Welcome to Grace-St.Luke's Episcopal School

Book Conversations was a new offering to the GSL community in Fall 2006...

At Grace-St. Luke’s, we encourage our students to be life-long learners. As parents, we can model
life-long learning by reading, learning, and engaging in the acquisition of new knowledge. Book
Conversations brings together parent-peers to engage in thought-provoking information and ideas, to
have enlightening conversation to help us all be better parents and more effective supportive
partners in our child's education.

Book Notes created by our facilitator will be available to give insight into the main ideas and themes,
of the author. When a Book Note is ready for download from this site, ‘review available’ will appear in
the cell displaying the title of the book; by clicking on those words you will access a pdf document of
the review. The pdf format may be read by Adobe Reader. If you do not yet have this software in your
computer, it is a free download from the Adobe website. For quick access to it, click this icon:
:

		What are Book Conversations? click here
		What is Parent-to-Parent? click here

		BOOK CONVERSATIONS 2007-08
		Miss Lee's	Lower School	Middle School
2007	September	September 6 8:00 and noon McClure Hall DVD presentation, Parent to Parent #1* These discussions are recommended for parents whose children are in grades 4-8 "Put Yourself in The Way"
		September 13 8:00 and noon McClure Hall DVD presentation, Parent to Parent #2* These discussions are recommended for parents whose children are in grades 4-8 "Awareness is Your Best Friend"
		September 19 8:30 a.m. Miss Lee’s Book Discussion Your Three-Year-Old or Your Four-Year-Old By Louise Bates Ames, Ph. D. Gesell Institute of Human Development review available	September 18 8:00 a.m. and noon Headmaster’s Office Book Discussion Crazy Busy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. review available	September 20 8:00 and noon McClure Hall DVD presentation Parent to Parent # 3* "Remember the Difference"
		September 27 8:00 and noon McClure Hall DVD presentation, Parent to Parent #4* These discussions are recommended for parents whose children are in grades 4-8 "Expect and Inspect"
		October 4 8:00 and noon McClure Hall DVD presentation, Parent to Parent #5* These discussions are recommended for parents whose children are in grades 4-8 "Never Trust the Net"
	October	Miss Lee's	Lower School	Middle School
	October	October 17 8:30 a.m. Miss Lee’s Speaker “Early Childhood: A Journey toward Independence” Cathy Collins, Ph. D. lecture notes available	October 16 8:00 and noon Headmaster’s Office Book Discussion Jarvis Clutch – Social Spy: Enabling Children to Understand and Improve Their Social Cognition Mel Levine, M.D. review available	October 18 8:00 and noon McClure Hall DVD presentation Parent to Parent #6* "Traps to Avoid"
		October 18 7:00 p.m. GSL McClure Hall Speaker and Book Signing Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are REALLY Doing Online by Anastasia Goodstein summary notes available or hear a podcast by clicking here
	November for all divisions	November 13 7:00 p.m. GSL Church Sanctuary Speaker and Book Signing The Price of Privilege by Madeline Levine, Ph. D. for more information
		November 14 8:00 a.m. Headmaster’s Office Follow-up Conversation Thomas A. Beazley, Headmaster, will facilitate a conversation centered on the ideas presented by Madeline Levine
		Miss Lee's	Lower School	Middle School
2008	January	January 16 8:30 a.m. Miss Lee’s Q & A with Jane Sharp, Head of Miss Lee’s and Thomas A. Beazley, Headmaster	January 15 8:00 a.m. and noon Headmaster’s Office Q & A with Adam Carswell, Head of Lower School and Thomas A. Beazley, Headmaster	January 17 8:00 a.m. and noon Headmaster’s Office Q & A with Thor Kvande, Head of Middle School and Thomas A. Beazley, Headmaster
	February ....	February 13 8:30 a.m. Miss Lee’s Speaker ”Creating a Rich Language Environment for Your Child” Linda Jarmulowicz, Ph. D., CCC-SLP University of Memphis	February 12 7:00 p.m. McClure Speaker All Parents Invited! Frank Baker Media Literacy Expert	February 14 8:00 and noon Headmaster’s Office Book Discussion Yes, Your Teen is Crazy: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind Michael J. Bradley, Ed. D. review available
	April for all divisions	April 8 7:00 p.m. GSL Church Sanctuary Speaker and Book Signing Mindset Carol Dweck, Ph. D. Some articles of interest about Dr. Carol Dweck's work: "How Not to Talk to your Child" "The Effort Effect" "How to Change the World"
		April 9 8:00 a.m. Headmaster’s Office Follow-up Conversation Thomas A. Beazley, Headmaster, will facilitate a conversation centered on the ideas presented by Carol Dweck

		Reviews are still available for the books that were discussed during 2006-07 school year
		Miss Lee's recommendations	Lower School recommendations	Middle School recommedations
2006	September	The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness Edward Hallowell review available	The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness Edward Hallowell review available	The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness Edward Hallowell review available
	October	Discipline Book of Choice review available and more	The Over-Scheduled Child Alvin Rosenfeld review available	Too Much of a Good Thing Dan Kindlon review available
	November	Reclaiming Childhood William Crain review available	Parenting with Love and Logic Foster Cline and Jim Fay review available	Failure to Connect Jane Healy review available
2007	February	Miseducation: Preschoolers At Risk David Elkind review available	The Hurried Child David Elkind review available	All Grown Up and No Where to Go David Elkind review available
	March	A Child's Work: The importance of Play Vivian Gussin Paley review available	Failure to Connect Jane Healy review available	The Biggest JobYou'll Ever Have Laura and Malcolm Gauld review available
	April	Einstein Never Used Flashcards K. Hirsh-Pasek/R. Michnick Golinkoff review available	The Blessing of a Skinned Knee Wendy Mogel review available	Raising Resilient Children Robert Brooks/Sam Goldstein review available

		What are BOOK CONVERSATIONS?
		Book Conversations was a new offering to the GSL community in Fall 2006... At Grace-St. Luke’s, we encourage our students to be life-long learners. As parents, we can model life-long learning by reading, learning, and engaging in the acquisition of new knowledge. Book Conversations brings together parent-peers to engage in thought-provoking information and ideas, to have enlightening conversation to help us all be better parents and more effective supportive partners in our child's education. Book Notes created by our facilitator will be available to give insight into the main ideas and themes, of the author. When a Book Note is ready for download from this site, ‘review available’ will appear in the cell displaying the title of the book; by clicking on those words you will access a pdf document of the review. The pdf format may be read by Adobe Reader. If you do not yet have this software in your computer, it is a free download from the Adobe website. For quick access to it, click this icon: :
		*What is Parent-to-Parent?
		Parent to Parent is a series of six 30-minutes DVD presentations led by Bill Oliver of The Passage Group. Mr. Oliver created these presentations after discovering he had been a "naive" parent and, consequently, one of his daughters ended up immersed in today's "toxic culture." Following presentation, parents discuss the topics presented. The discussion serves the purpose of sharing information and establishing a "community of concern" that become able to watch out for our children. Parents leave with concrete advice and parenting techniques to help incorporate this new information into their everyday lives and families. The program is open to anyone who wants to attend and strongly advised for parents of students grades 4 - 8. Sessions are offered at 8:00 and at noon for parents' convenience. Grace-St. Luke's presents this program every two of three years, as needed.