Parent
Resources
Whether you are a parent,
grandparent, guardian, relative or friend of a Career & Technical School
student, we hope you find this page helpful. We also welcome your
suggestions and comments. Email Monique Jacobs at
mjacobs@gw.neric.org.
Great resource: Read.gov
Read.gov, from the U.S. Library of Congress, provides free reading resources
for children, teens and adults. It features online versions of
out-of-copyright books for children, and features webcasts of authors, such
as Twilight author Stephenie Meyer, as well as writing contests,
suggested booklists, teaching resources, and more.
http://www.read.gov
A helpful Web site: College,
Career and Life Planning
College, Career and Life Planning.com
is a noncommercial website for students, teachers, counselors, and parents
devoted to college, career and life planning. Bob Fisher, the web site
operator, has an extensive business background, has an MBA from Harvard, and
is an adjunct professor at So. Florida College. He has a sincere interest in
helping young adults with college, career and life planning.
The website has numerous links for students, teachers, counselors, and
parents related to the above topics. In fact, the NYS Department of Labor
Career Zone (Link W232) is one of the many links in Career Planning Tools
section of the site. Here is the link:
http://www.collegecareerlifeplanning.com
ConnectED Albany campus calling system
letter
Cybersafety:
Be aware of what your child is doing online
Remember when you had that tattered leather diary with the little lock
and key? You could find a clever hiding place for it in your room . . .
someplace where no one would read it and invade your privacy. Things are a little different
for today's teens. In fact, many children are posting their innermost
thoughts right on the Internet on such social networking Web sites as
MySpace.com and Xanga.com. As a parent, you'll want to be aware of these
sites. Even though students are blocked from accessing them on school
district computers, they can still get to the sites from other computers
with Internet access.
Read more
by downloading this article, which is in Adobe pdf format.
E-School Data link for parents
Forms and Applications
H1N1/Swine Flu:
Staying healthy and
preventing disease, including swine flu
The New York
State Department of Health makes the following general
recommendations to help protect yourself and your family from H1N1
(Swine) flu and other illnesses:
- Wash your hands often with soap and warm water, for about 20
seconds, as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice.
Alcohol-based hand cleansers are also effective.
- Avoid people who are ill.
- Stay home from work or school if you are sick.
- Use tissue when you cough, sneeze or spit, and dispose of the
tissue in a covered trash bin. If you don't have a tissue, cough or
sneeze into your elbow. Don't spit on the ground.
- Keep hands away from your face. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or
mouth.
- Clean shared space more often such as phone receivers, keyboards,
steering wheels and office equipment.
- Refrain from sharing personal items such as forks, spoons,
toothbrushes and towels.
Useful information on
H1N1 is available from the federal
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention at
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/
H1N1 Resources & Info via the Capital Region
BOCES Web
H1N1 (Swine) Flu flier from the CDC
(download .pdf)
Letter to parents, September 2009
Staff directory
Student & Parent
Handbook
Suicide
prevention: Some helpful resources
-
National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline hot line 1-800-273-TALK
-
Child Guidance Center
381-8911
-
The Samaritans Suicide
Prevention Center 689-4673
- Ellis Hospital crisis
center 243-1300
- Family and Child
Service of Schenectady Inc. Counseling Program 393-1369
- Haven Grief Counseling
Center 370-1666
- BOCES-CAPIT 464-3944
- American Foundation
for Suicide Prevention, Capital Region Chapter 899-0021 or 289-5183
Working with your hands takes
brain power:
Article from the NY Times by a philosopher motorcycle mechanic:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html?_r=3&scp=1&sq=Matthew
More articles
of interest:
The following articles are provided for your
information only and are not to be re-published, re-printed or sold.
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The
Teenage Brain: A Work in Progress
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The
Teen Brain: by Dr. Laurence Martel
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