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Parental
involvement has always been one of the highest indicators of student
success in the classroom. Students who have parental support simply
perform better, for a host of reasons. But sometimes parents need support
to know how best to help. That is why my office sponsors an annual parents
conference to help parents help their young people do their best.
"Parents are Teachers, Too," will be the theme of this year’s
annual Parent Conference scheduled for Saturday, March 2 at Lompoc High
School. The conference is open to parents countywide. Those from the
south coast who have made the trip north in the past have reported it
was well worth the effort because of all the valuable information and
instruction they were able to receive.
The conference represents a partnership between my office and the Special
Education Local Plan Area, Community Action Commission Head Start, 15th
District PTA, California Rural Legal Assistance, Migrant Education Region
XVIII, Lompoc and Santa Maria-Bonita School Districts, the City of Lompoc,
Lompoc Healthy Start, Lompoc Adult School, and the UCSB Early Academic
Outreach.
We take great pride in this conference, which has proven successful
for more than two decades.
Workshop topics, selected by a panel of parents who attended the previous
year, will cover such topics as enhancing self esteem; raising cooperative,
confident kids; the arts; balancing work and family; parenting teens;
discipline; bullies; raising grades; values education; kindergarten
readiness; and the college-bound student.
The variety of topics being discussed and the expertise of the presenters
will offer an excellent opportunity to learn more about parenting and
the educational and social issues of importance in today's world.
Parents are the keys to successful schools. We've always known this,
and we want to do all we can to provide them with the information and
background needed to support them in their efforts.
Deadline for registration is February 18. A $10 registration fee includes
a chicken barbecue lunch.
Further information is available from the Center for Community Education
at 569-3873.
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