Today's Events:

President-Elect Bill Enright  presiding

We welcome all of our Visitors:

Hank Langston – RCCG

Christine Grice, IRS (Bob)
Noel Gregory, Gregory Marine Insurance  (Assad)
Cathy Newman and Kristi Reinteaur  (Doreen)

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SOUTH MIAMI ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW

FEBRUARY 23 – 24, 2008

Diana:

We received a pledge of a renewed sponsorship by the Miccosukee Tribe for the 2nd year running.

Two sponsorship packets went to Jennifer Dewsnap who has approached 1) Starbucks and 2) Key West Express, and will approach two car washes In Coral Gables.

FOOTBALL MANIA FUNDRAISER

The profits go toward the various charities that our club supports. Football Mania update:  moving along swiftly $700 collected out of the $3700 expected to collect.

Two weeks left to sell and we are 1/3 of the way sold!

Here is how it works:

For a $10 donation to RCSM, you receive a Football Mania book that is good for 17 weeks of NFL regular season football. That equates to less than 60 cents for each week that you are eligible to win.

Each week, your uniquely numbered book has 2 different teams assigned to that week. You can keep track by following the instructions in the book to determine which 2 teams you have for a given week. The teams change every week. Your 2 teams for a given week are not necessarily playing each other.

To win $50 on any given week, your 2 teams for that week will have the highest combined scores. To win $10, your 2 teams will have the lowest combined scores. You may tie another Football Mania player, in which case your winnings will be split.

Players may keep track each week of their assigned teams (different each week), but it is not necessary. Winners each week will receive a check in the mail from RCSM the following week. So, it is important to print name and address legibly on the entry form which is turned in with the $10 donation (entry form is on page 3 of the book - just tear it out). Once the entry form and $10 are turned in, all you need to do is watch your mailbox for a check.

Hampton Booker:

Spare change fundraiser –

Toss your coins into the jug at the Sgt. Of Arms table.  Make a wish!!!

Group Study Exchange (GSE) - Deadlines Approaching!!

What: GSE with District 4920, Buenos Aires, Argentina When: Incoming team: October 29, 2007 – November 24, 2007       Outgoing team: March, 2008 – 4 weeks Team Leader application deadline: September 1, 2007 Team Leader Interviews: September 8, 2007 Team Leader: Néstor Omar Hidalgo (M), Accountant Team Members: Ernesto Fabián Torres (M), English teacher; María José Pérez Castro (F), English teacher; Ignacio Marcovecchio (M), Computer Engineer José María Gavazza Montero (M), Lawyer. Sign up TODAY for club presentations by our incoming team!! Contact: Deborah O’Connor doconnorweston@aol.com

$$$ PRINTER CARTRIDGES FUNDRAISER $$$

We are accepting empty inkjet cartridges for recycling.    Bring them to the meetings or take a postage-paid plastic envelop home –  ask Mike Mills

DID YOU MISS A MEETING ‘CAUSE YOU WERE AWAY?

Our club goal is 100% Attendance! If you miss a meeting, it can be made-up within 2 weeks, before or after, of the missed meeting date.

For online make-ups:

http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/eclub_list.pdf

For make-ups anywhere around the world when traveling internationally: http://rotary.org/support/clubs/index.html

Roy Gonas, Program Chair,  introduced two distinguished speaker today, the second day of children returning to school.  The topic of education is probably one of the most important issues of the day.

Hank Langston, Dean of Faculty, Gulliver Schools,

&

Terry Logan , PhD and JD

 Principal of Miami Dade Christian School and  

Executive Director, DAANS - Dade Association of Academic Non-Public Schools

ON PRIVATE INDEPENDENT (& PUBLIC) EDUCATION

Founded in the fall of 1984, the Dade Association of Academic Nonpublic Schools has grown from a loosely organized group of schools to an effective association of 65 accredited schools and two parochial school organizations. Started as an information network dedicated to sharing information, to promoting the welfare of non-public schools before the public, and to establish lines of communication between the public and private schools, the organization has expanded its mission into providing educational opportunities for certification of personnel from both the private and public schools.

 An organization of diversified
accredited schools committed to quality education.

DAANS represents a diversity of schools. Some are religious in nature, some non-sectarian; some are elementary schools, others secondary, and some encompass pre-school, elementary and secondary school. There are schools serving the special needs of the learning disabled, the emotionally disturbed, the child with attention disorders, students with average abilities and the college bound and gifted. Bilingual education is also the goal of some. Most of the members are day schools. While tuition varies widely, many schools offer financial aid to those with need. Many schools have summer programs or camping experiences, and many have extended care and special enrichment programs for their students.

The goal of non-public education in Dade County is to offer parents and students alternatives and choices. The philosophy and objectives of DAANS members are clearly different from those of the public schools, yet differences can also be found among our member schools. This diversity is one of the strengths of our membership and the characteristic most important to parents.

What do colleges look for in accreditation? 

Every 5 years a peer review team comes on campus and looks at curriculum, projects to enhance academics, teamwork by staff

Along with DAANS, Dr. Logan works with the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce and the CG Community Foundation.

Private school does not shelter the child from the realities of life. It is not a totally protective environment.  Number of hours of community service is required.  Promote service clubs to get the students involved in community.

EQ – emotional quotient – has more to do in the success of a child than IQ.  The greatest gift is the gift to get along with other people.  The ability to delay self gratification is large.  Children who have this ability, have the best social skills.  Problem children have difficulty reading  social queues and need to have facial expressions meanings such as annoyed, anger, and other emotions explained. 

Children have a need to be honest.   Children respond to borders – who is in charge.  Children make mistakes –allow the school policies that are in place to work.  Let each child suffer the punishment and go on to learn from the experience.  Parents lie for their children and don’t see the consequences of their actions.

INTERNET:

Emotional part of brain develops faster than intellectual 15-17 years old for women / 30 for men 
So blogging and social online networking takes on ominous potential

Inappropriate items you enter online today – will be a digital footprint. 90% of bullying takes place on the internet.  IM, Text messaging, photos on the web – a child can destroy his/her future at the age of 14. 

Coral Gate is a new local school designed to work with autistic children – a highly specialized program through Yale University.

Children have different learning styles and disabilities – ex. Showing organizing pictorially instead of writing.  Test as young as 3 but best at age 6.