The North Shore Parenting Network will be having a meeting titled "A Discussion of Technology in Education" on Tuesday, February 12. Click on the logo above for more information regarding the meeting.

FREE Give a Kid a Smile Day for families without dental insurance

Children ages 2-16 years old will be seen with parent/guardian or other adult who has the parents' written permission

Saturday, January 21, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. until noon

Marquette Dental School
1801 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Parking in a lot between Wisconsin and Well between 18th and 19th Streets

First come, first serve.  The earlier the better for shortest wait times.

If more treatment is needed, families will be referred to dental clinics throughout the city that will do patient care for no cost.  This Treatment Day is set for Friday, February 3, 2012.

Children will go outside twice each day for recess. The only exceptions would be rain, an outdoor temperature  less than 10 degrees or a windchill of negative-0 degrees. Children are expected to wear all the outerwear they come to school in (boots, hats, mittens, scarfs and coat).  The school does not have outerwear to give students.  The surplus-energy theory of play hypothesizes that play allows people to release pent-up energy that has collected over time. Many believe that after intense (and often inactive) academic classroom pursuits, children need to “let off steam.” To some extent, educators also believe that outdoor play enables children to “recharge their batteries,” to reinvigorate themselves by engaging in a very different activity from their classroom experience. This recreation theory of play enables children to get ready to return to the important work of academic learning. These theories view outdoor play as an essential component to academic learning.Dress your children for the weather so they can be warm and enjoy being outside.