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As part of our innovative and forward-thinking curriculum, we are offering a special Enrichment Series for Wellington families and friends. We believe these events will provide an occasion for spirited conversation around compelling topics. These sessions will not be simple presentations. They will be opportunities to debate, discuss, consider and share perspectives about innovation, interesting research and multiple topics related to teaching and learning. We invite you to join us for all of the events in our Enrichment Series.
Author of: "Your Child's Strengths: Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them"
April 12 | 6:30-8 p.m.
Jenifer Fox
Jenifer Fox has 25 years of experience working as a teacher and administrator in public, independent and international schools. A passionate advocate for young people, she has a unique gift of recognizing strengths in people of all ages. She has used this gift to create her own business, creating what she believes will be the learning model of the future. Ms. Fox is a visionary educational expert who speaks passionately about the future of education and helping people live happy, healthy and meaningful lives. Ms. Fox is the author of “Your Child’s Strengths: Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them.” In this book, she proposes a strengths-based philosophy that provides tools to prepare kids for a future that demands adaptability and creative thinking. During her presentation, Ms. Fox will show you how to identify your child’s strengths, how to nurture those strengths once discovered, and how to help kids build upon and implement their own strengths.
WEBINAR: How to Stop the Popular Social Bully
April 17 | 8:15-9:15 a.m.
Jim Bisenius
Jim Bisenius of Bully-Proofing Youth has 16 years of experience as a child and adolescent therapist specializing in teaching youth how to handle bullies. His nationally recognized response techniques can help parents and children stop bullying. Mr. Bisenius has taught his methods to more than 450 schools nationally. Mr. Bisenius earned his bachelor’s degree from Miami University and his master’s from The Ohio State University. He received a “Child Advocate of the Year” award from the Knox County Community, as well as a “Violence Prevention Award” from the Licking County Mental Health Association.
Film: "My So-Called Enemy"
April 25 | 6:30-8 p.m.
Lisa Gossels
Film Director Lisa Gossels will be on-hand for a discussion after the screening.
The film documents the relationship of six Palestinian, Israeli and Palestinian-Israeli teenagers who first meet at a women’s leadership program in the United States in 2002. We watch how the transformative experience of knowing their “enemies” as human beings meets with the realities of their lives in the Middle East over a period of seven years. Through the coming-of-age narratives of the six girls, we see how creating relationships across personal, political and physical borders is a first step toward resolving conflict.
These events hosted by The Wellington School are available to anyone who would like to attend. Please feel free to bring your family and friends.
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Jenifer Fox, Author of “Your Child’s Strengths: Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them”
April 12 | 6:30-8 p.m.
Jenifer Fox has 25 years of experience working as a teacher and administrator in public, independent and international schools. A passionate advocate for young people, she has a unique gift of recognizing strengths in people of all ages. She has used this gift to create her own business, creating what she believes will be the learning model of the future. Ms. Fox is a visionary educational expert who speaks passionately about the future of education and helping people live happy, healthy and meaningful lives.
Ms. Fox is the author of “Your Child’s Strengths: Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them.” In this book, she proposes a strengths-based philosophy that provides tools to prepare kids for a future that demands adaptability and creative thinking. Ms. Fox shows you how to identify your child’s strengths, how to nurture those strengths once discovered, and how to help kids build upon and implement their own strengths.
Ms. Fox holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and two master’s degrees – an M.A. from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English and an M.Ed. from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.
AGENDA:
6:30-8 p.m. Jenifer Fox Speaks to Public Audience
8-9 p.m. Jenifer Fox to meet with sponsors and special guests for private Q&A and Reception
COST: $10 per person
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
$2,500 Lead Sponsor – includes name in program, 10 to event with reserved seating, signed book and 10 tickets to private reception
$1,000 Silver Level Sponsor – includes name in program, six tickets to event with reserved seating, signed book and six tickets to private reception
$100 Friend Level Sponsor – includes name in program and four tickets to event
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BOOK CLUB
April 26 | 6:30-7:30 p.m.
“Your Child’s Strengths: Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them” by Jenifer Fox
Led by Head of School Rob Brisk & 6th Grade Dean
Megan Wittmann
“Your Child’s Strengths” proposes a strengths-based philosophy that provides the tools to prepare kids for the future in a world that demands greater adaptability and creative thinking than ever before. In “Your Child’s Strengths,” Jenifer Fox shows you how to identify your child’s strength based on his or her actions, how to encourage those strengths once you have identified them and how to help kids implement the strengths they reveal.
May 9 | 6:30-7:30 p.m. “ADHD & Me: What I Learned from Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table” by Blake Taylor
Led by Upper School Co-Head Chris Robbins
Curious to learn about ADHD from a teenager’s perspective? Blake Taylor, 17, has written this book about his own experiences with ADHD. After describing each incident, he follows up with a “cause and effect” discussion of what he learned from what went wrong, followed by a “solutions” section with tips for other kids, parents and teachers to try. |
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