Thursday, May 21, 2009

May 21, 2009 1:19 PM - Final 2008-2009 Parent Support Meeting and Pot Luck

Well, as we all came home from the final meeting, we were probably all full of the wonderful food thateveryone brought, full of the time that we spent together, and full of the information that was conveyed soquickly.

Here’s a quick recap

http://www.aheadd.org/ is a program that will help transition seniors from high school into college, advocating forthem to learn to advocate for themselves – helping with the transition into adulthood. It is different than the TILprogram in Taft College. AHEADD is a national program that has been well established back east for the pastseven years and can locally be used through Bakersfield College or California State University, Bakersfield.They are looking for students and families to apply for the program. This will help the program get establishedlocally, coordinating the necessary resources for the first time in our area. If you or your senior grads areinterested, please contact the local AHEADD coordinator, Holley Arbeit by phone orholley_arbeit@khsd.k12.ca.us . (Have patience with her, summer school and probably Film Camp willprobably keep her at a fast pace until summer is really here.)

http://www.autismspeaks.org/ has grants totaling over $1.5 available, but the deadline is coming soon. The directpage address is http://www.autismspeaks.org/community/family_services/grants.php .

• Holley Arbeit invited all teens to her home for a swim party on June 13th, 5pm-7:30pm. They were given anassignment to get phone numbers of two others to make sure they all remember to come. The assignmentcame complete with scripts for the teen to follow in case they can’t think of anything to say.

• The Kern Performing Arts Workshop (also known as Joey Travolta’s Film Camp) will be Monday throughFriday, June 1-June 12, 8am-12noon at the Goodwill Industries’ Vocational Training Center, 1731 ChesterAvenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301.. This time around, it is for ages 8 through young adult. For this event, pleasecontact Jill Egland, Director of Special Projects, at 661-324-9000 for more information. The Arts Council ofKern is a KRC vendor (#PK3713). Please see the Attached 2009 performing arts camp.pdf .

• Also during the event, this blog was introduced. The site will be worked on off and on during summer, so feelfree to keep in touch with us and each other through posting in this blog. We will also try to keep the calendaraccurate, though I don’t know if you will be able to post directly to it yet. we are also working to make sure this site and the pending domain name remain compatible with the District filters.