Mark Your Calendars!

Wednesday, January 9, 2008 @ 6:30 p.m.

Morse High School Cafeteria

The MHS PTSA will be hosting a discussion on:

Internet safety; cyber bullying and the effects of media advertising and violence on our kids.

This discussion will feature guest speaker, Chuck Saufler

Chuck Saufler received an M.Ed. from Northeastern University in Community Mental Health in 1979. Since that time he has worked in private practice and with youth- focused organizations and schools. He has been a guidance counselor and professional development trainer in Maine since 1989. As co-founder of the Maine Project Against Bullying, he coordinated a statewide bullying survey and has provided bullying prevention training for over 200 schools and communities since 1999. He is co-developer of CLIMBERS, a proactive program for teaching social skills and improving school climate

Chuck has been active in the Communities for Children statewide initiative. As a member of the Governor’s Task Force on Safe Schools and Communities, he co-authored the summary report for presentation to the Maine State Legislature. He served as a member of the Critical Review Team for the Career Development Strand of the Maine Learning Results. He is the recipient of the 1999 Governor's Medal for outstanding service to education and prevention of substance abuse.

As a member of the Climate Design Team of the Maine Children’s Cabinet, he helped craft Maine’s Best Practices in Bullying and Harassment Prevention Guide for schools and communities.

The focus of his career has been developing safer schools and communities. He is drawn to this work by a firm belief that community building, prevention and early intervention are our best hope of creating a civil society for future generations.

Mr. Saufler is married and resides in Bath, Maine with his wife Beth and their son Christopher a Senior at Morse.

For more information about this program you may contact Kelly Vaillancourt at mhsptsa@bathpublicschools.com