Special Events : Parents as Partners

A few times a year we bring you industry experts on a variety of topics as they relate to your children, education and more. Below are some of the topics held previously.

If you have ideas or suggestions for future sessions, please contact us.

Past events included:

STREET DRUG AWARENESS
Thursday, APRIL 19, 2007
Starts at 7:00 pm

We are very pleased to welcome back to our school, retired Detective Steve Walton, for a highly informative session on street drug awareness.

Mr. Walton is a 25 years veteran of law enforcement. For the last 10 years of his career he was assigned to a drug unit. In that capacity he supervised an undercover street team and managed more than 120 undercover drug operations and 780 undercover drug transactions. Mr. Walton has attended over 300 marijuana operations and has been qualified in the criminal justice system as an expert with respect to street drug related matters. His formal and informal education regarding street drug has provided him with considerable expertise in the areas of street jargon, consumption practices, the physiology of street drugs, the effects of use, street pricing and patterns of abuse.

He delivers an engaging and interactive session that is bound to make you realize just how much you need to know and just how little you really do. This session is geared toward all parents regardless of the age of their child/children. This presentation is intended for parents.

Please confirm your attendance by April 18th, by phone (240.1500) or email (ctolomio@cfis.com) to enable us to set up the gymnasium appropriately.

PEER PRESSURE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2007
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

As part of our Parents as Partners presentation, we are very pleased to offer an evening presentation about PEER PRESSURE with guest speaker, Dr. Tanya Beran. The presentation will commence at 7:00pm and finish at 8:30pm. This evening seminar is for all CFIS parents, regardless of your child’s age or grade level.

After working in schools for several years Dr. Beran obtained a Ph.D in School Psychology in the division of Applied psychology at the University of Calgary. She now is an assistant professor of School Psychology at the University of Calgary, teaching courses on research, assessment and intervention. Her research focuses on the nature of school bullying that includes examining the problem of obtaining accurate and reliable measures of bullying.

Following her research on bullying, Dr. Beran received a Social Science and Humanities Research Council Grant to “inform the public to mobilize social change.” In collaboration with various interest groups she helped develop 'HOW WAS YOUR DAY', a website worthy of your attention.

If you are able to attend her presentation on Wednesday, January 17th, 2007, at CFIS please contact the office to RSVP by Monday, January 15th, 2007.