The Family Action Network (FAN) has been bringing nationally recognized leaders in education and social emotional learning to New Trier Township and is now expanding to Evanston!  D202 and D65 recently became annual sponsors and FAN has already schedule two speakers for Evanston this school year.  Their goal is to connect, educate and inspire parents, educators and professionals.

We have invited Lonnie Stonitsch, Program Chair for FAN, to attend the ETHS Parents Engaged meeting, Tuesday, March 4^th, 7:00pm, ETHS room W124, to share her passion for FAN and vision for the Evanston community. She is eager to learn more about the Evanston schools, the Evanston community, and what parents, teachers and administrators want for future programming.  Bring your ideas.

The FAN presentations can help create community and provide a shared language to connect schools and parents. Last year, there were over 9,000 attendees at FAN presentations at New Trier. We want to fill the ETHS auditorium!  Please join us on March 4^th to learn more!

Ishmael Beah
Author, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and the upcoming Radiance of Tomorrow: A Novel (January 7, 2014 release)
March 18, 2014, 7:00 PM
Evanston Township High School Auditorium

Carol Dweck, Ph.D.
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
Author, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
May 9, 2014, 4:30 and 7:00 PM
Evanston Township High School Auditorium

Just take a sneak peak at some of the great programming already occurring in New Trier Township!  Next up…

Sian Beilock, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
Author, Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To
February 18, 2014, 7:00 PM
New Trier High School/Northfield Campus/Cornog Auditorium
7 Happ Rd., Northfield, IL 60093

Sheila Heen and Douglas Stone
Harvard Negotiation Project
Authors, Difficult Conversations: How To Discuss What Matters Most and the upcoming Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (March 2014)
March 10, 2014, 4:00 and 7:00 PM
March 11, 2014, 9:30 AM
New Trier High School/Northfield Campus/Cornog Auditorium
7 Happ Rd., Northfield, IL 60093

Alice Waters
Owner, Chez Panisse, Berkeley, CA, and Founder, Edible Schoolyard
April 8, 2014, 7:00 PM
North Shore Country Day School
Diller Street Theater
310 Green Bay Rd., Winnetka, IL 60093

Hilary Levey Friedman, Ph.D.
Affiliate, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government
Author, Playing to Win: Raising Children in a Competitive Culture
April 23, 2014, 7:00 PM
Attea Middle School Auditorium
2500 Chestnut Ave., Glenview, IL 60026

Temple Grandin, Ph.D.
Professor of Animal Science, Colorado State University
Author, The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
May 21, 2014, 4:00 and 7:00 PM
New Trier High School, Winnetka Campus/Gaffney Auditorium
385 Winnetka Ave., Winnetka, IL 60093

ETHS Parents Engaged is still getting started and we need your input to help it grow and develop.

So far this year, we’ve provided two programs (Navigating ETHS: Resources for Families in Sept. and Course Planning for Parents in Dec.)

We plan two more – one on March 4, tied into the upcoming Family Action Network (FAN) program and another in May.

We’d love to have you come and help us plan these meetings and brainstorm ideas for where the organization should go in the future.

Help us create an organization for ALL parents at ETHS. Plan to attend on Wed. Feb. 5  at 7:00 pm. in ETHS Room S214