How to Raise Happy Children in the “Age of Entitlement”

                                   Please join us at St. Patrick School for a discussion with

Joel Hellenkamp, School Counselor
and
 Mady Plumer, Resource Teacher
Thursday, November 6th
at 7:00 p.m.
St. Patrick Library
Please contact St. Patrick School at 253-272-2297 if you have any questions

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Take part in Crime Prevention Month The City of Tacoma is joining with the National Crime Prevention Council to observe Crime Prevention Month during October. Crime prevention and safety takes a community to be successful; it is being aware that a crime can occur, anticipating how, when, where and who might be the victim, and taking action to reduce the chances of it happening. Crime prevention is using instinct, common sense, and action to eliminate or greatly reduce the criminal's opportunity.

As part of a citywide Safe and Clean initiative, the City would like to encourage you to join your community in the effort to reduce crime in Tacoma by 50 percent, within 14 months, and to clean up the city. The Tacoma City Council and city staff are working hard to make Tacoma safe, clean and attractive, and your contributions to the effort will make the difference. You can get started now by: Turning on your front porch light Picking up litter around the block where you live  Together we can have safer and cleaner neighborhoods. Read more about the Safe and Clean effort and find out how to get involved at www.cityoftacoma.org/safeandclean or by calling 591-5130. For more information about National Crime Prevention Month, visit www.ncpc.org. ___________________________________________
Don't forget to sign up for electronic Cougar Tales
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For those who missed their copy of the Cougar Tales, you can now view it on our website 
http://www.wahoyt.org/page14/page14.html
 
Also, on the front page of the website you will find a "Volunteers Needed" section. If you'd like to get involved or are looking for a way to meet a few more folks at the school contact the Committee Chair listed, they can always use a few more helping hands. Go to www.wahoyt.org
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The order dates for Scrip for the entire year are:   November 3rd and 17th, December 1st and 15th, January 12th, February 2nd and 23rd, March 16th, April 13th, May 4th and 18th, and June 8th.    Liz Walle
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Info about the special speaker, David T. Greenberg, we are having for the MLK assembly January 16th

A Tugging String: A Novel About Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era:  (Hardcover)

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
David Greenberg is an ordinary twelve-year-old trying to fit in. He knows that his father, Jack, is a civil rights lawyer, but Duvy lives worlds away from Dorothy Milton, a black woman struggling to become a registered voter in Selma, Alabama. When Dorothy reaches out to Martin Luther King Jr. for help, she sets in motion a series of events that—with Jack Greenberg’s help—will open Duvy’s eyes to the reality of racial inequality and forever change the course of history. Blending facts, speeches, memories, and conjecture, this novel portrays the emotions and events surrounding the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March.

About the Author
David T. Greenberg is the author of Slugs and many other books for children. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
_______________________________________________________________________ Deb Llewellyn 253-762-1494 Email Deb washingtonhoytpta@hotmail.com For more info, visit www.wahoyt.org