Parent Link July 2011
Check inside for Outstanding Graduates! All county schools will start in August. See page 4. parentA newsletter for parents published by the Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporationlink • Volume 26, Number 3, July 2011 Parkway Educator Advises Parents to Play Key Dreams Help Students Achieve Role in Supporting, Shaping Children’s Dreams Most parents know the dream, not the parents’, she points out, adding that what they ultimately choose importance of being active in could be a career that falls within the their children’s education. But medical or legal field. along with school involvement, If children have no idea of what they Charlotte Ijei, would like to become, help them for- Parkway’s director of Pupil parents can play a key role in mulate dreams that are in line with their Personnel and Diversity, inspiring students to greatness. interests or skill set, advises Ijei. She sug- conducts workshops for gests parents help research occupations parents and teachers on Advice on how to do this is of- how to inspire students to that utilize the child’s strengths by using greatness. Students need to fered by Charlotte Ijei, director of books, videos, mentors and field trips to possess dreams about what companies. “Some children need to find they would like to become Pupil Personnel and Diversity in and parents should also out what excites them; others discover make suggestions based on the Parkway school district. that early on, but regardless, they can all the child’s interests and skill A key factor in fueling students’ suc- benefit from knowing as much as possible set, she believes.
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