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Take just a few minutes to let a Pelham teen know you admire them. It’s so easy to nominate someone, and it means so much to them.
On October 22nd, Pelham Together held its Fall Town Hall exploring the theme: “Empowering Pelham's Youth.” The evening emphasized how we empower our youth through peer to peer mentorship and mental health support.
Our Digital Citizenship Month series of virtual workshops ended with “Friendship and Texting.”Sarah Trombley, digital parenting expert, shared how to help your child text in a positive way.
In recent years there has been an increase in copycat edibles - meaning, candy that looks almost exactly like a popular branded candy or snack, except that it also contains THC (the substance in marijuana that produces the high). We need to know what these packages look like to stay vigilant, especially at Halloween. Check out these copycat packages before checking your kids’ candy this year.
Sarah Trombley, digital parenting expert, led “Deep Dive on Snapchat”, the second virtual workshop of our series on Digital Literacy. She showed us firsthand how to use the app, what parental controls are available and details to keep our kids safe on the tool.
Sarah shared information on how the four major social media platforms, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram, work and how to access parent controls to keep kids safe. She also shared a number of resources including articles on how to say no and how to say yes to social media when your child asks for it and a social media contract template.
PT Youth Council organizes Say Hi Day every year to encourage peers at PMHS to say hi to someone new and reach out to make people feel included and at home. The PT Club at PMS has built their own tradition around Say Hi Day, with the help of the high school students on the Youth Council.
Pelham Together, the Pelham Public Schools, Digital Mom Media, and local restaurants Cantina Lobos, Rockwells and Basilico have come together to share three exciting initiatives that demonstrate Pelham’s commitment to Digital Citizenship for the month of October! Read more!
Pelicones, the beloved local, youth-run ice cream truck, is celebrating five years of serving up smiles and delicious treats to the community. Except, this vintage truck has been a part of Pelham for a lot longer than that and was known as Nancy’s truck. The previous owner, Nancy Romm, a town icon, went from sports games, to practices, to front-yard parties, covering every neighborhood in Pelham selling Good Humor ice cream for over 40 years, creating lasting memories for generations of Pelham families.
The Child Mind Institute has created this exceptional video addressing how and when to talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol. Parents are generally pretty clear that the conversation must be had, but we can easily push it off out of fear, or because we really don’t have a clear script in mind and don’t know what to expect. Oftentimes, our parents did not have this conversation with us, and we have no role models in how to proceed. This video not only gives terrific talking points, but acknowledges how difficult it can be, and provides strategies for keeping the lines of communication open.
Some highlights from the (7 minute) video are: