Welcome to the Warren County NASA SEMAA Family Café

What is the Family Café?

The Family Café is an interactive forum that provides educational and parenting information to adult caregivers and any other supportive, adult role models while their NASA SEMAA student is in class. The Family Café also puts these adults in touch with various local resources and programs that are available for the student. Typically, the Family Café meets for 3-hour sessions over seven consecutive Saturdays for a total of 21 hours of participation. Each 3-hour session features hands-on learning activities, lively group discussions, and dynamic guest speakers. A trained Family Café Coordinator plans and facilities each session.

The goals of the NASA SEMAA Family Café:
· Provide parents/families with strategies, materials and resources to support their children’s educational needs. · Include parents/families as a partner with NASA and the NASA SEMAA Sites in the planning, design and implementation of the NASA SEMAA Program. · Gain feedback in developing programs that most effectively support their Children’s education. Parents and other family members are important and equal partners, who must work with the school systems and teachers to achieve the best education for their children, and the Family Café is here to help.

Some past topics/subjects at Warren County SEMAA Family Café

Improving your child’s reading, recognizing and dealing with bullies and school violence, teaching science on a shoestring, investigating DNA, improving your child’s study habits, the importance of mathematics for everyday life, how to navigate the internet safely, finding $ for college, alcohol and drug use awareness, improving your child’s self image, packing for a long trip to Mars, building and racing a Mousetrap Car, constructing and programming a LEGO Mindstorm Robot

Upcoming topics/subjects
Ovum Descension physica, Bridge Engineering, Alternative Power, Social promotion debate, plus many other surprises

Schedule for the 2008-2009
Fall Session: October 4 – November 22, 2008
Winter Session: January 17 - March 7, 2009
Spring Session: March 20 - May 16, 2009