Glenbard Parent Series

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Glenbard Parent Series (GPS): Navigating Healthy Families

The Glenbard Parent Series (GPS): Navigating Healthy Families is a distinguished speaker series dedicated to presenting relevant, high-profile authors, educators and clinicians. These high-caliber speakers offer practical research-based knowledge, strategies, and personal experience to support students’ engaged learning, positive youth development and well-being. Founded in 1995, GPS is a weekly resource for parents/caregivers/guardians (for children of all ages) as well as students, school staff, professionals and community members. GPS is here to inform, connect, and inspire. All programs are free, virtual and open to the public. These events are presented at both noon CT and 7pm CT, and offered in multiple languages. Sponsorship for the more than 50 program presented each year comes from organizations and foundations throughout the area.

GPS is a resource for parents, educators, students, and community members to foster self-empowered children who collaborate, communicate, embrace diversity, create and think critically.

 

For the convenience of our participants the majority of this year’s Glenbard Parent Series events will be presented virtually on zoom. No registration is required and all are welcome to attend. Check the individual speakers page for the link (or location).

 

Programs are offered free of charge, no registration is required, and the public is welcome to attend

Continuing professional development units are available for all programs.

 

GPS – Navigating Higher Education

Thinking about higher education – college or your career?   There’s so much to consider when it comes to getting ready for college: where to go, what to study, how to apply, how to pay for it all, and more.

It’s never too early—or too late—to explore your options. These programs will walk you through some key steps in preparing for college and provide resources that can help you along the way. We’re here to help you you understand college costs, assist with financial and academic planning, and plan for life after high school.

All are welcome to attend. Programs are presented in English and Spanish. 

Serie Navegando los Niveles Avanzados de Educacion – Todos los padres de familia son bienvenidos para participar en estas series de presentaciones.  Las presentaciones son tanto en Ingles como en Español. 

 

GPS-SpanishSerie para Padres de la Escuela Glenbard (GPS en Español) y El Consejo Asesor de Padres de Familia (B-PAC)

B-PAC / GPS Programas en Español 2023-2024 AQUÍ

Buscamos atraer e involucrar a las familias hispanas pertenecientes a la comunidad de la Escuela Glenbard, con el fin de engrandecer los ambientes educativos, así como ofrecer oportunidades de socialización y educación para nuestros estudiantes hispanos. Valoramos la educación, la familia, así como cualquier colaboración que apoye a la comunidad hispana.

OBJETIVOS: (1) Educar a los padres en temas clave que pueden afectar el éxito académico; (2) Proveer de recursos necesarios para el éxito académico; (3) Fortalecer, equipar y educar a los padres sobre su rol como autodefensores; (4) Apoyar el éxito en programas académicos a través de los procesos de colaboración dentro del distrito, escuela y comunidad.

ROL COMO ENLACE PARA PADRES: (1) Apoyar al personal de la escuela en la coordinación de sesiones de entrenamientos y talleres de trabajo para padres; (2) Reclutar padres y miembros de la comunidad para participar en las sesiones del Consejo de Educación Escolar y Consejo de Educación; (3) Crear y mantener la relación entre la comunidad y las escuelas, con el fin de incluir organizaciones basadas en la fe, negocios y organizaciones sin fines de lucro que ofrezcan servicios necesarios para las familias; (4) Colaborar con el personal y administradores de las escuelas para apoyarlos en la resolución de las preocupaciones que los padres de familia puedan tener.

 

GPS in Gujarati and Urdu/Hindi and Bilingual Parent Advisory Council (BPAC

We seek to attract and involve Gujarati and Urdu/Hindi families belonging to the Glenbard School community, in order to enhance educational environments, as well as offer socialization and educational opportunities for all our students. We value education, family, as well as any collaboration that supports the Gujarati and Urdu/Hindi communities.

URDU
(B–PAC) اور والدین کی د و لسانی مشاورتی کونسل GPS گجراتی اور اُردو/ہندی میں
ہم، تعلیمی ماحول میں بہتری لانے کے ساتھ ساتھ اپنے تمام طلباء کے لیے سماجی و
تعلیمی مواقع پیش کرنے کے مقصد سے، گجراتی اور ارُد و / ہندی خاندانوں ک و راغب
کرنے اور انُہیں شامل کرنے کے خواہشمند ہیں۔ ہم تعلیم، خاندان اور ساتھ ہی ساتھ کسی
بھی ایسے تعاون کی قدر کرتے ہیں جو گجراتی اور ارُدو /ہندی برادریوں کی معاونت
کرتا ہو۔

GUJARATI
ગજુ રાતી અન ે ઉદ􀓪ૂ /િહંદીમા ં GPS અન ે િ􀕀ભાષીય વાલી સલાહકાર પિરષદ (B–PAC).
અમે ગ્લેનબાડ􀓪 સ્કૂલ સમુદાય (Glenbard School Community) સાથે જોડાયેલા
ગજુ રાતી અન ે ઉદ􀓪ૂ /િહંદી પિરવારોને આકિષ􀓪ત કરવા તેમજ જોડવા માગીએ છીએ
જેનાથી શૈ􀔟િણક વાતાવરણ સા􀔀ં બને અને સાથે જ અમારા િવ􀔾ાથ􀓯ઓને
સમા􀓾કરણ અન ે શ􀔟ૈ િણક તકો મળી શકે. અમે િશ􀔟ણ, પિરવારની સાથ ે સાથે
એવા કોઈ પણ સહયોગન ે મૂલ્યવાન સમ􀓾એ છીએ કે જ ે ગજુ રાતી અને
ઉદ􀓪ૂ /િહંદી સમુદાયન ે સમથ􀓪ન આપે છે.

 

FUSE12-10-14

 

 

 

 

 

FUSE:  Families United in Support of Excellence for All Students Especially Those That Identify As African American or Black

We hope all parents, guardians and students can join us for the free FUSE events -all are welcome.  FUSE will offer a scholarship to a deserving student whose family is able to attend all FUSE events this year and who become active in FUSE and their school community. Join us and enjoy free raffles provided at all FUSE meetings.

FUSE MISSION: Involve and engage all care-givers within the Glenbard Community to enhance the learning environments, social involvement and educational opportunities of all students especially those that identify as African American or Black.

GOALS: (1) Educate parents on key issues that affect academic success; (2) Provide resources necessary for academic success; (3) Empower, equip and educate parents on becoming self advocates; (4) Encourage success in school programs through a collaborative process within the district, school and community.

 

GPS – Early Childhood

Glenbard Parent Series is please to offer special programs for families in our community with younger children, ages 3 to 9.

 

GPS – Video Library

Teens and Adults will enjoy our video library of upcoming/trailers and past Glenbard Parent Series programs on our YouTube Channel. Click below to check it out. Visit our Video Library HERE

 

 

 

 

Glenbard Parent Series Annual Sponsors

 

We are especially grateful for these generous annual sponsors:

Emmy Gaffy Foundation
Emmy’s passion for style and design, led her to create ‘LaLaEmmyLand’. Before she left for heaven, she opened the website, designed the bracelets and made the rhinestone, #bling, marketing tags for each bracelet. Through her dream, we will continue to make the world a better place. She always talked about donating a portion to charities, so in Emmy’s honor, using her designs and ideas, 100% of all donations will go to organizations to help young adults. Oh… and also animals, her number one charity!! Using Emily Anne ,as our angel in heaven, we hope to make a difference and save lives.

Cebrin Goodman Center an affiliate of the Lilian and Larry Goodman Foundation
Cebrin Goodman was a bright, caring, talented young woman who had so much to live for, and so much to offer the world. Surrounded by a loving family, many friends, and possessing a wide range of interests (including a gift for dance and other creative arts) Cebrin seemed destined for a rich and fulfilling a life Instead, tragically, her life ended at the age of 22, devastating the many who loved her. Even today — almost 20 years after her loss– the pain and sadness are still fresh. For reasons difficult to fully understand, Cebrin entered the world of drugs, eventually ending up with a full-blown addiction. Then followed many unsuccessful attempts at therapy and rehab-hospitalizations in an attempt to assist her in overcoming her addiction — but the hold the drugs had over her was too great and they took her down a path which led, ultimately, to a fatal overdose. Through the ongoing philanthropic efforts of the Cebrin Goodman Center, the Goodman family is fully devoted, in Cebrin’s memory, to spare as many families as possible the pain which they have endured over the loss of their beloved Cebrin. As her grandfather, Mr. Larry Goodman, often said: “Let us work together so that not one additional child will suffer the same tragic end as my beloved granddaughter Cebrin.”