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Director's Notebook
Movie Event:
SEPTEMBER 15
Fat Boy Chronicles
FREE TICKETS*
SSEF ROBOTICS EVENT For All
Sandy Springs Schools
Teacher's Supply Closet
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
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RECENT
EVENT SPONSORS
Northside
Hospital - Presenting Sponsor
Sandy
Springs Pediatrics and Adolescent
Medicine
First
Citizens Bank
FormWell
Personal Fitness Training
Girl
Talk
Intelligent
Chiropractic
Juice
Plus - Anita Pirkel
Open
Hand
RECENT IN-KIND
SPONSORS
Allegra
Print & Imaging
Breadwinner
Café
Costco
Fresh
Market
Kroger
- Sandy Springs
Shane's
Rib Shack
Special
Events Network
Starbucks
Whole
Foods
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Sandy Springs Education
Force
September 2011
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Director's
Notebook
We
are very excited to be
implementing our third year of
programs for our Sandy Springs
public school students when
school begins in August.
We have spent the summer
meeting with our principals to
be sure that our programs
coordinate with their school
strategic plans and goals and
thus meet the needs of our
students. Once again, we
will deliver results -oriented
programs which will make a
difference in the lives of so
many students. We hope
that you will help us through
donations of your time, talent
and treasures. Please
visit our website to see the
many opportunities for you to
become involved with SSEF.
Together, we are a powerful
force in creating a world
class education for all of our
students in Sandy Springs. We
so look forward to working
with all of you.
With
kindest regards,
Irene
Schweiger
Executive
Director
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"Fat
Boy Chronicles"
Please Join Us for
This Important Event
Learn
About the Problem of
Bullying in our Schools
THIS Thursday, September
15
7:00PM
North Springs Charter High
School Auditorium
*SPECIAL
PRICE
DUE
TO THE GENEROUS DONATION
OF A SPONSOR:
TEACHERS
are FREE,
STUDENTS
(with ID) HALF-PRICE
($5!!!)
Inspired
by a true story, The
Fat Boy Chronicles reveals
the emotionally painful
world obese teens experience
in the face of a
thin-obsessed society. At
age fourteen, 5'5 Jimmy
weighs 187 pounds. Outside
the comfort of his family
and church, life for Jimmy
is a constant struggle. The
cruel taunts of his
classmates make going to
school or playing sports a
humiliating experience. Yet,
he still manages to focus on
his goals -- to lose weight
and win over the girl of his
dreams.
Following
the movie, a notable panel
of experts moderated by
Harriet Litsky will
participate in a discussion
on the issues, including:
- Mike
Buchanan and Diane Land:
Former teachers and
Authors of the
Fat Boy Chronicles·
- Christopher
Rivera: Main Actor, The
Fat Boy Chronicles
- Jason
Winn: Director, The Fat
Boy Chronicles
- Mark
Wulkan: Surgeon in Chief
at CHOA and childhood
obesity expert
- Holli
Levinson: ADL, expert in
bullying
- Alisa
Winters, R.D., L.D., M.S:
nutrition counselor
- Officer
Tim Burell: Sandy
Springs Police
Department and
cyber-bullying expert
- David
Rifkin: Teacher at
Haynes Bridge and
bullying expert
The
book and author
speaking engagements are
available to all of our
Sandy Springs schools. The
author will be signing his
book before the movie
screening in the sponsor
area.
Sponsored by:
First
Citizens Bank, FormWell
Fitness, Intelligent
Chiropractic, Juice
Plus-Anita Pirkel,Project
Open Hand, Sandy Springs Pediatrics
and Adolescent Medicine, and
Whole Foods.
Tickets
available at www.sseffatboychronicles.eventbrite.com
For
more information about
sponsoring this or other
SSEF events, please contact
Linda Hoynes at lhoynes@bellsouth.net.
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ROBOTS ARE
COMING
TO
SANDY SPRINGS!!!
Presented
by Northside Hospital, Sandy
Springs Education Force is
proud to announce our Second
Annual STEM Event in
collaboration with Georgia
First. The objective of our
Annual STEM Event is to
inspire students to think
beyond the unspoken boundaries
of their personal world and to
provide impetus for them to
become fully engaged and
prepared to succeed in the
21st century workforce.
On
Tuesday, September 27
from 9:00am to 4:00PM at North
Springs Charter High School,
students will explore hands-on
robotic exhibitions. From
6:00PM to 7:30PM, our city and
business leaders will attend a
VIP reception where Dr. Lonny
Johnson,CEO of Johnson
Research and Development Co.
and Dr. Neil Shah, robotic
surgeon at St. Joseph's
Hospital, will address how
STEM education and STEM
careers are the essential
pipeline for our students to
have successful futures - and,
ultimately, for our country to
remain competitive in the
global economy. Following the
presentation, guests will
receive a private tour of the
robotic exhibits.
On
Tuesday, October 4 from 9:00AM
to 4:00PM at Riverwood
International Charter School,
students from the south city
cluster will have the
opportunity to interact with
the robotic exhibitions. From
6:00Pm to 8:00PM, all robot
exhibits will be opened to the
Sandy Springs community for
fun- filled Family Night! Our
presenters, Dr. Gil Weinberg,
Director of Music Technology
at Georgia Tech, and Apache
Pilot and US Army Major Tanya
Markow, will focus on how
leveraging robotics and
technology education not only
solves real-world problems,
but also expands musical and
artistic expression and
creativity.
SSEF's
Goal: To secure funding
sources for robotic teams in
all 11 Sandy Springs Schools! Please
contact
us if you would like to
help!
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SSEF
and the Community Action
Center (CAC) are excited to be
partnering together in two
important programs for school
supplies.
Teachers'
Supply Closet: Thanks to
all the teachers who completed
the SSEF survey last winter,
we are piloting a program that
will enable teachers in the
Sandy Springs Public schools
to obtain needed supplies for
their classroom that otherwise
would have been purchased from
their own pockets. The Fall
Closet will be opened in
August. Teachers can go to http://www.sandyspringseducationforce.org/
and follow the links on the
home page to place your order.
You will be called to pick up
your order when it is ready.
Please note that the Closet is
run on donations so we will do
our best to meet your needs.
Watch our website for future
Closet dates.
Student
Backpacks:The Community
Action Center will again
distribute backpacks filled with
school supplies to students who
are in need and are unable to
provide for themselves. The CAC
will serve public schools within
Sandy Springs and Dunwoody.
Backpacks will be filled
according to the grade specific
supply list. Again, teachers
should go to http://www.sandyspringseducationforce.org/
and follow the links on the home
page to place your backpack
request. CAC will do its best to
make sure that the items needed
are available.
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