Update: Blind Brook to Hold 'Race to Nowhere' Workshop

Update from Blind Brook school district:  The workshop for March 18 is being rescheduled in light of the expected inclement weather. 

It is being rescheduled for Monday, April 15 at 8:00 pm. Everything else stays the same.

Race to Nowhere II  - A Board of Education Workshop

Monday, Mar. 18, 8:00 pm

Mary Mediate, directory of guidance and counseling at Blind Brook schools, will be making a brief presentation to follow-up on the district’s progress in addressing Race to Nowhere issues.

In addition, the following panel of experts will be presenting:

• Dr. Jeffrey Brown – Pediatrician and Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College

Dr. Brown is the author of No More Monsters in the Closet: Teaching Your Children to Overcome Everyday Fears and Phobias, a contributing editor for Child Magazine and has been featured on The Today Show and CBS Morning News.

• Peter Johnson – Director of Undergraduate Admission at Columbia University

Mr. Johnson will dispel the myths and speak to what colleges are really looking for in the college admissions race.

• Dr. Jerome Brodlie – Chairman of Psychology, Greenwich Hospital

Dr. Brodlie has hosted a syndicated radio talk show “Growing Up with Dr. Brodlie,” and has served as a contributing correspondent for CBS Morning News, Independent Network News and has appeared on Good Morning America.  He is a consultant for the U.S. Department of State in the area of post-traumatic stress in children.

• Ellen Morehouse – Executive Director of Student Assistance Services

Ms. Morehouse will discuss the relationship between stress and substance abuse.

WHAT:             Race to Nowhere II Forum

WHEN:            Monday, Mar. 18, 8:00 pm

WHERE:            George C. Trautwein Theater

Blind Brook High School

840 King Street

Rye Brook, NY 10573