Keep posted each week for ongoing information about this documentary coming in October to Sacramento, Woodland and Davis communities.
Paper Tigers – coming to our community
“Paper Tigers is emotional, but not sappy. The dedication and passion of the teachers and staff at Lincoln shines, and the school’s vibrant personalities are captivating. The film illustrates the ACE concept, but shows students as humans, not statistics”. Walter Orestein, Seattle Times
It portrays a better way
Paper Tigers follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families.
“Stressed brains can’t learn.”
That was the nugget of neuroscience that Jim Sporleder, principal of a high school riddled with violence, drugs and truancy, took away from an educational conference in 2010. Three years later, the number of fights at Lincoln Alternative High School had gone down by 75% and the graduation rate had increased five-fold. Paper Tigers is the story of how one school made such dramatic progress.
Following six students over the course of a school year, we see Lincoln’s staff try a new approach to discipline: one based on understanding and treatment rather than judgment and suspension. Using a combination of story telling and revealing diary cam footage, Paper Tigers is a testament to what the latest developmental science is showing: that just one caring adult can help break the cycle of adversity in a young person’s life.
Next week meet the director, James Redford.
Paper Tigers screening
Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 6-9 pm Pioneer High School, Woodland CA FREE but Reservation required
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2253305
Wednesday, October 7, 2015, 6-9 pm Brunelle Hall, Davis High School, Davis CA FREE but Reservation required
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2227466
Friday, October 16, 2015, Crest Theater, Sacramento
$15 Information and ticket sales at: www.ResilientSac.org
Additional Trauma Informed and Resilience Programs
Beyond Trauma: Building a Resilient Sacramento
Friday, October 16, 2015, 9am-3pm, 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd, Fair Oaks, CA 95628. Focus on community organizations and include keynote speech, breakouts by age and interest and a response panel of local and state experts.
Saturday, October 17, 2015, 9am-3pm, 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd, Fair Oaks, CA 95628. Focuses on providing tools and techniques for education - teachers, administrators and specialists - to implement trauma informed practices in schools and classrooms.
Information and registration at: www.ResilientSac.org
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