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Parent Place Newsletter Sept-Oct 2011, School

School is in! Yet are you feeling that the family is back in the groove? I know that for my family it takes us about a month to feel like we are in a good routine. I have one child in middle school and one in elementary. There are mornings that I feel like a [...]

Bozeman Mayor and County Commissioners Office Declare Thriving Community Month

The Mayor of Bozeman and the Gallatin County Commission declare September Thriving Community Month to celebrate Thrive’s accomplishments. READ THE MAYORAL PROCLAMATION HERE For 25 years, Thrive has provided information and education to a generation of parents, support and resources to a generation of families and caring mentors to a generation of kids. In 2010 [...]

Thriving Kinders & Thriving Sixth Graders

The Parent Liaisons through Thrive in partnership with the Bozeman and Belgrade schools, are putting on a free course at the elementary schools for kindergarten and middle school parents. These classes have been called Powerplay, now called Thriving Kinders and Thriving Sixth Graders, provide an outlet for parents to talk about these transitions with other parents and give [...]

Parent Place Newsletter July-August, 2011, Manners!

How often do you find yourself asking your kids to use please and thank you? Reminding them to not interrupt people? To use “excuse me”? Do you find yourself forgetting to say please, especially when talking to your child? The good and bad news is that manners are best taught by seeing others use them. [...]