The Collaborative

Middle School Peer Leadership Training Is Coming Up!

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:51:07 +0000

MS PLT is scheduled for March 23rd & 24th and is open to 6th-8th grade students.

PLT is an overnight leadership event full of workshops, games, presentations, and fun! This year’s theme is “A Community of Stress Busters” and workshops will focus stress management, healthy relationships, and the importance of community in our lives.

The registration fee is $75. Partial scholarships are available.

We are also looking for 15-20 energetic high school students to be our High School Leaders at PLT. Leaders help facilitate workshops and games, lead small peer group discussions, and help prepare meals. Community service hours are available!

High School Leader registration fee is $60. Partial Scholarships are available.

For more info visit the Middle School PLT page on our website!

High School Peer Leadership Training-Coming Up!!

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:30:09 +0000

High School PLT is almost here!

Area high school students, come one, come all to this overnight leadership event that starts on Friday, February 10th. This PLT will include workshops on stress management, community involvement, and the disease of addiction. With its games, good food, and fun, this event can’t be beat!

BBA 11th/12th Grade Dialogue Night Canceled

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:11:19 +0000

Please help spread the word that the BBA 11th/12th Grade Refuse To Use Dialogue Night has been canceled due to the weather.
It has been rescheduled for February 2, 2012 at the BBA Cafeteria from 6-8PM.

Spots Still Available for Free Childcare on MLK Day!

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:53:43 +0000

The Collaborative’s AmeriCorps team will be offering a free day of childcare on MLK Day, January 16, 2012.

Spots are still available! Programming is open to K-6th grade students; middle & high school students are invited to volunteer at the event. Participants must bring a lunch and outdoor clothing. Snacks will be provided by The Collaborative. Click here for more info.

Join the AmeriCorps team for a day of service. It’s MLK Day: A Day On!

All-Schools 7th & 8th Grade Dance This Saturday

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:38:25 +0000

The Collaborative’s Our Voices Xposed teen anti-tobacco group and the Burr and Burton Academy Students Against Destructive Decisions chapter invite all local 7th & 8th grade students to attend an amazing New Years themed semi-formal dance!

Admission is $5 & 1 canned food item

Dress to impress and come have a good time!! Prizes will be given away all night and grad bags will be handed out at the end!

Permission slips are required. Click here to download a permission slip or contact Kerri by calling 824-4200 or email kerri@thecollaborative.us.

To volunteer as a chaperon, also contact Kerri. **Any school with student attending the dance must provide at least one chaperon.**

Save the Date! Middle School Peer Leadership Training

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:20:17 +0000

March 23 & 24, 2012 is this year’s Middle School Peer Leadership Training date! This is an overnight event open to all local 6-8th grade students!

Put it on your calendar! Get more info or register here.

We’re also looking for High School Leaders! Get more info or register here.

National Mentoring Month

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:17:19 +0000

January is National Mentoring Month. The Collaborative has had a mentoring program for many years where many successful matches were made and maintained, creating lasting bonds and good memories. This year The Collaborative has 13 mentors who have been matched with youth from Flood Brook Union School. Mentors meet with their pair for one hour every week. Activities mentor pairs participate in are everything ranging from arts and crafts, cooking, building model airplanes, playing basketball, telling ghost stories, and just eating lunch together. However, the one hour of activities is more than just something to do. Mentors are building confidence, presenting new opportunities, providing a confidant, and many more things that, for the youth, will carry on into adulthood. Thank you to our mentors for you all that you do. If you are interested in mentoring please call Cara at 824-4200.

MLK Day Approaching! Spots Still Available! Register Now!

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:34:40 +0000

On Monday, January 16, 2012, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is back! And it’s A Day On! The Collaborative will be hosting a free day of fun, active games, a service project, and arts & crafts activities for K-6th grade students at Flood Brook Union School. Students in 7th & 8th grade are welcome to volunteer at the event! The program will be run by The Collaborative’s AmeriCorps*State and Volunteers In Service To America members.

Space is limited, so sign up early! Participants must bring outdoor clothing and a lunch.

A healthy snack will be provided in the morning and afternoon by The Collaborative.

Registration closes Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Register online here.

Eggs, Kiwis, Flamingos… what’s next?

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:17:12 +0000

Please help us put together our next parent message by participating in this short survey!
Click Here and let us know your thoughts!

Positive Parenting Works!

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:13:00 +0000

Good news! Look around and you’ll see throughout our community positive parenting happening every day. Positive parenting emphasizes what’s right with our youth and what good activities they are involved with. Positive parenting focuses on giving kids from their early years throughout their teen years tools, supports and values. The Search Institute refers to these as 40 Developmental Assets. The more assets a child or teens has, the more resilient, caring and healthy the youth may become. The more assets the youth has, the more likely the youth will be to make healthy choices. (http://www.search-institute.org)
What are these assets that our kids need to help survive the teen years and grow in to responsible and healthy adults? Following the Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets some of the categories include Support (family support, positive communication and involvement with school), Boundaries and Expectations (clear family rules and consequences and positive adult role modeling), Positive Values and Identity (Young person accepts and takes personal responsibility and young person feels he or she has control over “things that happen to me”). How do you support your child at home and school? How does your child keep track of their extracurricular schedules, family obligations and school work? What positive role modeling behaviors do you exhibit around your child? How do you monitor your child’s whereabouts and activities when your child’s hanging out at their friend’s house? How does your child problem solve school and social issues?

The Collaborative is kicking off a positive parenting campaign. We are reaching out to parents, guardians and caring adults and asking what positive parenting works in your family? To share your ideas and join the conversation add or comments below or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thecollaborativeus. Share how you communicate, support and bestow positive values with your child and what positive parenting techniques you use with your kids. To start your thinking, a coalition in Maine shared these Positive Parenting Techniques!

Anyone that responds will have their name entered into a drawing to win 4 tickets to Village Picture Shows Cinema.

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