40 Developmental Assets
Asset #2
Positive Family Communication

Young person and parent(s) communicate positively and young person is willing to seek advice and counsel from parent.

Parents and youth have an established agreement with a code word or signal that they use when they need to share something that is hard to talk about. This agreement includes their commitment to listen to each other in a respectful manner.
 
 
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Tutoring Successes for J.P. Parker
Kristian Williams' face breaks into a smile as she correctly completes division problems. Division problems used to be difficult for her to complete. Since she has been coming to tutoring, she is mastering her multiplication tables, which has helped her understand division. Kristian no longer groans when she sees a division worksheet because she now knows she can do it. She was January's Student of the Month in Tutoring at Parker.

  
 

Strong Kids Campaign Update
We are sending out a huge THANK YOU from all of the Community Services team to the Biggs-Curtis-Breeden Foundation for their generous donation of $4,000 to our 2008 Strong Kids Campaign. Support from our local community members buoys our resolve to keep working hard to make a difference in the lives of the youth in our community. With this additional gift, we are getting ever so close to achieving our goal. We are grateful for their support.

  
 

Read Across America Day
Teens, tweens and youth all across the USA will celebrate reading on March 3rd, our nation's largest reading celebration. "Grab your hat and read with a cat!" is the slogan for this year's festivities, sponsored by the National Education Association. Share the day with your kids. For more information, go to http://www.nea.org/readacross/index.html .

 
  
 
 
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