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Radnor Schools Hosting Family Engagement Night Nov 8

"Learning with Focus" will expose parents/guardians to resources and research-based instructional practices that address the whole child.

RADNOR TOWNSHIP, PA – Radnor Township School District families are invited to attend an upcoming Family Engagement Night at Radnor Middle School.

At 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, the school will host "Learning with Focus." Doors open to the event at 6:30 p.m.

"Learning with Focus" is designed to expose RTSD parents/guardians to resources and research-based instructional practices that address the whole child and enhance their educational experience.

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Parents and guardians will have the opportunity to attend three 30-minute presentations.

They will also have access to an Information Fair prior to the presentations and throughout the evening. The fair will allow attendees to explore, learn, and interact with various organizations, programs, and opportunities available in RTSD and the surrounding community.

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Presentations include:

  • Adolescent Sleep: Helping Your Adolescent to Improve Their Sleep Hygiene Presented by RTSD Adolescent Sleep and School Start Time Committee
  • Beyond the Bookshelf: Digital Access to Books, Music, Movies and More! Presented by Radnor Memorial Library
  • Learning English in Radnor! English Language Development Program Presented by the RTSD EL Department
  • Read, Research, Connect, Cite Presented by RHS librarian Michelle Wetzel
  • RTSD Technology: Find Out What is in Your Child’s Technological Future Presented by RTSD
  • Safe at School, Safe at Home? Presented by WES librarian Sue Dahlstrom
  • Schoology, What’s in it for Me? My Child?

Presented by RES teacher Libby Cornman and RTSD Technology Consultant Kate McKenna

  • Strategies to Support Fact Fluency at Home (Elementary Math) Presented by RTSD Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning Dr. Kelly Murray
  • The Truth About: Vaping Presented by The Caron Foundation
  • Title I Math at Wayne Elementary School Presented by WES teachers Lori Geiling and Isaiah Harrison
  • Title I Reading at Wayne Elementary School Presented by WES teachers Maria Rowley and Marianne Wanczyk
  • What is Social Emotional Learning? Presented by District K-12 Emotional Coach Dr. Dan Cane and RMS Humanities Coach Abby Daniels
  • Writers Workshop and How You Can Support Your Child at Home Presented by IES Humanities Coach Janis Rindone and WES Humanities Coach Annmarie Burhop

Exhibitors include:

  • IES Responsive Classroom
  • Girl Scouts
  • League of Women Voters of Radnor Township
  • Radnor A Better Chance (ABC)
  • Radnor Educational Foundation
  • Radnor Memorial Library
  • RTSD Communications
  • RTSD Food Service
  • RTSD Human Resources (Complete Volunteer Clearances)
  • RTSD Libraries
  • RTSD Parent-Teacher Organizations (PTOs)
  • Source4Teachers
  • and more

Complimentary snacks and beverages will be provided and complimentary child care for school-age children is available for those who pre-register (please include the number of children when registering).

Registration is available online here.

Attendees will also have the chance to win door prizes.

Radnor Middle School is located at 150 Louella Ave. in Wayne.

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