Middle School Boys Tennis

Attention All Boys Tennis Players in Grades 6-8!

A pre-season Middle School Boys Tennis Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 2:30 PM in the Twin Oaks Middle School Cafeteria area.

Practice will begin Wednesday, April 2, 2014 from 2:30-4:00PM.  BEGINNERS WELCOME!

Any boys interested in playing tennis should attend the meeting. Parents are most welcome at the meeting also!

Registration is available online.  Go to www.plhsactivities.org and look for the Middle School tab and then click on Boys Tennis.  There is a gray box labeled “2014 Laker Spring Activities Registration”.  Click on “register” and follow the steps.

MS Boys Tennis schedule is also posted on the webpage.

If you have questions please contact Coach Wagner.  His email is mwagner@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us .

SPAN Information

SPAN (Synergy/SAGE Parent Action Network) will host our last meeting of the school year on Thursday April 3 at 7pm in the WestWood Media Center.  The meeting will feature Anne Rinkenberger, MS, LMFT, a Twin Cities therapist who focuses her practice on working with gifted children and adolescents, who will speak about Supporting the Special Needs of Gifted Children: Neuroscience Implications for Regulating Emotions and Behavior.  This presentation will describe characteristics of giftedness, including Overexciteabilities (often referred to as sensitivities and intensities) and other special needs of some gifted kids that impact their social, emotional, behavioral and psychological health. The brain science regarding the development of executive functioning skills and the impact on learning for gifted kids and teens will be discussed. Participants will learn strategies to use at home and in the classroom to improve the ability of gifted children to regulate their emotions and behavior. And, participants will learn about some of the indicators when a gifted child may benefit from additional professional services.

Teacher relicensure CEU certificates will be available. 

Please email Apryl at span.priorlake@gmail.com with questions or to be placed on SPAN’s email list. 

Support Our Troops

The students at Hidden Oaks have been collecting items to send to the troops over seas. Local service men have been here to visit the students to support that effort and answer any questions they may have.

Middle School Spring Sport Registration is here

SPAN News

SPAN (Synergy/SAGE Parent Action Network) will host our next meeting on Monday March 3 at 7pm in the WestWood Media Center.  The meeting will feature Dr. Deborah Ruf, high intelligence specialist and author of 5 Levels of Gifted, who will speak about intelligence testing and levels of giftedness. Dr. Ruf has developed a new screening tool for educators that she will share as well, and she will give away one free Ruf Estimates (see www.talentigniter.com ) to someone who attends the talk. Teacher relicensure CEU certificates will be available. 

Our final meeting of the school year will be on Thursday April 3 at 7pm in the WestWood Media Center.  The meeting will feature Anne Rinkenberger, a Twin Cities therapist who focuses her practice on working with gifted children and adolescents, who will speak about Supporting the Special Needs of Gifted Children: Neuroscience Implications for Regulating Emotions and Behavior.  Teacher relicensure CEU certificates will be available. 

Please email Apryl at span.priorlake@gmail.com with questions or to be placed on SPAN’s email list. 

Middle School Track Registration - Now Open

Any middle school student interested in joining Track and Field this spring should click on the link below to register online. 

http://www.plhsactivities.org/page/show/1090371-track-and-field-2013-2014

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