Weekend e-Blast

Sunday, October 7, 2007

Highlights of Upcoming UHS Events and Happenings

For Parents

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR

ALL PARENTS

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9
YOUR PA PRESENTS

TEENS, DRUGS AND PARTIES;

WHAT YOUR KIDS WANT YOU TO KNOW
(But May Not Tell You)

Not coincidentally, this PA Forum has been scheduled prior to the year’s first all
school dance scheduled for this Saturday. All parents are urged to attend (just the
forum; not the dance unless you’re a chaperone).

Against the backdrop for the fall production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,
with its white tiles, queasy green walls and institutional lights, you’ll be treated to a
mind-stretching conversation with psychotherapist Michael Simon and adolescent
expert Charis Denison. They’ll provide you with practical tips for the preservation of
your sanity when confronting a variety of real life teen scenarios involving drugs,
alcohol, and something called “hooking up.” Our resident Psychologist and Head of
School, Dr. Michael Diamonti, also will be present to
calm your nerves if need be.
For more information on this therapeutic, mind-saving PA forum and the scenarios to
be discussed, including the “Getting a Head Start” scenario that hopefully won’t
challenge you this Saturday, please click here:
https://private.sfuhs.org/parents/pa/PA_Educational_Forum_Handout.pdf
You’d be insane to miss this one!

7:00 to 9:00 pm
UHS Theater
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UHS RESEARCH AND PUBLIC-PROGRAMS SERIES

Parents Invited to Meet and Hear Noted Authors

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15
LAWRENCE WESCHLER

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Critic, historian, political theorist, and Director of the New York Institute for the
Humanities at NYU; most recent work, Everything That Rises: A Book of
Convergences, published in 2006 received the National Book Critics Circle Award for
Criticism.

10:00 to 11:00 am
UHS Library

AND

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22
PETER COLE

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Translator, publisher, and poet who brings the often-overlooked works

of medieval Spain and the modern Middle East to English-speaking audiences;
recently won a MacArthur “Genius Grant” and is the author of
The Dream of the Poem: Hebre Poetry from Muslim
and Christian Spain, 950-1492.

11:45 am to 1:00 pm
UHS Library

Author’s books will be for sale as well. Due to space limitations please RSVP to
Jesse Berrett, Chair UHS Research & Public-Programs, at
Jesse.berrett@sfuhs.org
For more information on the Series contact Jesse and/or click below:
https://private.sfuhs.org/parents/pa/UHS_PUBLIC.pdf
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13
M.O.R.E. DANCE

Does your teen want MORE options in their social life? Then they’re in luck! The
MORE Dance is this Saturday and getting tickets for your student is simple. Just fill
out the permission slip, include $15 per student and return everything by Friday,
October 12 to Carol Coles at UHS. All school rules apply so please talk with your
child about their plans before and after and do your best to attend Tuesday’s PA
Educational Forum on “Teen Partying.”

Parent chaperones still needed (please contact don.foster@sfuhs.org).

8:00 to 11:00 pm
Hall of Flowers
For more info on the dance and Permission Slip click here:
 https://private.sfuhs.org/parents/pa/MORE_DANCE.pdf

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SAVE THE DATE

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5
PARENT SEMINARS COMMITTEE
Make Your Own Comic Page

HELLO PARENTS! Would you like to create your own comic page?

Storytelling and film instructor Danny Plotnick will talk about the language of comics,
leaving participants with ample time to make their own 1 page comic. Pens and
paper will be provided. Come ready to draw and join the fun!!!
Questions?
Contact: Jill Armbrust at DrArmbrust@aol.com or
Julia Reder at jreder@us.ibm.com

7:00-9:00 pm
UHS Room M202
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UHS HAS 21 NEW SUPPORTERS FOR eScrip
BUT WE STILL NEED MORE!!

Please take two minutes and register your support for UHS by visiting:
https://secure.escrip.com/jsp/supporter/registration/step1.jsp

Use the Group ID for UHS: #5634414

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If you are a returning subscriber please take a moment to update your account by
following this link:
https://secure.escrip.com/jsp/supporter/authentication/password.jsp

Please feel free to contact Jim (jdowd@northcapital.com) or Mary Pat

(mp_dowd@yahoo.com) Dowd with any questions.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15
THE PARENTS’ COALITION OF BAY AREA HIGH SCHOOLS PRESENTS
THE ADOLESCENT BRAIN: REACHING FOR AUTONOMY
with Robert Sylwester

Robert Sylwester will discuss his latest book on the adolescent brain.
How does the teenage brain think, feel, learn and change on its journey to
adulthood? How can we better understand our teens as they face issues such as
sexuality, vocation, morality, risk and security, technology and drugs?
Robert Sylwester is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Oregon
and author of over 20 books. His focus is on the educational implications of new
developments of science and technology.

7:30 to 9:00 pm
French American International High School
150 Oak St. (at Gough)

For more information about upcoming speakers, visit the Coalition’s website at:
http://www.parentscoalition.net
 SENIOR PARENTS

For updates on all Senior Parent events,

please visit the Senior Parent Web Page at:
https://private.sfuhs.org/parents/pa/senior.html
 JUNIOR PARENTS

SAVE THE DATE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6
FALL JUNIOR PARENT POTLUCK

6:30 to 8:30 pm
Home of Penny and Jim Coulter
More details to follow

For updates on all Junior Parent events,

please visit the Junior Parent Web Page at:

https://private.sfuhs.org/parents/pa/junior.html
SOPHOMORE PARENTS

SAVE THE DATE

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
SOPHOMORE PARENT COFFEE

Join us for Coffee and Camaraderie.

8:30 am
At the home of Nancy Weston and Bill Euphrat,
just around the corner from UHS.
3100 Clay Street (at Baker)

Hope to see you there!

For updates on all Sophomore Parent events – including Cluster dinners,
please visit the Sophomore Parent Web Page at:
https://private.sfuhs.org/parents/pa/sophomore.html
 FRESHMAN PARENTS

For updates on all Freshman Parent Events,

please visit the Freshman Parent Web Page at:

https://private.sfuhs.org/parents/pa/freshman.html
 Stay Connected

Please submit all new email addresses and all other changes to
Kim Mallory (kim.mallory@sfuhs.org) and
Cecile Lelievre (Cecile.Lelievre@sfuhs.org)

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