Upcoming Events
May
Events
May
2nd – No
School!
May
8th –
Site
Council Meeting
5pm
@
MES Library
May
9th –
Sock-Hop
(50's Theme) 6p-8pm @ the MES MPR
May
14th –
Volunteer
Appreciation Luncheon (
1-2pm
@ the
Media
Center
)
May
15th –
PTO
General Election Meeting
7pm
@
MES Media center
May
20th –
5th
Grade Musical 630p @ the MPR
May
21st –
2nd
Annual MES Talent show @ the MPR, time is TBD
May
23rd –
4th
Qtr. Award Assemblies Time are on our calendar
May
26th –
Memorial Day Holiday
No
School!
May
27th –
Barro's
Pizza Night
3
to
9pm.
(Last night of the school year) be
sure to mention MES.
May 29th –
Last
Day of School! (Early release)
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Parent
Links
General Parenting & Education Topics
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Love and
Logic
Love and Logic is a
philosophy of raising and teaching children which
allows adults to be happier, empowered, and more
skilled in the interactions with children. Love
allows children to grow through their mistakes.
Logic allows children to live with the consequences
of their choices. Love and Logic is a way of working
with children that puts parents and teachers back in
control, teaches children to be responsible, and
prepares young people to live in the real world,
with its many choices and consequences.
Learn more!
No Child Left Behind
Parent's
guide and other info at the U.S. Department of
Education website.
Arizona
Department of Education
website. For the
2006-2007 School year, Maricopa Elementary School
was rated as a "Performing" school. Tom Horne
is State Superintendent of Schools, and has several
of his speeches and articles available on this
website.
Parent - Teacher Partnerships
In parent-teacher conferences, 'enemies' can be
friends.
(Boston Globe).
More than 100 million times a year, sociologist Sara
Lawrence-Lightfoot estimates, parents sit down with
their children's teachers to hear how their kids are
doing in school. In almost every case, this
semiannual rite of the parent-teacher conference
could - and should - be more frank and productive,
Lawrence-Lightfoot says in her recent book, ``The
Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers
Can Learn from Each Other.''
Read the entire interview with Harvard Professor
Sara Lawrence Lightfoot.
Recommended Books
The Essential Conversation: What Parents and
Teachers Can Learn from Each Other by
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Parenting With Love And Logic by
Foster Cline and Jim Fay.
Playful Parenting by Lawrence J.
Cohen, PhD.
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