A NEWSLETTER FROM CB CARES PARENT NETWORK * SPONSORED BY FRED BEANS AUTO DEALERSHIPS

November 2019

November’s Boomerang Asset #15 Positive Peer Influence

Parents will learn:

How the enigmatic teen brain works (and how it doesn’t work)

The Ten Commandments of Parenting

The three top ways to earn your kid’s respect (and the three top ways to destroy it)

Dr. Michael J. Bradley is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of

experience working with adolescents. He is the award-winning author of four books,

including the bestselling Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy! – Loving Your Kid Without Losing

Your Mind. Dr. Bradley’s down-to-earth presentations have informed and inspired

audiences around the country.

Registration is requested or required if you would like to receive presentation materials

or if babysitting service (children ages five and older) is needed. Visit

https://cb-cares.org/what-we-do/parent-network.

PARENT POSITIVE presents Dr. Michael Bradley

“Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind”

Thursday, November 21 7 pm Lenape MS Auditorium

Make Supporting CB Cares EF Your Bag at the Warrington GIANT

This month, support CB Cares Educational Foundation through the GIANT Food

Stores' Bags 4 My Cause program. Every time a reusable Bags 4 My Cause bag is

purchased at the GIANT in Warrington, CB Cares EF will receive $1.

As a nonprofit organization, CB Cares EF relies on gifts to support the

organization's programs. Since its founding, CB Cares EF has provided more than

$115,000 in grants to CBSD educators, recognized and empowered more than

22,000 students, and provided resources to thousands of parents.

Look! NEW MAGNET FOR ALL BOOMERANG NOMINEES

We are pleased to introduce a brand new magnet for all Boomerang Award

winners and nominees this year. For more than 16 years, CB Cares EF has

provided students who were either nominated or awarded the monthly

Boomerang Award with a range of incentives, from lanyards to clips. Most

students are recognized at their schools’ spirit assemblies or breakfasts. CB Cares

will be on the LOOK OUT to see how many students will be sporting these new

stylish magnets on their parents’ vehicles.

Beep, Beep! Boomerang Winner on Board!

See page 2 for October’s Boomerang winners.

Samantha Rosinski Unami Middle School Grade 9

Samantha has been dedicated to her swim team since age 5. She is currently on the

Central Bucks team that requires 12 hours a week of practice. As a freshman, she will

probably have the opportunity to compete for her CB South HS this winter as well!

Although her time is dedicated between swimming and honors courses, she still finds

time to experience Unami’s TV cast, lacrosse team, and NJHS. She enjoys musical

theater and recently played Razoul in Aladdin. Being well rounded is important to her

and so she volunteered to be a counselor in training with Upper Gwynedd’s camp and

also was an advocate in training for Bucks County’s A Woman's Place peace camp over

the summer. Samantha is an excellent example of enthusiastically balancing activities

throughout the school and community by taking advantage of all the wonderful opportunities we have.

Gianna Forrest Barclay Elementary School Grade 4

Gianna spends many hours a week in sports, clubs, and organizations in school and the

community. Gianna takes musical theater and gymnastics once a week and enjoys

spending time with friends she has made in class. She has attended kenpo karate for the

past six years a minimum of twice a week and earned her junior blackbelt in June 2019.

She is currently working towards the goal of senior/adult blackbelt in June 2022. She has

been a member of her Girl Scout troop that meets twice a month for five years. She has

been training for American Ninja Warrior at Gravity Forge in Hatboro weekly for four

years. In February 2019 she qualified and competed in National Ninja League Worlds in

Connecticut. Once a week in the fall for the past two years Gianna has attended Skills

and Drills Basketball through DAA recreation. Gianna has been taking violin lessons weekly since the first

grade and joined other CB students at orchestra camp this summer at CB South under the direction of Mr.

Hensil. Gianna spends one Saturday a month giving back to the community in a program called “Students on

Tour,” where she visits local nursing homes and plays the violin for residents. Gianna plans to join the

Barclay Orchestra this school year. Through all of her activities Gianna is developing good sportsmanship,

promoting good citizenship, and a sense of pride in oneself.

November’s Asset #15 Positive Peer Influence

Young person’s best friends model responsible behavior.

Contact your school Boomerang coordinator to nominate a deserving student.

Nominations due 11/22!

The following students represent the Boomerang Youth Recognition Award for

October’s Asset #18 Youth Programs

Young person spends three or more hours per week in sports, clubs, or

organizations at school and or in the community.

Paige Sokolis CB West High School Grade 10

Many students have ideas of how to help make this world a better place, but it is the

exceptional student who implements a plan to make that happen. Paige is that student

who had a vision of helping to feed those in need, aligned herself with the Feed My

Starving Children Organization, and ultimately brought four bus loads of CB students to

Del Val to put that plan into place. Paige initiated every step of the process, including

contacting her future principal (Mr. Dononvan) before she arrived at CB West as a

sophomore this fall. Her teacher liaison was incredibly impressed with her organizational

skills and dedication to make this event roll out successfully. In addition to dedication to

FMSC, Paige is also involved with many other initiates including as a Lenape

Ambassador, a member of NJHS, and Peer Leader. Now that she is at West and embarking on her 10th grade

year, she has already joined SAGE, FBLA, Key Club, Spanish NHS, and Cooking for the Community. She is an

excellent example of how her volunteer work has shaped her character.

CB Alumni Spotlight: Tina Mazaheri, Esquire

Attorney

CB East Class of 1986

Tips for November’s Asset #15

POSITIVE PEER INFLUENCE

Research shows that young people whose closest friends behave

responsibly do better in school, get into less trouble, and choose

activities that give them the best chance of future success. It makes

sense for young people to surround themselves with people who

bring out their best qualities. In return, they can multiply the benefits

by being friends who are also positive influences. About 63% of

young people, ages 11–18, say their best friends model responsible

behavior, according to Search Institute surveys.

Tip for building this asset

Peer pressure is especially strong in school. When you notice trouble brewing or young people who are about to

make a poor choice—in school or elsewhere—remind them that they have the power to say no—even to a friend.

Also try this:

In your home and family: Identify people, stories, or images that exemplify the positive power of peers. Use these

examples to help your child make a collage of inspiring quotes and images for a friend.

In your neighborhood and community: Talk with young people in your neighborhood about the qualities you

admire in each of them. Encourage them to be a positive influence in the lives of their friends and peers.

In your school or youth program: Pair off students and participants. Have them take turns discussing a time when

they positively influenced a friend or peer. After each story, talk about how it felt to use positive peer pressure.

This month's alumni spotlight is on Tina Mazaheri who is a lifetime Doylestown resident,

attending Kutz, Lenape and CB East. She has been a Pennsylvania attorney for over 25 years with

a practice in Doylestown. She has a master’s degree in litigation and is also a licensed

Pennsylvania and New Jersey real estate broker.

Her favorite activity was playing on the tennis team, however she will tell you she loved being the wrestling manager

because the coach, John Tomlinson made it so much fun. She has several great high school memories, including

hosting a last day of school party every year where hundreds of people attended and still reminisce about it. Her best

high school experience came in picking her physics lab partner who later became her husband! If you ask her about a

favorite teacher, she will say she had so many amazing teachers, however three come to mind — Alexis Parkes, Susan

Mulholland and Rosemarie Montgomery, who she still keeps in touch with to this day.

Her advice to her younger self? Be confident in your abilities, take pride in your individuality, do not get lost in the

details, great things are yet to come.

Our Mission Statement:

CB Cares Educational Foundation, in partnership with Doylestown Health,

the Central Bucks School District, local businesses, and the community, is dedicated to enriching the experience of students

through learning grants and 40 Developmental Asset based programs

which promote responsible and resilient youth.

cb-cares.org 215-489-9120 info@cb-cares.org 252 W. Swamp Road, Bailiwick Unit #5, Doylestown, Pa.

Community News & Events

105TH ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29

Music performances start at 5 pm. Santa then

arrives via fire truck at 6:30 pm to light the tree! Look for all

of the holiday magic with strolling carolers, holiday

characters, and more!

Discover Doylestown’s Holiday Celebration,

including seasonal lights and decorations as well as free

weekend parking, is supported by the Borough of

Doylestown, the Doylestown Fire Department, and their

wonderful sponsors.

Congratulations to Our Award-Winning Carvers:

Malloy Ribbon for Most Creative: Jeff Brown

1st Place: Doug and Judy May

People’s Choice and 2nd Place: Tim and Ronan Petrosky

Carvers’ Choice and Third Place: Mia Woo & Gabrielle Miller

Honorable Mention:

Kathleen Sheehan

Ellen Hill and Nicole Morin

Chrissy and Marie Maber

Newfield Award for Student Carvers:

Kaeli Buhion and Francis Giordana of CB South

Thank you to everyone who helped

Pumpkinfest GLOW BRIGHTER this year!