Text Box: Hawkins County Family Resource Center Text Box: Parenting Under Stress The Family Resource Center continuously offers a parenting class at the Resource Center. A new session is offered each month. The class meets twice a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays, for four weeks. This curriculum will help you understand : why you parent the way you do, what are your strengths and weaknesses, and what you can do to be a better parent. Group members will gain support from each other. Participants must pre-register to attend groups. For more information, please contact the FRC at 921-9621. Text Box: Canned Food Drive The Family Resource Center would like to take this opportunity to thank all the students, staff members, and parents of students at Clinch, Mooresburg, and Rogersville Middle schools. Without your caring hearts, the Resource Center would not be able to operate their food pantry or distribute food baskets at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. We are extremely lucky to have such a kind, caring group of students, staff members, and parents. Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts.—–The FRC Staff Text Box: Family Resource Advisory Board Members Text Box: HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER Text Box: Resources Text Box: November 2006 Text Box: Volume 10, Issue 4 Text Box: Pregnant Teens/Teen Moms Support Group Are you a pregnant teen or teen mom? There are other girls in your school or county facing the same hardships and decisions. One Saturday per month the Family Resource Center will be hosting support group meetings for pregnant teens and teen moms. This will be a chance for young moms to get together and gain support from each other. Lunch is always served. For more information or to sign up to attend November’s meeting, please contact the Family Resource Center at 921-9621 Text Box: Resources Hawkins County Family Resource Center ___________ Located behind RMS 954 E. McKinney Ave. Rogersville, TN 37857 Monday-Friday 8 to 4pm 423-921-9621 Text Box: Child Find Statement Local school systems provide services for special needs children and young adults, ages 3 years to 21 years, who reside within the system’s district. If you have or know children who are currently not being served, please contact the Special Ed Dept. at 272-2168.

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Text Box: representatives. Parent representatives must make up at least 50% of our council. At this time we are lacking in parent participation. The Family Resource Center serves every school in the Hawkins County School System. We are looking for parent representatives from each of our schools. If you are a dedicated parent of a student in the Hawkins Text Box: As part of the requirements of our grant funding, The Family Resource Center must form a local advisory council. The council must be comprised of parent representatives, school representatives, and community representatives. Over the years our Family Resource Advisory Board has had strong participation from school staff, community agencies, and some very loyal and dedicated parent Text Box: County School System. And you are concerned not only for your child’s school, but all of our schools and communities that make up Hawkins County, then our board needs you. If you would like more information on joining the Family Resource Center Advisory Council, please call Amy Cinnamon at 423-921-9621.