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Parent Education Event: Just Say Know, Know the Facts about Drugs and Alcohol

  • April 16, 6:30-8 p.m., San Rafael High School Library

Join the San Rafael Parent Community for the final WeAreSR! Parent Education Event of the year. Know how to come to an agreement on a family drug and alcohol plan. The goal of this talk is to share accurate information about teenage substance use and misuse and tools to support a meaningful family conversation around this topic. Led by Marin-based Psychotherapist and Success Coach, Heather Johnson, LMFT.

  • Free to all parents and their teenage children. Presented in English with simultaneous translation to Spanish.
  • RSVP Here to Attend (information in English and Spanish)

SchoolLink: Buy Books! Help Schools!

Shop at Book Passage, mention your school, and your school will receive a percentage of purchases back as a donation.

Camp Galileo is supporting Kentfield Schools PTA in April!

Camp Galileo is back at Kent June 24 through August 9, 2019. Throughout the month of April, Galileo will donate $25 to Kentfield Schools PTA for every family that enrolls at Camp Galileo (K-5 grades) or Galileo Summer Quest (5-8 grades at Edna Maguire, Mill Valley). Plus, you’ll get $50 off camp with code 2019SCHOOLREWARDS. Be sure to enter Bacich Elementary or Kent Middle School as the school during checkout (in the camper info section). Have fun this summer and support our PTA! Learn more at galileo-camps.com or 800-854-3684.

AC Marin Competitive Soccer Tryouts

XR Super Girls: Free Empowerment Workshop

April 27, 2019 10 a.m.–12 p.m. at XR Marin in Novato

XR Super Girls: A Free Empowerment Workshop for female middle school, high school, college students, and beyond. Teachers are also welcome.

XR Super Girls is aimed to encourage female students to engage in academic and career pathways in STEAM, emerging tech, digital design, computer programming, immersive storytelling, new media, and entrepreneurship through the awesome potential of Extended Reality (XR): Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and 360-Video Immersive Storytelling.

Top women industry leaders and entrepreneurs in XR will inspire and lead small group mentoring and coaching sessions to help students and attendees identify their talents, dependable strengths, and unique “super powers” to bring to the new worlds of XR: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and 360-Degree Immersive Narrative.

This event is free for students ages 13+ and $20 for attendees. Space is limited!

Register at https://www.xrmarin.net/industry-workshops.

View Flyer in English and Spanish.

Corte Madera Library Events: Kids' Book Club

  • Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 7-8 p.m., for grades 4 and up.
  • We are reading The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis.
  • Call 415-924-3515 to sign up and reserve a copy of the book!

Parent Education Event: Courageous Conversations

  • May 7, 2019, 5-7:30 p.m., Marin County Office of Education, 1111 Las Gallinas Avenue, San Rafael

Engage in a thoughtful, compassionate exploration of race and racism led by Dr. Lori Watson, a transformation specialist with Pacific Education Group who has been working with educators across Marin’s public and private schools to look intensely, both personally and professionally, at race, racism, and how we are educating all students.

Spanish language translation will be available during the meeting.