Parent University Schedule and Resources
At AEA, we believe that families play an integral role in our learning community. Parent Universities are an opportunity for parents to learn and dialogue about topics important to both student learning and socio-emotional development. All Parent Universities are available virtually on Zoom and offer live Spanish and ASL interpretation.
Parent University Feedback on Topics
Please fill out the following forms to provide feedback on the Parent University topics you’re interested in. If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to email Mrs. Solorio (mosolorio@aeacs.org). Thank you!
Elementary School- English Feedback Form
Elementary School – Spanish Feedback Form
Middle School – English Feedback Form
Middle School – Spanish Feedback Form
2023 – 2024
Basic German Class for Grown-Ups
Parent University: Basic German Class for Grown-Ups
When: Thursday, April 25, 2024 from 6-7:30pm
Location: Room 15 on AEACES Campus (3035 Ash Street San Diego, Ca 92102)
Description: Basic German Learning Class to dive into the fundamentals of German language and culture in a fun and interactive environment. We will cover German language basics and everyday phrases to equip yourself to support your child’s language learning at home.
Presenters: Katrin Goldman (German Elementary School Teacher)
*Dinner and child care will be provided.
*ASL and Spanish Interpretation will be available.
RSVP Link for In Person: RSVP HERE
RSVP Link for Zoom: RSVP HERE
Universidad para padres: clase básica de alemán para adultos
Cuándo: jueves 25 de abril de 2024 de 6 a 7:30 p. m.
Ubicación: Salon 15 en el campus de AEACES (3035 Ash Street San Diego, Ca 92102)
Descripción: Clase de aprendizaje básico de alemán para profundizar en los fundamentos de la lengua y la cultura alemana en un ambiente divertido e interactivo. Cubriremos los conceptos básicos del idioma alemán y frases cotidianas para prepararse y apoyar el aprendizaje del idioma de su hijo en casa.
Presentadora: Katrin Goldman (maestra de escuela primaria alemana)
*Se proporcionará cena y cuidado de niños.
*Habrá interpretación disponible en ASL y español.
Enlace de confirmación de asistencia para persona: Confirme su asistencia AQUÍ
Enlace de confirmación de asistencia para Zoom: Confirme su asistencia AQUÍ
WASC Overview
Parent University: WASC Overview, Thursday, April 11, 6-7:15pm
Location: Room 213 on AEACMS Campus (458 26th Street San Diego, Ca 92102)
Date: Thursday, April 11, 2024 from 6-7:15pm
Description: Please join us for an introduction to the WASC accreditation process and the upcoming WASC self-study evaluation visit. We will have a conversation about how the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation process applies to our schools and how parents can play a part.
Presenters: Dr. Jose Diaz (AEACMS Interim Principal) and Corie Julius (IB Coordinator)
Click here for Youtube Presentation
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Taller para Padres: Descripción general de WASC, jueves, 11 de abril, 6-7:15pm
Fecha: jueves 11 de abril de 2024 de 6-7:15pm
Localización: Salon 213 en el campus de AEACMS (458 26th Street San Diego, Ca 92102)
Descripción: Únase a nosotros para recibir una introducción al proceso de acreditación de WASC y la próxima visita de evaluación de autoestudio de WASC (Asociación Occidental de Escuelas y Universidades). Tendremos una conversación sobre cómo se aplica el proceso de acreditación de WASC a nuestras escuelas y cómo los padres pueden participar.
Presentadores: Dr. José Díaz (Director interino de AEACMS) y Corie Julius (Coordinadora del IB)
Behavior Management During School Breaks
Parent University: Behavior Management During School Breaks, Thursday, March 21, 6-7:00pm
Location: Room 213 on AEACMS Campus (458 26th Street San Diego, Ca 92102)
Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024 from 6-7:00pm
Description: The upcoming Parent University aims to equip parents with valuable insights and practical strategies for managing their children’s behavior during school breaks. We will delve into proactive behavior strategies, highlighting methods that can prevent challenging behaviors from arising during school breaks. By implementing these proactive approaches, parents can create a positive and conducive environment for their children during breaks.
Presenters: Natalia Galusha (Board Certified Behavioral Analyst) and Alyssa Staudinger (Behavior Technician)
Click here for Youtube Presentation
Universidad para padres: Manejo del comportamiento durante las vacaciones escolares, jueves 21 de marzo, 6-7:00 p.m.
Ubicación: Salon 213 en el campus de AEACMS (458 26th Street San Diego, Ca 92102)
Fecha: jueves 21 de marzo de 2024 de 6-7:00pm
Descripción: Esta Universidad para padres tiene como objetivo equipar a los padres con conocimientos valiosos y estrategias prácticas para gestionar el comportamiento de sus hijos durante las vacaciones escolares. Profundizaremos en estrategias de comportamiento proactivo, destacando métodos que pueden evitar comportamientos desafiantes durante las vacaciones escolares. Al implementar estos enfoques proactivos, los padres pueden crear un ambiente positivo y propicio para sus estudiantes durante los descansos.
Presentadores: Natalia Galusha (Analista de Comportamiento Certificada) y Alyssa Staudinger (Técnica de Comportamiento)
Haz clic aquí para la presentación de Youtube
Haz clic aquí para la presentación de diapositivas
AEA School Safety Plan
Parent University: AEA School Safety Plan, Thursday, February 29, 6-7:00pm
Location: This presentation will be offered on Zoom only
Date: Thursday, February 29, 2024 from 6-7:00pm
Description: Student safety will always be AEA’s top priority as a charter school. To respond to the many expressions of concern about the safety of our community, we are hosting a Public Safety Parent University with our Health and Safety Committee. This will be an excellent opportunity for our community to ask questions directly of the AEA Health and Safety Committee and to have their voices heard on the critical issue of student safety.
Presenters: Dr. David Sciaretta (AEA Superintendent), Veronica Laroche (Health and Safety Committee Member), and Tina Royster (Health and Safety Committee Member)
ASL and Spanish interpretation will be available.
Click here for Youtube Recording
Click here to view the redacted Comprenhensive School Safety Plan (February 13, 2024)
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Taller para Padres: Plan de seguridad escolar de la AEA, jueves 29 de febrero, 6-7:00 p.m.
Ubicación: esta presentación se ofrecerá solo en Zoom
Fecha: jueves 29 de febrero de 2024 de 6-7:00pm
Descripción: La seguridad de los estudiantes siempre será la principal prioridad de AEA como escuela autónoma. Para responder a las muchas expresiones de preocupación sobre la seguridad de nuestra comunidad, estamos organizando un taller para padres de seguridad pública con nuestro Comité de Salud y Seguridad. Esta será una excelente oportunidad para que nuestra comunidad haga preguntas directamente al Comité de Salud y Seguridad de AEA y haga escuchar sus voces sobre el tema crítico de la seguridad de los estudiantes.
Presentadores: Dr. David Sciaretta (Superintendente de AEA), Verónica Laroche (Miembro del Comité de Salud y Seguridad) y Tina Royster (Miembro del Comité de Salud y Seguridad)
Habrá interpretación en ASL y español.
Supporting Your TK/Kindergarten Reader
When: Thursday, February 15, 2024 from 6:00-7:30 pm
Location: Room B18 on AEACES Campus (3035 Ash St, San Diego, CA 92102)
Description: Join us to talk about early literacy skills and how children learn to read. Discover how you can partner with your child’s teacher(s) to support your child on their way to becoming a skilled and confident reader and writer.
Presenters: Shawn Powell (TK-3 Literacy Specialist), Leslie Kitzman (English Kindergarten teacher) and Eryn Holt (German Kindergarten teacher)
Click here for Youtube Presentation
Click here for Informational Presentation Slides
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Taller para padres: Cómo apoyar a su lector de Kinder
Cuándo: Jueves, 15 de febrero de 2023 de 6:00 a 7:30 pm
Localización: 3035 Ash St, San Diego, CA 92102 (escuela primaria)
Descripción: Acompáñenos para hablar sobre las habilidades de alfabetización temprana y cómo los niños aprenden a leer. Descubra cómo puede colaborar con los maestros de su hijo para ayudarle a convertirse en un lector y escritor hábil y seguro de sí mismo.
Presentador: Shawn Powell (Especialista en alfabetización TK-3)
Social Conflict (Bullying) - Bullying as a Symptom
When: Thursday, January 25, 2024 from 6:00-7:30 pm
Location: Room 213 on the AEACMS Campus (458 26th St, San Diego, CA 92102)
Description: Early adverse experiences (social conflicts) affect overall healthy development, which provides foundations for behavior, emotional health, and social skills. Supporting children’s emotional development is critical for a healthy social peer development. Children’s responsive healthy relationships, growth promoting experiences, and social and emotional healthy environments are essential to develop social conflict skills and identify alternatives to aggressive behavior. This presentation offers a rigorous, structured, and didactic approach to address children and adolescent conflicts.
Presenters: Hector Meza (AEACES School Counselor)
Taller para Padres: Conflicto Social (Acoso)- Acoso como Síntoma
Fecha: jueves, 8 de febrero, 2024 de 6:00-7:30 pm
Localización: Salon 213 en la secundaria AEACMS Campus (458 26th St, San Diego, CA 92102)
Descripción: Las experiencias adversas de la infancia (conflicto social) afectan el desarrollo saludable, lo que proporciona las bases para el comportamiento, la salud emocional, y habilidades sociales. Apoyar el desarrollo nutritivo de la salud mental de los niños es fundamental para el desarrollo de conflictos. Las relaciones saludables, las experiencias que fomentan un crecimiento sano y, el entorno social y emocional para todos los niños son esenciales para las habilidades sociales e identificar alternativas para la conducta agresiva. Esta plática estructurada, rigurosa, didáctica ofrece un enfoque en comprender la conducta de niños y del adolescente.
Presentador: Hector Meza (Consejero Escolar de AEACES )
*Se proporcionará cena y cuidado de niños.
Click here for the “What is Not Bullying” document
Click here for the “Children see, Children learn” Video
Supporting Your First Grade Reader
When: Thursday, December 7, 2023 from 6:00-7:30pm
Location: Room B23 on the Elementary Campus
Description: Please join us to talk about literacy in 1st grade. Learn about the particular needs of this year’s group of students based on beginning of the year assessments and how you can partner with teachers to support your child at home to become a confident reader and writer. Our conversation will be guided by AEA’s TK-3 Literacy Specialist, a 1st grade English teacher, and a 1st grade German teacher.
Presenters: Shawn Powell (TK-3 Literacy Specialist), Megan Crim (1st Grade English Teacher), Andrea Tollison (1st Grade German Teacher)
Click here for Presentation
Click here for Live Stream (English)
Click here for Live Stream (Espanol)
Haga clic aquí para ver diapositivas de presentación informativas
Safety Net (from the San Diego Police Foundation) for TK-8th Grade
When: Thursday, October 26, from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Where: The presentation will be held in person at the Middle School Campus (Room 213)
458 26th Street San Diego 92102
Presenters: Tracy Brooks Hardin (Presenter from the San Diego Police Foundation)
Every time a student uses a smartphone, tablet, or computer or even logs on to a game, the door is open to a virtual world populated by cyberbullies, hackers, and even predators. Question is, what can you do to keep your kids and the children in your community safe? It all starts with involvement and education. SafetyNet: Smart Cyber Choices is an innovative program that empowers students of all ages to identify and avoid these threats through in-school internet safety assemblies and provides information for parents/caregivers to keep their kids safe online.
Topics covered include:
• Cyberbullying
• Privacy
• Computer security
• Predators
• Sexting
• Identity theft
• Plagiarism
2022 – 2023
Safety Net (from the San Diego Police Foundation) for TK-8th Grade
Thursday, April 13 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Every time a student uses a smartphone, tablet, computer, or even logs on to a game, the door is open to a virtual world populated by cyberbullies, hackers, and even predators. Question is, what can you do to keep your kids and the children in your community safe? It all starts with involvement and education. SafetyNet: Smart Cyber Choices is an innovative program that empowers students of all ages to identify and avoid these threats through in-school internet safety assemblies and provides information for parents/caregivers to keep their kids safe online.
Topics covered include:
• Cyberbullying
• Privacy
• Computer security
• Predators
• Sexting
• Identity theft
• Plagiarism
K-5 German Support
Thursday, March 2 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Please join us for a Parent University to learn strategies to use in order to help support your students with their German learning. This will be an in-person event only but recording will be available to watch later. Spanish Interpretation will also be available.
Supporting Your Beginning Reader
Thursday, January 19 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
This presentation will be focused on foundational pre-reading and reading skills for beginning readers. Families will learn the basics about learning to read, along with some of the terminology used when talking about reading skills. Strategies for building your child’s foundational literacy skills through games and activities will be shared, resources will be provided, and there will be time for questions and answers.
Click here for more information
ABCs of Behavior
Thursday, November 17 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
The workshop’s purpose is to provide parents and guardians with tips on managing challenging behaviors at home.
This Parent University will be held in person, available via Zoom, and live-streamed on YouTube. A video recording will be available on YouTube to watch later. Spanish and ASL translation services will be available during the presentation.
For in-person attendees, childcare is available ONLY FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN. Childcare for toddlers or babies is not available.
Click here for our Live Stream
Canvas, PowerSchool and IB Assessment (Sixth through Eighth Grade Families)
September 15, 2022
Information will include a general overview of Canvas, including how to log-in as a parent and see student information such as courses, grades, missing work. There will also be break-out sessions and time for questions and answers.
This Parent University will be held over Zoom and live streamed on YouTube. A video recording will be available on YouTube to watch later. Spanish and ASL translation services will be available during the presentation.
2021 – 2022
Stress and Anxiety in Children Post Pandemic Times for 5th-8th
Thursday, June 9 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
The pandemic came to teach and remind us of so many things, including how wellness truly looks like, and now, we are learning how we can grow from those valuable lessons. This presentation will go over how anxiety and depression may present after the pandemic, how it may affect families and students, as well as some practical tools to address it. The presenter will also cover how to promote wellness after the pandemic. The presentation will focus on the needs of students in 5th through 8th grade.
Stress and Anxiety in Children Post Pandemic Times for Kinder-4th
Thursday, June 2 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
The pandemic came to teach and remind us of so many things, including how wellness truly looks like, and now, we are learning how we can grow from those valuable lessons. This presentation will go over how anxiety and depression may present after the pandemic, how it may affect families and students, as well as some practical tools to address it. The presenter will also cover how to promote wellness after the pandemic. The presentation will focus on the needs of students in Kinder through 4th grade.
Triple P – Positive Parenting Program
Thursdays, April 28, May 5 and May 12 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
The Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) is an evidence-based, preventive, early-intervention parent education program focused on improving child behavior. Triple P gives parents simple and practical strategies to help them build strong, healthy relationships, confidently manage their children’s behavior and prevent problems developing. The goal is to help promote improved effectiveness and wellness of parents which, as research attributes, is the foundation for healthy and well-adjusted students. Parents/caregivers could benefit from the information that is shared at the seminars to help better understand why children behave the way they do, why we respond the way we do and what we can do to help the child to better self-regulate for improved behavior.
Seminar 1 – April 28, 2022
The Power of Positive Parenting
• Ways to help your child learn
• Strategies for carrying out positive discipline
• Keeping realistic expectations
• Creating workable family routines
• The joys and challenges of being a parent
Seminar 2 – May 5, 2022
Raising Confident, Competent Children
Help your child to:
• Be respectful and considerate
• Become a problem solver
• Learn social skills and build friendships
• Feel confident in the world
Seminar 3 – May 12, 2022
Raising Resilient Children
• Great information for parents experiencing difficult economic times
• Recognizing and expressing feelings as a family
• Modeling positive thinking for your children
• Strategies for dealing with stressful life events
This Event was prohibited from being Live Streamed.
Se prohibió la transmisión en vivo de este evento.
Shifting the Mindset about Adolescent Sexual Health Education: What your student will learn in middle school
April 14, 2022
In this presentation, middle school families will have the opportunity to learn and preview materials that their student(s) will see as part of the adolescent sexual health education curriculum. The curriculum will include education on reproductive health basics, pregnancy and contraceptives, STI/HIV prevention, risk reduction, health decision making, and teen rights and resources. The curriculum was developed using the most recent medically accurate research on human sexuality, healthy relationships, pregnancy, and HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
Click here for our Live Stream
Safety Net
March 24, 2022
Every time a student uses a smartphone, tablet, computer, or even logs on to a game, the door is open to a virtual world populated by cyberbullies, hackers, and even predators. Question is, what can you do to keep your kids and the children in your community safe? It all starts with involvement and education. SafetyNet: Smart Cyber Choices is an innovative program that empowers students of all ages to identify and avoid these threats through in-school internet safety assemblies and provides information for parents/caregivers to keep their kids safe online.
*This was not a recorded presentation.
German Support
March 10, 2022
To learn strategies to use in order to help support your students with their German learning.
Click here for our Live Stream
Haga clic aquí para ver nuestra transmisión en vivo
Introduction to the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP)
February 3, 2022
This is a great opportunity for our parent community to learn about the unique qualities specific to the Middle Years Programme (6th-8th). Find out what makes an International Baccalaureate school different from other schools.
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Introduction to the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP)
January 27, 2022
This is a great opportunity for our parent community to learn about the unique qualities specific to the Primary Years Programme (K-5th). Find out what makes an International Baccalaureate school different from other schools.
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Kinder-First Beginning Reading
January 13, 2022
Acquire knowledge about our phonics and handwriting programs, while learning how to provide valuable support at home. Strategies for building your student’s literacy skills through quick and easy games and activities will be shared.
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Virtual High School Night
October 14, 2021
Information will include a general overview of enrollment options and the School Choice process for San Diego Unified School District. School representatives will present information on their schools in breakout sessions.
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K-8 Families-Canvas Learning Management System
October 7, 2021
Information will include a general overview of Canvas, how to log-in as a parent and see student information such as courses, grades, missing work. Break-out sessions with specific information related to elementary school and middle school canvas experiences and time for questions and answers.
2020 – 2021
Supporting your Student’s Mental Health
May 27, 2021
A brief overview of mental health conditions, how to help your student manage everyday stressors, and will provide you with the tools to best support your students during this time.
Self Regulation Skills
April 22, 2021
A brief overview of the Zones of Regulation, the self-regulation strategies being taught to kindergarten/first grade students, and how these self-regulation strategies can be used and supported at home.
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Know Your Rights
February 23, 2021
A Parent University focused on learning about your rights in the U.S., your options to immigrate inside the U.S., and your options to immigrate outside the U.S.
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K-1 Beginning Writer
February 11, 2021
Acquire knowledge about the developmental stages of writing, as well as the writing process. You’ll also learn ways to help your child grow as a writer at home.
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German Support for Kindergarten through Eighth Grade Families
January 28, 2021
A Parent University focused on how you can best support your child’s German language learning. Faculty will provide useful strategies and resources for you to use at home.
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K-1 Beginning Reading
January 14, 2021
A Parent University focused on how you can best support your child’s reading skills. Will provide useful strategies and resources for you to use at home.
Click here for our Live Stream
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Canvas Learning Management System
October 7, 2020
A Parent University focused helping your child navigate and use Canvas. Will provide step by step instructions on how to use Canvas.
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