Friday Forecast :: Week Ending September 7

Bring your cell phone to Mass on the weekend of September 8-9 at St. Vincent de Paul Parish.  Read more about Tech Sunday here and here.

We’ll enjoy our first dress down, out-of-uniform day on September 14th, in anticipation of celebrating the parish Oktoberfest.  Stay tuned to find out the theme that Student Council will suggest.  Please refer to the dress down guidelines.  Students who do not follow these guidelines will not be able to participate in the next dress-down opportunity.

Please take this quick survey to help the Marketing & Communications Committee gather feedback from parents to guide their work this year.  Thank you for your time!

Sharon Alton, Heather Bacon, and Kate Crisham

Pie Contest Form

Grades 3-4 Widgets from 6:00-6:30 pm in school gym

Grades 5-8 JV and Varsity from 6:30-7:30pm in school gym

The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, Nashville, have created and published a free 3-year cycle of virtues to practice as an entire family.  While the entire school/family practices the same virtue, they can each study a different saint who shows us how to live out this virtue in a heroic way.  This month students will learn about and continue to practice the virtue of faith by which we can “touch” God.  Find the curriculum here on the Dominican Sisters’ website. Scroll down to the Year of Faith.

SVDP Teachers and Staff will be reflecting this year how new scientific research about boys and girls brains informs pedagogy and classroom or school environment.  Michael Gurian, of Gurian Institute, will be addressing teachers in a workshop on September 28th on the scheduled inservice day.  Parents are invited to a presentation the prior evening where Mr. Gurian will give a keynote presentation, offer time for Q&A, and have a book signing for those wishing to dig into the research further.  Please plan to join us in the gym from 6:30-7:30pm.

Keynote Speaker by Michael Gurian

THE MINDS OF BOYS AND GIRLS:   HOW TO HELP OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS DO THEIR BEST IN SCHOOL AND LIFE

In this inspirational, practical, and humorous presentation, renowned educator and New York Times bestselling author Michael Gurian (SAVING OUR SONS, THE MINDS OF GIRLS, BOYS AND GIRLS LEARN DIFFERENTLY!) focuses on helping children of all ages to succeed in school and life, including in areas of challenge and difficulty.  Because boys and girls experience their home and school life differently, Michael explores how the minds of boys and girls develop, and how parents, educators and concerned citizens can care for and support the needs of our children.

Based on more than thirty years of research in brain science, education, and practical parenting, this keynote traces how a child’s learning mind grows, how girls and boys learn and grow differently, how acculturation influences boys and girls, and how crucial school success has become to life success.  If requested, Michael can also focus on digital life and the brain (screen time, Smart Phones, social media).

A marriage and family counselor in private practice, Michael brings to life not only the developmental science of girls’ and boys’ minds, but practical methods by which to raise and educate those minds.  Michael has been called “the people’s philosopher” for his ability to dynamically combine cutting edge science with stories from people’s everyday lives.

The brain scans and dynamism in this presentation have been called “amazing.”  Michael’s work leaves audiences with a new vision of what boys and girls need both in school and in life, new tools by which to interpret the signals of our growing children, and new confidence to love and educate them in a high-pressure world.

See Michael’s biography on www.michaelgurian.com.  For further information, also see www.gurianinstitute.com.