Rolling Terrace PTA NAACP Diversity & Inclusion Family Room PTA Meeting, February 2 nd Reunin de la PTA. 2 de febrero Grab some food and introduce yourself to someone at your table Srvase comida y presntese a alguien en la mesa. Thank you to: Gracias a: Cecilia Castro de Anderson for interpreting/ por interpretar Mr. Holtz and Horizon Childcare for providing childcare/ por el cuidado de nios Jen Reilly for ordering the food/ por pedir la comida PTA/School Updates Novedades de la escuela y la PTA On Sunday, the PTA organized a volunteer group to shovel snow from the crosswalks and the street. El domingo, la PTA organiz un grupo de voluntarios para palear la nieve en el cruce peatonal y en la calle. Before/ Antes After/ Despus Before/ Antes After/ Despus Instrumental Music Concert postponed until February 11th Concierto de msica instrumental: postergado hasta 11 de febrero International Festival Postponed Festival Internacional: postergado GeoBowl Students in Grades 3 through 5 Concurso de geografa: alumnos de 3 er a 5 to grado New Date: February 19 th (old date was February 5 th ) Specific times will be announced soon Nueva fecha: 19 de febrero (fecha anterior: 5 de febrero) Horas especificas sern anunciadas Black History Month Assemblies: Step Afrika! Asamblea de Historia Afro-Americana en febrero: Step Afrika! Brought to Rolling Terrace ES this February by funding from the PTA NAACP Committee and also support from Washington Performing Arts Viene a la Escuela Rolling Terrace gracias a fondos del Comit NAACP de la PTA y con apoyo del Washington Performing Arts. Girls on the Run Registration begins on February 11th Registracin para Girls on the Run empieza el 11 de febrero The Season begins the week of March 7th. The girls and coaches will meet: Tuesdays at 7:30-8:45 AM and Thursday at 3:30-5:00 PM El Programa empieza la semana de 7 de marzo. Las nias y entrenadores se reunirn: Martes de 7:30 a 8:45 AM Jueves de 3:30 a 5:00 PM For girls in grades 3 through 5 Para las nias en los grados 3 a 5 Scholarships available! Becas disponibles! Latin Dance, March 4th Baile Latino: 4 de marzo Contact Myra Rivera Blanco, the coordinator of Latin Dance at (301) , if you would like to help. Si desea ayudar, comunquese con Myra Rivera Blanco, la coordinadora del Baile Latino, al (301) Gardening Days (Friday, March 11 th and Saturday, March 12 th ) Das de Jardinera (viernes 11 de marzo y sbado 12 de marzo) Help us turn this into this! Aydenos a convertir esto en esto! Linkages to Learning at RTES Program Overview Who are we and what we do? Family Case Management KATYA MIRANDA Family assistance in times of difficulty/crisis Family Mental Health Therapy CAMMY CRANE Individual, family and group therapy Community School Coordination CECILIA ZAVALETA Linking the school, community partners, volunteers and donors to offer free empowering education/programs/activities to parents and children who have limited resources or are being affected by sudden life changes/events. Linkages to Learning Katya Miranda, Family Case Manager Provides social services to families with low- income Guides clients in locating and utilizing local resources Case Management Distribution Emergency Assistance 20% Legal Assistance 10% Domestic Violence 20 % Health Assistance 25% Financial Assistance 25 % Case Management Case Management Assistance Financial Assistance: Help connect families to: Temporary Cash Assistance, Medical Assistance, Food Stamps, Rental Assistance, Dept. of Recreation Financial Assistance and more. Health Assistance: Referral to local clinics, assistance for health insurance coverage - children and adults. Domestic Violence: Referrals to Family Justice Center, Family Law Self Help Center, and others. Legal Assistance: Referrals to Pro-bono Legal Assistance, Catholic Charities, Ayuda, and others. Emergency Assistance: Referrals to Crisis Center, Emergency Shelter, Burial Assistance, and others. Assistance on Evictions, utility cut-off, Medical bills and others. LINKAGES TO LEARNING Cammy Crane Bilingual Family Mental Health Therapist Mental Health Assessments Child, parent, family therapy Consultation with school staff Prevention/ early intervention therapy groups How does therapy work with children? Using play as method of expression Helping children identify, name, and appropriately express their feelings Developing age-appropriate coping skills Working with families regarding attachment and trauma LINKAGES TO LEARNING Cecilia Zavaleta, Community School Coordinator Empowering families through training, educational and recreational programs Finding and building partnerships and community collaboration RTES team/school coordination LTL office coordination/administration Taking care of our Children and families: 2015/2016 About 50 children and parents went to enjoy Orchard Farm in the fall and had a ball! (Joint program with Judy Center) More than 100 kids benefited from Thanksgiving and Holiday Gift donations between November and December Every week 35 children receive smart sacks from Manna (except on snow days/Summer). About 50 children and adults received winter jackets. 7 children from RTES are being chosen to take advantage of A Taste of ballet class at NHE Sponsored by Maryland Youth Ballet and also were invited with their families to see a ballet performance. 10 kids and their parents are enjoying the new cooking class by Crossroads Food Network Joint programs with Judy Center and the PTA Field trip to Butlers Farm Brookside Garden of Lights during holidays International Day at RTES Mothers Day Celebration Adult Courses FY2015/2016 Some of the courses/classes being offered during this year : English for Daily Living & Conversation Preventing Obesity and Diabetes Excercise and fitness Child abuse Prevention Special presentation on Immigration Empowering classes for our parents Other assistance Food Clothing Furniture Holiday Assistance Upcoming Class: Spring 2016 Preventing Obesity and Diabetes Mothers and children learn how to eat/cook healthy meals and snacks and discover that loosing weight could be also fun! * A Special collaboration with LTL Nurses SBC/RTES and the UM- EFNEP program. NAACP Committee Introduction Presentacin del Comit NAACP The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race- based discrimination. La misin de la Asociacin Nacional para el Avance de la Gente de Color (NAACP) es garantizar la igualdad poltica, educativa, social y econmica de los derechos de todas las personas y eliminar la discriminacin por motivos de raza. Single Moms/ Madres solteras Divorced Parents/ Padres divorciados Grand-Parents/ Abuelos At-Home-Moms/ Amas de casa At-Home Dads/ Amos de casa Same Sex Households/ Familias con padres del mismo sexo LBGTQ/ LBGTQ Special Needs/ Con necesidades especiales Non-English Speakers/ Que no hablan ingls Single Dads/ Padres solteros Immigrants/ Inmigrantes U.S. Citizens/ Ciudadanos estadounidenses Video: Being 12: What Are You? Video: Tener 12 aos: Qu eres? Video Link/ Enlace de video Rolling Terrace is a diverse community La escuela Rolling Terrace es una comunidad diversa All voices should be heard Debemos escuchar todas las voces. Mission of the PTA Declaracin de la Misin de la Asociacin de Padres y Maestros (PTA) To make every childs potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children. Hacer realidad el potencial de cada nio al incluir y empoderar a las familias y comunidades para que aboguen por todos los nios. Walk to School Day/ Da de caminar a la escuela After School Enrichment Programs/ Programas extracurriculares Book Fairs and Read-a-thon/ Ferias del libro y Read-a-thon Instrument Donations/ Donacin de instrumentos Gardening Programs/ Programas de jardinera Staff Appreciation Events/ Eventos de agradecimiento al personal What does PTA do at Rolling Terrace? Qu hace la PTA en Rolling Terrace? PTA Meetings/ Reuniones de la PTA GeoBowl/ Concurso de geografa Advocacy/ Abogaca And more / y ms Activities in to engage all families Las actividades en 2015 y 2016 para incluir a todas las familias Meetings with Mr. Marcus Coordination meetings with Linkages to Learning, Judy Center and School Administration Visits to Judy Center programs and Linkages meetings to share ideas and messages Family Room redevelopment Reuniones con el Director, Sr. Marcus. Reuniones de coordinacin con Linkages to Learning, el Judy Center y la Direccin de la escuela. Visitas a los programas del Judy Center y reuniones de Linkages para compartir ideas y mensajes. Inauguracin de la nueva Family Room. The Rolling Terrace Family Room La Family Room de Rolling Terrace Goals of the Family Room 1.Support Parents 2.Support the school through volunteer work 3.Build a community of cooperation Objetivos de la Family Room 1.Apoyo a los padres y madres 2.Apoyo a la escuela a travs de trabajo voluntario 3.La construccin de una comunidad de cooperacin Family Room Hours: Mondays from AM Wednesdays from 1:25 - 3:25 PM Fridays from AM Horario de la Family Room: Lunes de 9 a 11 AM Mircoles de 1:25 a 3:25 PM Viernes de 9 a 11 AM Please complete the survey!Por favor complete la encuesta! How YOU can make your voice heard at Rolling Terrace Cmo puede hacer que SU voz se escuche en la escuela JOIN the PTA STAY INFORMED (Text Messages, Listserv, PTA Website)PTA Website VISIT the Family Room AFILIARSE a la PTA. MANTENERSE INFORMADO (servicio de texto, listserv, sitio web de la PTA).sitio web de la PTA VISITAR la Family Room.