how to start a school support group?
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It depends on what kind of support you are looking for.\n\nIf you are a parent of a school-age child and want to have general parenting support, check with your principal and your parent-teacher organization. If there is a particular parenting issue you are interested in, ask the school counselor about what community organizations already exist, if any, and find out if you can include your school as a meeting site. If there is no group yet, ask the counselor how to start one, or who you should talk to in your district about it.\n\nIf you are a student, identify what you want your group to focus on. Write up your idea, find at least 10 other kids interested in it, and then go to the principal to request group status.
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I gotta better idea!  Go to your nearest school, ask the principal to give you the name of x amount of needy children who might need a computer and donate them!  You'll feel so much better.
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try going to church and start a support group
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Make an effort to learn people's names(something I'm really bad at) and greet them in the halls. Join a club, go to your school dances, be nice and helpful with everyone. Make a goal to learn 1 person's name a day. If you're really shy, start off with small conversations. Getting involved at school really helps a lot. I met so many new people when I joined my school's choir. Above all, if you're afraid, just swallow your fear and meet people. Don't wait for them to meet you. You'll eventually make some friends. Good luck!
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ur idea is really cool......it shall really increase the parent-child interaction.and doing so at school shall increase the parent-teacher-child interaction....which is really nice.\nwell the first thing u need to do is to get parents and children interested in the event.\nmake them hunt for something really worth searching for.....\ngive clues in the form of puzzles.......puzzles out of what they have to study, out of story books and novels(try the harry potter/lord of the rings).\nall the best and hope the event turns out to b a grand success
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Be yourself, that's the best advice.  Don't act like someone your not just to get friends, people will eventually come up to you and talk to you and if you are yourself, you will make friends easily.  Starting high school with no friends is tough, but you'll get through it, I had to go to 4 different high school and I didn't know a single person in any of them, but now I have some life long friends and don't ever regret it!! \n\nSo just be yourself and the friends will come to you!! \n\nGood luck
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hi mate\ngive a try to www.myschoolproxy.com if it works spread it so that people like us can communicate :)
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speak to your parents, or you could speak to your teacher about getting help... you can do it!
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you need to talk to a conselor or a close friend or member of your family. try hanging out with people from other schools. see if that helps.
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If I were you I'd look into the Equal Access Act.  In this act, school groups that are religious in nature and/or political in nature, can meet on school grounds AFTER school hours so long as there are non-curriculum groups (such as a chess club) that are also allowed to meet.\n\nThe rules for this are that you are in a public school, that there are non-curriculum related school groups (such as the chess club) and that you (as a religious group) do NOT have a faculty adviser.  Because of the separation of church and state, the school cannot provide you with materials or a teacher, but it MUST provide you (as a child of taxpayers) a place to meet if other groups are allowed to do so.\n\nSo, the simple rule is this: if you are in a public school, you can meet, but you must follow the rules of all other student groups.  You are different from other school groups because of your religious affiliation, however, and the school cannot provide you with an adviser (they can require that one be present (just to make sure there are no other school rules broken since you are still minors), but he or she cannot have anything to do with the group or how it is run.  You probably cannot be photographed in the yearbook, and probably cannot have all of the frills of a regular school group, but you should have access to the school facilities to meet.\n\nThis is what I would suggest you do: make friends with the Christian group in that you should NOT try to get them to disband if the school messes with you.  You are both in the same boat (or should be) and what rules apply to you should apply to them since you are both outside groups meeting on school property after school.  Look into the Equal Access Act and calmly ask for a meeting with the principal to go through it.  Explain that you want to figure out how you can best follow the rules of the school and also follow the rules of the Equal Access Act.  \n\nFor the most part, journalism teachers and advisers are great assistants when it comes to students' rights issues, so if you need help understanding the Act, talk to your yearbook or newspaper adviser or a Social Studies teacher.  Make sure if you ask a faculty member for help you establish that you are NOT asking for them to be your adviser, but you do need some help interpreting an Act.\n\nIn the end, most principals want to do the right thing and be fair to all groups (and follow the law), but they often have trouble with community pressure.  By being patient and non-threatening, you can help your school to understand what it MUST provide you whether or not it believes in what you believe.  The hardest part for you will likely be to establish that yes, you ARE a religious group, and therefore the Equal Access Act does apply to you.  This is because many people believe teens follow this type of religion as a way to get back at their parents.  But once you establish that you are a religious group, this should be easier.\n\nIF and only if being reasonable and calm and going through the act fails to convince your principal, contact the ACLU for a lawyer in your area.  Don't go directly to the lawyer as it's hard to work out a compromise if you bypass the principal (you want the principal to be your friend, not your enemy).
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You need to get the word out, thats the most important thing and what the organization supports. You can do this with flyers or the computer  or phone calls.You could also contact the political leaders or members of parliment in your community as well. Speak to teachers and churches, you know, things like that and Iam sure you will find the resources you need...Good luck
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Try this group run by PFLAG\n\nhttp://www.pflagdayton.org/youthquest.html
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Loook i can't advice, but thats a great idea. Start out by maybe pasting signs on the schools walls or soemthing, but call it esay help
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Talk to someone at your school, like a counsellor, who can put forward to the teachers that you feel this way.\n\nAs a teacher I appreciate knowing about my students and try to find ways around the hurdles put up to stop them learning.
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maybe get everyone in the class to chip in and throw him/her a suprise party. i did that for one of my teachers before w/ a couple of friend and she was realli moved. she was touched that we organized everything and had everyone participate.
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Make a giant website with stories from kids who can all come together and share experiences with each other. Much better then a help hotline. Want help, id like to help with this. :)\nSecond find a place that deals with, such as writing a book or publishing. Some of the suicide hotlines have information on where to contact people.
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As a classroom teacher, the best thing you can do to create a community is a program called Morning Meeting.  You can order the book through the website below or at Amazon.com.  It will detail how to run morning meetings and activities to use.  The students love it and it really gives each student a chance to share and feel important.  Plus it gives you, as the teacher, a chance to let them know things you are excited about and things you need to work on as a class.  I used this format last year and the kids loved it!