Charlotte Jewish News - November 2015 - Page 11
JIE Features Mindfulness for Families
Mark your calendar for another
provocative parenting symposium
from Joined In Education on Feb
ruary 10 and 11, 2016. The focus
this year is Mindfulness and Self-
Regulation. Integrating mindful
ness in school curriculum as a tool
has been found to decrease stu
dent anxiety and stress and to in
crease concentration, attention
span, self-regulation, compassion,
and self-esteem.
Now in its fifth year, this two-
day educational symposium is an
event that parents and child care
professionals look to as a valuable
and well respected resource for
quality programming. Between
parents and professionals that at
tend this annual event, we believe
that we affect 40-50,000 children
and their families in the commu
nity each year.
The keynote address will be
given February 10 by Dr. Kristen
Race, author of Mindful Parent
ing. Fler talks and themes are
riveting, integrating cognitive
Dr. Kristen Race
neuroscience and positive psy
chology with mindfulness. She
shows how the brain functions
under different conditions to help
children and families become
more resilient to the stresses of
modem life. We will be having the
keynote address and reception at
Providence Day School again this
JOINED
IN EDUCATION
year. The following day, there will
be two separate workshop tracks:
morning sessions for parents an
chored by Dr. Kristen Race and a
second option for a full day work
shop for educators and profession
als led by Brad Chapin.
Workshops will be held at Shalom
Park. Mindfulness has been in the
news quite frequently recently as
reports demonstrate that under
standing ones emotions and
awareness of ones feelings helps
learning in the classroom.
More information and tickets
go to www.joinedineducation.org
or on Facebook www.face-
book.com/joinedinedcuation.
Contact Gale Osborne for more
information at 704-366-4558 or
gosbome@cjdschool.org. ^
Youth Visions
Scott Fried Assures CHS Students -
“You Are Enough”
On November 18, the Fle-
brew High community will
be privileged to hear from
our friend Scott Fried. Scott
will speak to our students
and parents about his life’s
journey from USY teen
leader to HIV survivor. His
openness about his own ex
periences gives students and
parents the opportunity for
frank dialog and new ways
to bridge the generation gap.
The core of Scott’s talk is
that we are all “enough.”
Even though it seems as though
our secrets (and everybody has
them) are overwhelming, we are
created in God’s image and
therefore we have value. We
should not let the outside world
dictate who we are, or should be.
We are (good, smart, attractive,
valuable) enough! Scott’s mes
sage, although aimed at teens, is a
universal one. It is a message of
tolerance, spirituality, and hope.
Recent studies of the contem
porary Jewish community have
shown that supplementary school
ing lasting seven or more years
(well into the teen years) produces
measurable, lasting effects, inde
pendent of other educational ex
periences. The combination of
supplementary education with
other adolescent programs (camp
Scott Fried
and Israel programs) enhances the
chances of securing Jewish conti
nuity. That’s what we do at He
brew High and why your support
is so important for our commu
nity.
Programs like Scott Fried’s
visit are especially important to
teens whose families are strug
gling financially. It is the deep
conviction of the CHS Advisory
Board and the two sponsoring
temples, that no student be turned
away from Hebrew High due to
an inability to afford the program.
To that end, the Advisory Board
has created an endowed scholar
ship fund that will help defray the
cost of our program for students
in need. You can help insure Jew
ish continuity by contributing to
our scholarship fund. Please con
sider earmarking the funds for
Hebrew High when making
donations in honor, or mem
ory of a friend or loved one.
Donations can be made
through Temple Beth El,
Temple Israel, or directly to
the Consolidated High
School of Jewish Studies of
fice.
When you give the gift of
Jewish Education, you are
investing in the future of the
Jewish people. At Hebrew
High, we prepare our stu
dents for the challenges they
will face on college campuses and
beyond. Help us make sure that
no teen in Charlotte misses this
opportunity. Please consider a gift
to the CHS Scholarship Fund
today.
Please call Roz at 704-944-
6782 or email rcooper@shalom-
charlotte.org for more information
about donating to Hebrew High
or enrolling your teen aged stu
dent. ^
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THE HUNGEIR GAMES:
MOCICINGJAY
PART 2
Attention all 6th - 12th graders
Join the Charlotte Jewish Teen Coalition - BBYO, Consolidated Hebrew High School, Levine JCC,
NFTY and Gesher as we watch the final installment of the Hunger Games Movie, MockingJay Part 2. Find
out what happens to Katniss and Peta before the rest of Charlotte sees the movie! The prescreening will
take place Thursday evening, November 19 at the Regal Cinema Stonecrest at 7 PM. Canned goods will be
collected for Jewish Family Services and Loaves and Fishes. Tickets are $10.50 and must be purchased
online. For details contact egoldstein@bbyo.org and rcooper@shalomcharlotte.org ^
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