These students were chosen from a highly selective group of nominees based on leadership ability, a strong academic record, civic activity in school and/or the community and demonstrated self-reliance, independence and initiative.

Visit www.cleveleads.org or Facebook at www.facebook.com/cleveleads  to learn more about this organization.

Amy Speidel has a wealth of Early Childhood experience as a teacher, director and parent educator. She will present a special program called Parenting a 21st Century Child, which is designed to introduce the Conscious Discipline principles that can help this new generation of children work through conflict and frustration.

Slated to take place at Hathaway Brown School, 19600 North Park Boulevard in Shaker Heights*, each two-week class is open to parents throughout Northeast Ohio. We'll meet from 6 until 9 p.m. in the Anne Cutter Coburn Resception Room. Attend as an individual at a cost of $70, or come as a couple at a cost of $130. A 15 percent discount applies for HB parents.

Follow the links below to register now and pay using our secure server. Hurry! Space is limited.

Sign up to attend one of the following sessions:

Fall  - meets October 2 and October 9, 2012
Public Registration | HB Parent Registration

Winter - meets February 5 and February 12, 2013
Public Registration | HB Parent Registration

Spring - meets April 10 and April 17, 2013
Public Registration | HB Parent Registration 

A certified Life Coach, Amy Speidel is a certified Conscious Discipline instructor who has taught the principles of Loving Guidance, developed by Dr. Becky Bailey, for more than 25 years in seminars and workshops to both parents and educators. Her experience with the Conscious Discipline program began with her implementation in her Early Childhood classroom. As she witnessed a transformation in her teaching and her students, she became a strong advocate for Conscious Discipline. Speidel is a foster parent, a birth parent and an adoptive parent and shares her passion with teachers, parents and those in the medical field. She knows the “beauty and the mess of the journey with children," and she can offer parents a meaningful perspective of how Conscious Discipline will support you in your parenting and in your personal journey.

No children, please.

Questions? Please contact Marlo Henderson at 216.320.8100 or mhenderson@hb.edu. 

*parking is available in the front circle at the school's main entrance on North Park Boulevard

For more details on the tournament, visit the CSCL website.

Congratulations, Nicky!

In honor of Presidents Day, on Tuesday, February 16, the children got dressed up to sip tea and munch on cookies in the Anne Cutter Coburn Reception Room. Head of School Bill Christ was the honored guest at the function, which was designed to teach the children about how everyone's contributions to the school and to the world at large can make a real difference.

Dubbed “A Conversation with Mr. Christ," the tea party gave the children an opportunity to find out everything they wanted to know about the Head of School. Using their best manners, the young ladies and gentlemen took turns raising their hands to have their questions - which ranged from "What kind of car do you drive?" to "Who's your favorite X-Man?" - answered.

Mr. Christ explained to the boys and girls that his primary responsibility is to "help everybody at HB - all the students and teachers - become the best that they can be."

The students then described their own important jobs, talking about what they like to do in the classroom and how they spend their days. The members of the EC7 program even created a special keepsake book, “The Work We Do,” filled with pictures and notes to mark the occasion.

After they finished enjoying their treats and putting away their cups and saucers, the students and their teachers posed for a picture with Mr. Christ and presented the book to him as a gift.

Then they made their way back to the classroom for another day of hard work.