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4-H Sunnyside Clubs

Download 4-H Sunnyside Clubs flyer to learn about clubs that will be offered at Sunnyside.

SES 2009-2010 Parent Education Program
with Kathy KJ

Parenting Classes: Wednesday mornings from 8:50 to 10:30 AM (two hours later on late opening days) in Room 215 (above the office) with Kathy KJ. Scholarships available in exchange for class-organizing tasks. Learn respectful and effective tools and many new ideas while sharing experiences with other SES parents. Moms and Dads, infants and toddlers are welcome.

• ***Starting soon! Women's Group -- Wed. Sept. 16 for 6 sessions ($30) -- Finding the emotional strength, health and support to parent wisely, including mindfulness and attunement in parenting and life, heart wisdom, NVC.
• Cell Phones and Social Networking Sites -- Parenting Wisely -- Wed. Oct. 28 ($5)
• Our Brain and Theirs -- Wed. Nov. 11 for 5 sessions ($25) -- Understanding the brain's development and matching our parenting strategies; promoting mindfulness.
• Positive Discipline -- Wed. Jan. 6 for 7 sessions ($35) -- Non-punitive, respectful, long-term parenting skills that encourage children to think for themselves. Experiential class.
• Parenting Teens -- Wed. Mar. 3 for 4 sessions ($20) -- Coaching your teen, the teen brain, strengthening your teen for upcoming friendship and substance abuse decisions.
• Parent-Son Relationships -- Wed. April 7 for 4 sessions ($20) -- Understanding your son, teaching emotional intelligence, and creating the best possible connection.
• Mother-Daughter Relationships -- Wed. May 5 for 5 sessions ($25) -- Understanding the crucial links between mothers and daughters and health. Supporting your daughter in friendships and hardiness.

***Raising our Sons/Raising our Daughters -- Thurs. Sept. 17, 5:30 to 6:30 PM

Find out about Kathy's new books and consider joining a parent study group. Kids welcome.

A place for your electronics that don't work

If you've been wondering what to do with the old clock radio or random computer parts, outdated VCR or broken blow dryer. The students using The Roost after school programming with Camp Fire through the Sunnyside Swap Shop Co-op have been really enjoying taking apart old equipment and repurposing the parts. If you have items to unload (that are not, to your knowledge, toxic in any way), please place them in a bag or a box marked with the word ROOST and drop them off on the Yamhill Street side of the Sunnyside Methodist Church building under The Roost banner at the top of the stone steps.