Do You Want to Help Your Kids With Writing This Summer?

The King School Improvement Team presents a
Parent Writing Workshop

by the EMU Writing Project!

This event will be held on three dates for the convenience of our parents at MLK:

Choice #1: Wednesday, May 2
Choice #2: Thursday, May 10
Choice #3: Tuesday, May 15

7:00-8:30 pm
King Media Center

Parents will:
*Explore “best practices” in teaching writing
*Learn practical ways to encourage
your kids to write
*Talk with experts who are parents, too

The presenters:
Cathy Fleischer (Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1990) is a professor in the EMU English department where she coordinates the English Education program and teaches courses in both English education and Written Communication. She writes and presents extensively on literacy education. She is the mother of two teenage sons.

Kim Pavlock (MA, Eastern Michigan University, 1997) is the Family Literacy Coordinator for the EMWP. She teaches first-year writing at EMU. Additionally, she presents literacy workshops for families and professional development workshops for teachers and administrators. She is a mother of three children, ages 8, 12, 14.

Lori Loewer (MEd, National Louis University, Illinois, 1993) is a former elementary teacher and currently a guest teacher in South Lyon. She has two children, ages 8 and 10.

----------------------------------------------
Each session is limited to approximately 40 people. If the date you selected above is overbooked, you will be contacted. Babysitting will be provided by King Care, courtesy of the King PTO.

To sign up, please return the form that came home with your child OR call the school office at 994-1940.