Category: Parent Association

The Saklan Parent Association (PA) is excited to offer Saklan Spirit Wear! Hoodies, pajama pants and t-shirts are all available. Orders are accepted online only, through December 16th. A portion of the proceeds will be used by the PA to fund more events for our school community. Don’t delay, get your Saklan spirit wear order in today! 

Special thanks to Shannon O’Connor for her work on the design, the entire PA Board for their feedback, and to Erin Moorhead for working to make the items available to our community.

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Thank you to everyone who joined the PA for last week’s Parentpower Workshop, presented by Kidpower. Antonie, the presenter, was inspired by your enthusiasm and participation and thoroughly enjoyed speaking with the Saklan parents.

Kidpower asked us to share the below resources that may be of interest to you!

• Kidpower Boundaries and Consent Checklist Posters
• Kidpower 30-Skill Coaching eHandbook
• Kidpower Coloring Book
• Kidpower Shorts Video Series
• Kidpower Safety Comics

You may also find courses for parents and educators on the Kidpower Online Learning Center, including Mini Safety Lessons for Young Children.

If you are interested in attending a Kidpower Workshop to practice skills along with your child, you can join one of Kidpower’s online Community Workshops or sign up for their newsletter to their latest news and updates.

Kidpower strives to improve their online programs and are interested in learning:

• what worked well for you
• what can make your Kidpower experience better
• any stories about using their program
• any questions you have for Kidpower

They would love to receive your comments! You can email them at safety@kidpower.org or complete this brief evaluation form. The insights of those who experience their programs are used to help them grow and improve.

To learn more about Kidpower, you can follow or like them on  Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Facebook.

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The Saklan Parent Association (PA) is excited to offer Saklan Spirit Wear! Hoodies, pajama pants and t-shirts are all available. Orders are accepted online only, through December 6th. Don’t delay, get your order in today! 

Special thanks to Shannon O’Connor for her work on the design, the entire PA Board for their feedback, and to Erin Moorhead for working to make the items available to our community.

#SaklanSpirit #SaklanPA #SaklanCreative

The Saklan Parent Association invites you to join them on Thursday, November 10th at 7:00 p.m for the next Parent Education presentation: Protecting & Empowering Our Children & Youth, presented by Kidpower.

All adults in the Saklan community are invited to join this session in which you will learn how to help children and young people build social-emotional skills to take charge of their own safety, and how to adapt these skills based on their ages, abilities, and life situations in person and online.

You don’t want to miss this event; See you on Zoom!

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The Saklan Parent Association is very excited to announce the next Parent Education event: Protecting & Empowering Our Children & Youth, presented by Kidpower.

All Saklan adults are invited to join this session in which you will learn how to help children and young people build social-emotional skills to take charge of their own safety, and how to adapt these skills based on their ages, abilities, and life situations in person and online

Save the date; you don’t want to miss this virtual event!

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All Saklan parents are invited to join us in the Pavilion on Friday, October 21st, following CLAS for a discussion on how sugar impacts the brain and learning. Vickie Obenchain, Saklan’s Science Teacher, will be our guest speaker for the event. We hope you can join us for this informative talk!

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for Saklan’s Fall Festival last Sunday! From the 3-legged races to the face painting, the students were abuzz talking about all the fun they had at the festival when they returned to school on Monday. It was a beautiful community celebration filled with love, joy and connection.

A huge thank you to the PA for hosting this community social. Special shout out to Andrea Jang, Amy Perkins, and Kendall Walker Koo for organizing the event. Additionally, thank you to the many parents who volunteered during the event. Your help was greatly appreciated!

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Join the Saklan Parent Association in celebrating the fall season. Bring the whole family for food, fun, and prizes!

The festival will feature food trucks, three-legged races, face painting and more. Please bring your reusable water bottle with you. Refill stations will be available.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Let’s foster some superhero behavior in our kids! Join the Saklan Parent Association on Zoom September 27, 2022 from 7-8 p.m. for a Parent Education session full of tips on how Saklan families can take small, attainable steps to make a difference and improve our environment. Our presenter, fellow Saklan parent Scott Cashen, is an environmental scientist who will provide information and extend some challenges that we can all accomplish. The students will have a chance to be recognized at school throughout the year as they meet the challenge goals. Join us to learn about small steps we can all take and support the students’ success! 

The Zoom link for the event can be found in the September 22nd Next Week at Saklan email.