Fall Parent Education Schedules

Hosted by USN’s counseling department, the parent education series provides resources to help families thrive. Learn more about each event and register here.
Hosted by USN’s counseling department, the parent education series provides resources to help families thrive. The fall parent education schedule is listed below. Learn more about each event and register here.
 
Grades K - 12
  • Friday, September 11, 2026, from 6 - 8 p.m. in Durnan Auditorium: Counseling Department Movie Night: “Turning Red”
  • Tuesday, October 6, 2026, from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. via Zoom: Grief 101 for Parents: Supporting Losses from Goldfish to Grandparents with Kristin Keiper-Berneman, M.Ed.
  • Tuesday, September 29, 2026, from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. via Zoom: SAIS Parent Series: School Readiness: Executive Function Needed to “Do School” with Sarah Ward, M.S., CCC/SLP
  • Tuesday, December 1, 2026, from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. via Zoom: SAIS Parent Series: The Power of Beliefs: How Strengthening Seven Core Beliefs Predicts Greater Success and A Better Life with Shawn Achor

Grades 5 - 12
  • Wednesday, October 28, 2026, from 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. in Payne Library: Screenagers: Under the Influence: Addressing Vaping, Drugs & Alcohol in the Digital Age
  • Monday, November 9, 2026, from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. in Payne Library: Straight Talk: Substances, the Adolescent Developing Brain and the Conversations at Home with Mary Romano, M.D., MPH, and Rachel Holloway, LPC-MHSP
Lower School
  • Wednesday, September 30, 2026 from 8:15 - 9:15 p.m. in Gordon Multi-Purpose Room: We Are the Village: A Conversation on How We Can Raise Our Children Together with Jessie Klamar, LCSW
  • Tuesday, October 27, 2026, from 6 - 7:30 p.m. in Gordon Multi-Purpose Room: Screenagers: Elementary School Age Edition
  • Kindergarten- Thursday, November 5, 2026 from 8:15 - 9:15 a.m. in Gordon Multi-Purpose Room: Inside Kindergarten: Math and Literacy Foundations with Iloire Nye, MSEd, and Beth Terwilliger, M.Ed.
Middle School
  • Wednesday, October 21, 2026, from 8:15 - 9:15 a.m. in Gordon Multi-Purpose Room: Equity and Inclusion in the Middle Years with Roderick White, JD
High School
  • 10th grade- Tuesday, August 25, 2026, from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. via Zoom: HSS Introduction and PARSE with Latricia Watkins, M.Ed, and Elisabeth Bradner, MPH
  • Ninth grade- Saturday, August 29, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. - noon in Durnan Auditorium: Ninth grade parent orientation
  • Tuesday, September 22, 2026, from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. via Zoom: Heartbeats in the Numbers: Authentic Connections Results with Beth Eberl, CAGS and Chai Reddy, EdD (First Session)
  • Thursday, September 24, 2026, from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. via Zoom: Heartbeats in the Numbers: Authentic Connections Results with Beth Eberl, CAGS and Chai Reddy, EdD (Second Session)
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