MAFCS Conference in February this year

Remember that the Minnesota Association of Family and Consumer Sciences is in February this year near the mall of America.

The conference is the Friday and Saturday of Presidents week-end and is filled with activities for you to learn and colaborate. Check out the MAFCS web site for more information.

Placemat on Health care link below

Below you will find a link to the placemat for discussion on healthcare. This is a great way for your family to talk about health care in the United States no matter what your views might be.

http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/child-health-reform-holiday-discussion-guide-placemat.pdf

Board of Directors retreat, Aug 3

The board of directors retreat is Aug 3 in southern Minnesota. Please contact Kari if you are interested in attending or being a part of a committee. It is very rewarding to be a part of a professional organization and to help make the Family and Consumer Sciences Programs stay strong.

remember you can go to the Minnesota Association of Family and Consumer Sciences web page by searching MNAFCS

While at the national conference Alice, Cherry and I went on a tour of the smokey mountains. Guess what our bus got stuck in the mud and we watched in get unstuck for about an hour and a half......here is a photo of the exciting moment. Ha Ha..

National Conference in Knoxville, TN

The national conference was great fun and a great time for learning and celebrating. This year was very special because of the 100 year celebration. There was a wonderful slide presentation along with a laiser light show.

It was great seeing our own Jean Knack as national treasurer and Kathy Norquist as Chair of the Development committee.

I was honored to represent Minnesota as our teacher of the year and enjoyed my presentations and the lovely teacher of the year luncheon.

Jane and Alice on the bus tour in the Smokey Mountains.

national tests

Today I received an e-mail from FCCLA in regards to national tests for Career Pathways.  There are two tests that are ready to be piloted.  If you have students that can take a test in child development or consumerism please contact Wendy Ambrose at the FCCLA office for more information.

Jane

National Conference/Deb Larson

You can still sign up to go to the national conference of American Association of Family and Consumer Science. The 100 year celebration will be in Knoxville and the board is looking forward to seeing you there.

As those of you that are teachers see the year wind down I hope that you have a good summer and you are able to relax and get yourself ready for another exciting year.

Our very own Debbie Larson did a wonderful Math presentation at the conference and she will be presenting her findings nationally and we commend her for her in depth study using Math in FACS. She is hoping to line up a summer workshop for those of you that want to use Math as a focus in your classroom to highlight the importance of what FACS teachers do to compliment core curriculum courses.

Happy Summer, Jane Hinrichsen

Conference

The conference was a success and a nice celebration of the organizations 100 years. If you have any feed back about the conference please give us your thoughts under the comments spot.

I know that there was some frustration witht the length of speakers and awards. I personally think the gala went too long and know that few want to speak of it publically but it should be addressed.

Please make sure you give feedback so that the future conferences can adjust and make corrections.