If you ever talk to Laura and I, we truly believe in the positive energy of the universe and that people or events cross our paths when it is meant to happen. Today while I was taking my daily walk, I was listening to a long-time friend of ours’ podcast – Phyl Macomber’s Every Child Can Learn. I love listening to the lens of her different guests and Phyl is the nicest person I have met. I love her to pieces. On this episode, she was talking to her cousin…
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Celebrating National Family Engagement Week with Virtual ParentCamp on November 20th 8 pm ET/5 pm PT
Join us for Virtual ParentCamp on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT! This month’s Virtual ParentCamp coincides with Family Engagement Week. This is the perfect time to join us for our monthly ParentCamp as we continue in our meaningful dialogues connecting families, schools and communities in stronger partnerships. We are excited to be partnering once again with The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence (@PrichardComm) this year to celebrate this important week. It is also National Literacy Month. I hope you are all enjoying re-reading your favorite…
Read MoreOctober Edition of Virtual ParentCamp – Wednesday, October 14th at noon ET/9 am PT
Join us for our day time of Virtual ParentCamp – Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 12pm ET/9 am PT. It’s definitely cooler outside now and I am enjoying the cardigan weather. I love the different colored reds and oranges all around us. It’s almost time for the end of Daylight Savings Time and don’t forget it’s Fall Backwards, so we go back an hour. The evenings are already getting darker and it’s nearly time for the fun of the end of the month. If you have kids and take part,…
Read MoreParentCamp’s Literary Friends Have Written the Perfect Gifts
ParentCamp is fortunate to have a number of dedicated friends who are authors of books on a range of topics, from education, to financial basics for children, to personal growth, to sports. There is something for just about everyone in this group. It’s not too late to order one or two (or more) of these books for a friend or family member for holiday gifts, though the books make great gifts for any occasion: New Year, birthday, graduation, Arbor Day, Summer Solstice…you get the idea. Laura Gilchrist Laura Gilchrist, a…
Read MoreVirtual ParentCamp is BACK! We return Wednesday, November 15th!
We have missed you all! We are so excited to be back and what a special week! Just like last year, we are partnering with the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence (@PrichardCom) to Celebrate Family Engagement Week! AND…we have a new way for you all to connect that we are rolling out…it is called Mighty Networks and we are very excited. We have been hearing from our ParentCamp friends that they wanted a safe place to connect (not on social media platforms) with others who they have met at virtual…
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