Watch the Marijuana & Vaping webinar recording - Expert Debbie Berndt explains marijuana and vaping use, current scientific understanding, and specific strategies for middle and high school parents, guardians, and adult family members. Recorded on 2/9/2021.
Watch the The How of Happiness webinar recording - We all want our kids to be happy. But can teenagers managing academic and social pressures, not to mention hormones, during a pandemic find happiness? And is it possible to build habits that will support long-term happiness? Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., is an expert on happiness and the author of three books on the subject including, The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want. Recorded on 2/1/2021.
Optimizing Family Emotional Health and Fitness During Covid-19
6:45-8 pm September 16, 2020
At this event, we will share with you what was already sponsored this year and ask you to approve further funds release (10 min) then we will introduce our guest speaker - Dr. Ron Sinha. (45 min. presentation & 15 min. Q&A).
The Topic is - Optimizing Family Emotional Health and Fitness During Covid-19
Dr. Sinha is bringing his popular Covid-19 health and fitness seminar to local schools, where he covers some of the following topics:
- Understanding Covid's basic operating system
- Exercise tailored to reduce Covid-19 risk
- How to improve posture and fitness while you study and work from home
- Techniques to help lower stress and improve resilience in a pandemic
- Specific eating strategies, nutrients, and resources to help combat Covid-19
Dr. Ronesh Sinha is a physician for Palo Alto Medical Foundation who leads corporate wellness for major Silicon Valley companies. He is author of The South Asian Health Solution and blogs actively on health and wellness at culturalhealthsolutions.com where he has created Covid-19 resources being used worldwide, such as his free Covid resource guide.
To join this meeting, please register and we will email you a Zoom link by 9/14/2020. Please check your spam folder if you can't find the link in your inbox. Questions? Email HHS PTSA
Screenagers 2 - Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience Movie Screening & Discussion,
7-8:30 pm October 21, 2020 Registration information coming soon!
The screening of this new and important movie is a collaborative effort between the PTSAs of HHS, MVHS, LHS and the FUHS Foundation - we are proud to work together to bring information and resources to our community.
This film examines the science behind teen’s emotional challenges, the interplay of social media, and what we can do to help them build crucial skills to navigate stress, anxiety, and depression in our digital age. Watch the movie trailer.
Following the movie, we will have a panel with FUHSD Associate Superintendent Trudy Gross, Homestead HS Principal Greg Giglio, Ms. Sarah Lloyd Homestead HS school based therapist, and Dr. Ronesh Sinha about the challenges our students experience and how can we better support them.
HHS PTSA is hosting Superintendent Bove - please join us on Sep. 23rd
The Homestead HS PTSA invites you to join us for a virtual conversation with FUHSD Superintendent Polly Bove on September 23rd, 7-8 pm.
Superintendent Bove will provide general information about the parcel tax renewal that will be on the ballot in November and will be available to answer questions about our district and future plans.
To address the things that are most interesting to our community we invite you to submit questions in advance and we will try to get to as many questions as possible during the meeting.
"University of California Undergraduate Admissions process" with UC Davis admission
4-5 pm September 2, 2020 Reserve your spot.
How do you fill out the UC application so it best reflects you and your accomplishments?
Learn about the University of California Undergraduate Admissions process, what the UC Application requires and tips how to best represent your true self. Hosted by Melanie David, Bay Area Regional Representative for UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions. Register HERE
Melanie David works for UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions for six and a half years. She has been the Bay Area Regional Representative for the last three years and looking forward to helping you.
