Virtual Middle School Re-Entry Workshop

FSYF invites repatriating middle school students to join us for a workshop designed to help empower them with tools for their re-entry process.  We'll brainstorm strategies for adjusting to life in American middle schools, the new reality they will be facing due to COVID and the coping skills needed for a successful year.  There will be a panel of students to share their personal experiences. The teen workshop will be led by Megan Norton.

While students are in their session, parents  are invited to participate in a workshop moderated by Dr. Constantina Kass.  The parent session will focus on ways parents can support, connect and communicate with their child during the re-entry process.  Some practical suggestions will be discussed to help combat the factors that TCK’s often struggle with during re-entry.  Parents will also have an opportunity to speak with other parents about re-entry issues.

Zoom details will be sent upon registration. 

Time: 7:00pm- 8:30pm

Location:  Zoom.  Parents and Teen will need to enter the meeting on separate computers so we can send them into a break out room!

Fees:     FSYF Members:  Free

              FSYF Non Members:  $20 per student

              Participation is free for all parents. 

As a former dip kid/third culture kid in the Foreign Service Youth Foundation, Megan Norton gets you! And she helps Third Culture Kids get wherever they're going! Growing up as a U.S. diplomat dependent, she lived in six countries (the U.S., South Africa, South Korea, Germany, Japan, and Israel) and has lived in four more as an Adult Third Culture Kid (Austria, Greece, Hungary, Poland) in addition to five U.S. States (Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Washington DC, and Michigan). She holds two master degrees in TCK-identity and intercultural communication themes, co-founded a nonprofit for U.S. diplomat TCKs (www.interculturaltransitions.org), and has led both in person and virtual TCK Transitions Seminars, university retreats and Intercultural Dialogue groups for a variety of international schools, organizations, and communities. She loves hearing TCKs share their stories and supporting their journey into their next ‘home.” Megan is an avid writer and photographer (www.adultthirdculturekid.com) and you can find her on instagram at @adult_third_culture_kid_blog.

Dr. Constantina Kass is a licensed and nationally certified school psychologist, with 18 years of experience, who offers comprehensive services for children, teens and their families who are preparing to go overseas, are posted overseas, or are returning from abroad. As a doctoral student at Loyola University in Chicago, Dr. Kass studied in Greece and focused her dissertation on acculturation, academic stress and burn-out, and social support among students of diverse nationalities and backgrounds. Dr. Kass is married to a former Foreign Service officer and has two children. Having lived abroad for years, she demonstrates a passion for helping families live their best lives as they travel abroad.

Photo by Isabella and Louisa Fischer on Unsplash