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<p class="fontlook"><B>Parent Education at Carrollton- The Breakfast Club and Girl Meets World</B>

<p class="fontlook">In the spirit of strengthening the partnership with our parents, Carrollton is delighted to launch this year’s parent education program. Both The Breakfast Club and Girl Meets World offer parent education, parent conversation and parent networking.   

<p class="fontlook">Sponsored by the Counseling Department at Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, The Breakfast Club is a Parent Education Lecture Series facilitated by Carrollton parent, Dr. Gary Lancelotta, a child psychologist.  It is open to parents of all grade levels,   with topics geared primarily toward Grades 4-8.  This collaborative effort includes three presentations during the school year aimed at increasing awareness of the multiple issues that surround parenting children in today’s society.  Together they offer strategies for addressing issues that directly impact students’ educational performance and their social, emotional, and psychological well-being.  This year’s series beings on October 31st at 8:15 am in Meli’s Hall.  The topic will be Affluenza.  

<p class="fontlook">Girl Meets World is a new program designed to allow Dads of High School aged students to network and share their insights into parenting. Over 60 Dads participated in our first session on September 24th. This parent series focuses on the challenge adolescents and parents face as daughters mature and embrace increased responsibilities and opportunities. For example, in the first session, Officers Frank Jackson and Rey Azan from Coral Gables Police Department gave a presentation about the effect that the Miami party scene has on the average high school student. They discussed the impact of alcohol, the availability of drugs, the club scene and fake ID’s. With such success, we have scheduled our next meeting for December 4th in the PAC. Sergio Alvarez-Mena and Wayne Block have organized this exciting new program.

<p class="fontlook">In addition to these named programs, each school has organized a series of parent coffees to address different topics that our counselors, school nurse, school directors and grade level parent representatives believe parents want to discuss. We want to be sure our parents know our student development curriculum and are well-informed partners with us in providing the students with education to character formation and emotional health. Please visit frequently the Cyclone Center on the parent portal of the website.
