My name is Kristen Gearin and I am the PCPO Representative for Tigard Playschool.  My daughter, Kaitlyn, is enjoying her second year at Tigard Playschool as a big Pre-K kid and my son, Andrew, is in 1st grade.   Our experiences at TPI have been wonderful!  My son was in Pre-K and has been very successful in kindergarten and now in 1st grade.  I will be sad to leave TPI at the end of the school year, but I know Kaitlyn will be prepared and ready to head off to kindergarten!

Parent Child Preschools of Oregon is a nonprofit organization of 65 co-op preschools, which organized in 1956.  PCPO exists so that member schools can work together to assist each other in providing high standards of developmentally appropriate preschool education and involvement for children, parents and teachers.

PCPO meetings are held every third Tuesday of the month from 9:30 - 11:00 am at the Cedar Hills Co-op.    If anyone is interested in attending the meetings you are welcome to come!  Childcare is not available at the meetings. 

Here are some of the upcoming PCPO events:

Books for Kids Book Drive - We are collecting books for kids in need.  Please donate new or gently used children's books in the box outside the classroom.  I will be collecting these books and taking them to the next meeting on Tuesday, November 28th.

PCPO's Parenting Lecture Series
Monday, November 6th, 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Howard Hiton will speak on:  "It's Getting Hot in Here:  Anger and Conflict in Families"
Tuesday, November 28th, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Sally Skelding will speak on:  "Raising Responsible Children"
Saturday, March 10th, 2007 (tentative)

PCPO's Annual Parenting & Early Childhood Education Conference
Mark your calendars now for this great event!

Please check the bulletin board for more detailed PCPO news! 

Call or email me if you have any PCPO questions. 

Kristen Gearin, PCPO Representative

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