View 2006 Student Survey Presentation

Related Articles & Links for further reading:

• Survey: High School Fails to Engage Students, USA Today, May 9, 2005
• Survey: High School Fails to Engage Students, Keep Media
• Stanford University Sleep expert: Prof. Dement website
• UCLA Study on California Teens & Junk Food, KRON4
• Nutritional Needs of Teens
• Healthy School Lunches
• Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine
• Child Development Institute
• WebMD: Junk Food & Teens w/Maria Bettencourt
• On the Scene: Good News About Good Nutrition, FDA Consumer Magazine
• Study: Distractions Impede Learning (National Science Foundation and Whitehall Foundation)

Weblinks about the correlation of grades to behavior and study time.

• Communicating about the Behavioral Dimensions of Grades by Paul Soloman & Annette Nellen, San Jose State University
• Dr. Elliott Parker, Economist, University of Nevada, Reno
• Ohio State University Archives: Procrastinators get poorer grades in college classes

Additional Links for Parents

• Visit motivational speaker Michael Pritchard's ("The Heart of Learning") website for a 10 min. video provided courtesy of George Lucus Educational Foundation.
• CICOnline: Managing Media in the Home
  Control Your TV – Take Control
• Parent Media Guide, one-stop shopping to parental advisory systems- providing families with advance information on the content of entertainment products.
• MediaWise: an project of the National Institute of Media and the Family, a non-profit organization.
• Association of National Advertiser's Family Friendly Programming Forum

Learn how you can financially support the PTSO's efforts to assist with needed school supplies and equipment without any additional expense, simply by going about your normal shopping activities! Learn about the SCRIP Gift Certificate Fund-raising program!

Please contact our principal, Ms. Lilli Rollins if you are a parent who would like to get involved to help make our school the best it can be. Call 566-5700, ext. 51002 and say you are a parent who wants to participate in school organizations and activities.

You can also send questions or write to the PTSO by sending email to PTSO@jessebethel.net

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General Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at the school's IMC/LIbrary.

Your donation of any amount of time and effort will go far to help us continue to support actiities such as fundraisers that provide school supplies, library items and support student programs. You can assist with conducting informational seminars for parents, volunteer time in the classrooms and library and help with many other school events.

Your "Helping Hands" are needed as members. With you we can all do more. To volunteer, please leave a message for the PTSO at the Jesse Bethel main office ( 707-556-5700).

Parents! Please be aware of the dateS that grades go out. The following are the dates for this year. You should receive your child's grades soon after these dates. Please visit the district school year calendar for information on holidays and grade reporting periods.