Seattle Schools Community Forum

I recently interviewed the head of a great group, FOCs , (Families of Color), which is kind of a PEPS for those families.  Amy Pak is the Founder and Executive Director of FOCs. This is their mission statement: Families of Color Seattle (FOCS)  is dedicated to exploring racism, and engaging in anti-racist work in ways that are accessible to all people and ages. Families of Color Seattle is a safe space for families of color. Anti-racist work is often approached academically – FOCS incorporates art, play, music, food, and community building in their programming, parent groups and community dialogue series to engage parents, educators, and the broader community in anti-racist work. They offer parenting groups, arts classes and a bilingual pre-school.   I interviewed Ms. Pak earlier this summer about her work and FOCs.

This workshop has been rescheduled to JUNE 10 (formerly scheduled for May 19)       "Understanding Learning Disabilities"  For this workshop, Seattle Public Schools is partnering with Open Doors for Multicultural Families. This workshop will be beneficial to parents whose children have a hard time with listening/paying attention, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, math, social skills, or have been diagnosed with a Specific Learning Disability. Examples of Learning Disabilities include ADHD, Dyslexia, etc.