ShareThisParents and guardians in Niles Township are invited to a Town Hall Meeting to discuss “Raising Teens: A Risky Business” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15 in the Niles North High School Auditorium at 9800 Lawler, Skokie. The Niles Township Youth Coalition (NTYC) is sponsoring this meeting to inform parents about the kinds of lifestyle choices young people are making.
This meeting is your chance to learn the results of the social norms survey recently completed at Niles North and Niles West High Schools. This survey is conducted annually and measures teens’ own behavior and what they perceive to be the behavior of their peers. The meeting will begin with a summary of results from the survey to give parents a true picture about the usage of drugs, alcohol and tobacco among the high school students. These findings dispel some myths but also underline what parents of teens and pre-teens should know about the use of these substances.
Most of the meeting will give parents time to ask questions of professionals from Niles Township who represent social service agencies, schools, law enforcement and local government. If you prefer, you can email your questions to rosbha@d219.org, and your questions will be presented at the meeting anonymously.
There will be an Information Fair after the meeting, hosted by members of the NTYC, where you can pick up literature on different agencies and ask specific questions of the agency representatives.
Please attend this important meeting to help your children make healthy life choices. Translation services will be provided in Assyrian, Arabic, Spanish, Korean and Urdu. If you need translation in any other language, please call Rosamin Bhanpuri at 847-626-3959.