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Make homework fun

Children have a better chance at success in school when parents take an interest in homework.  Parents, you can be supportive by demonstrating study skills, organizational skills, time management and by just maintaining a positive attitude!

• Make sure your child has a quiet place to do homework that is well-lit and free of distractions.

• Make sure your child is well-fed so he can stay focused. 

Help CLC win $10, 000 in the Mary Kay voting contest!

Two of our wonderful volunteers, Lynn Posyton and Patricia Nemeth, are entered in the Mary Kay Makeover Contest to win $5,000 each for our Center. PLEASE vote for both of them EVERY day.

The contest began on May 12th at 1pm EST and ends on May 27th at 1pm EST. Vote using a valid email address and you can vote 5 times per email address each day! So please vote for both our gals! Here are their voting pages:

lynn.magna.net – LYNN’s story – Voting page

patricia.magna.net – PATRICIA’s story – Voting page 

How to be successful in school

To ensure your child’s success in school, goal-setting is a necessary beginning step!  When you and your child work on creating his academic goals, you should first find out what motivates and interests him.  The goals should line up with your child’s purpose so that he feels the value of achievement once the goals are met. 

• Set a reasonable number of goals for your child to work on.  Overloading your child with too many targets could result in him not attempting to complete any of them.  Younger children especially benefit from a fewer number of goals set and often enjoy working on these goals one at a time.

• Write the goals down. Simply stating the goals is not enough. Putting your child’s goals on paper makes them real.

• Set S.M.A.R.T. goals!  S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for the five steps to follow when setting goals:  Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-based.  It’s a simple tool used by individuals and businesses to move away from unsuccessful goal-setting and toward an actionable plan that gets results. 

How to Survive and Thrive in any Economy                  – a seminar by Pat Clouden

JOIN US ON SATURDAY, May 11, 2013

10:00am to 2:00pm
New Community Learning Center Building
1411 N Fort Harrison Ave, Clearwater, FL

$50 donation includes seminar and lunch and all of the donation goes to renovations for the new Community Learning Center building

• Find out what problem almost any person has in our society…and what the solution is!
• Understand the “mystery” of inflation and deflation (it’s not as complicated as the “experts” want us to believe) and the TRUE basics of economics—the prerequisite to being cause over the subject.
• Find out how to turn around a business that is contracting and rebuild it bigger than it ever was—no matter what the government or the bankers are doing.
• Discover the TWO best things to do when times get tough so you can be free of the worries and stresses connected with losing income. Should you buy gold?
• Learn how a man becomes a slave to his job and the simple thing you can do to become a free man again.

Fashion Show benefits Community Learning Center

Our Intuition Fashion Show fundraiser last Sunday was fun and fabulous! The beautiful models featured exquisite hair and makeup by Dawn Shannon’s Intuition Salon and Spa (featuring the amazing Kevin Murphy line of professional hair products). The models dressed in original Italian fashions and stylings from Matteo Perin’s new ROMA – N.Y.C. Boutique. Attendees also enjoyed raffles, giveaways and refreshments. Special thanks to ROMA – N.Y.C. for hosting this wonderful event! Also, thank you to Mana Mana restaurant for donating the delicious hors d’oeuvres for this event.  

Open House this Thursday at the new

Community Learning Center!

WHEN:    Thursday, March 28, 2013 from 7-8:30 pm

WHERE:  1411 N Fort Harrison Ave, Clearwater, FL 33755

Presentation by Community Learning Center’s Executive Director Holly Haggerty at 7:30 pm on what is happening in education here in Pinellas and what we’re doing about it!