What is Parent Education?

All-School Speaking Events. We bring in experts from the community to educate parents on trending topics and emerging research relating your child’s social emotional development during middle & high school.
Parent Education Forums. These forums are more intimate gatherings or “learning workshops”, designed to promote idea sharing among parents. Each forum begins with a presentation from the SAAS Social and Emotional Development curriculum. Following this segment, an outside expert from the community will present a topic. Parents are invited to gather in grade level groupings and share ideas, allowing space for grade-specific discussions. Topics may run the full gamut of parenting issues, including but not limited to: friendships/relationships, stress and anxiety, technology and social media, college preparation, substance use, parent-child communication, etc.
Grade Level Coffees. Facilitate discussions between parents and SAAS faculty & staff.

Parent Education Strategic Partnerships

2020-2021 SAAS Parents for Awareness, Race Relations and Community (SPAR²C ) Discussions
2020-2021 Counseling Events

2020-2021 SAAS Parents for Awareness, Race Relations and Community (SPAR²C ) Discussions

Strategic Partnership with SAAS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Department. SPAR²C (SAAS Parents for Awareness, Race Relations and Community) serves as a learning space for SAAS parents of all backgrounds to discuss matters of race and equity. Our discussions are centered around multimedia resources as current events that impact the SAAS community, our region and country. We explore a wide range of topics and always approach discussion through the lens of race and our roles as parents and community members. We encourage listening and sharing rather than instruction as we work together to build a stronger and more cohesive SAAS community. For more information visit https://padlet.com/meg32/6380hso64f7o

2020 - 2021 Events

September 30, “How is Race Defined? What is Social Justice?”
December 17, SAAS Director of Equity and Inclusion, Taylor Kanemori will share information from the People of Color Conference, November 30 - December 4. The People of Color Conference is an annual event hosted by the National Association of Independent Schools. Discussion to follow.
January 21, SPAR²C Watch Party. Viewing via zoom the documentary Tell Them We are Rising, a documentary about the history of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities from pre-slavery to now.
February 24, SAAS Affinity Groups, Taylor Kanemori will talk about SAAS Affinity Groups and Family Nights. Students from the BSU and API Affinity Groups will talk about what their groups have been doing. Discussion to follow.
March 11, SPAR²C and the Parent Education Committee are hosting a presentation by Dr. Lori Watson on How to Speak to Your Kids About Race.
April 22, Continuing the conversation from Dr. Lori Watson’s March 11 SAAS webinar on “How to Talk to Your Kids About Race”
June 3, Book discussion about Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

For more information about SPAR²C https://padlet.com/meg32/6380hso64f7o

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