author of The LA Times best selling book, The Power of Your Child’s Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success (Perigee/Penguin 2009) For more info, go to www.ImageryForKids.com.

STAR

THANK YOU to everyone that participated in the STAR H.Y.P.E. shoe drive for the people of Haiti. The students delivered over 600 pairs of shoes to Sports Chalet last weekend. Sports Chalet was working with Soles for Souls to see that the shoes will be delivered directly to Haiti. Again a big THANK YOU to everyone that donated.

Please join us Wednesday, February 10 at 6:00 in the school auditorium for a performance by the STAR Theater group of The Yellow Submarine. Come out to watch all your friends perform and sign along with all your favorite Beatle’s tunes. It should be a rocking fun evening.