We are the Parent/ Guardian Organization for the Amherst Regional Middle School. We strive to create a supportive and welcoming community for students, their families, teachers and administration by hosting events, organizing programs that foster a productive and positive environment; be a resource for information and engagement; and funding academic and ARMS community initiatives. Contact the PGO at armspgo@gmail.com
Monday, October 14, 2013
Role of Parents in Supporting Their Children's Achievements- 10/15 @ noon at UMass
The UMass Center for Research on Families presents Jacquelynne Eccles,
Ph.D., McKeachie/Pintrich Distinguished University Professor of
Psychology and Education at the University of Michigan, her lecture
on “The Role of Parents in Supporting Their Children's Achievements”
will be this Tuesday, October 15th at 12:00 p.m
in the
Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union at UMass. Over the past 30
years, Dr. Eccles has conducted research on a wide variety of topics
including gender-role socialization, teacher expectancies, classroom
influences on student motivation, and social development in the family
and school context. Her work has been honored by several prestigious
awards including the Kurt Lewin Memorial Award from the Society for the
Psychological Study of Social Issues. She is a member of the National
Academy of Education a World Scholar at the University of London, and
Visiting Professor at the University of Tubingen, Germany. FREE AND OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC.
For more information contact: http://www.umass.edu/family
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