WATCH D.O.G.S. at National PTA

Well, I missed posting yesterday due to complications the hotel was having with Internet access. They think the trade show was drawing too much power or something technical like that. Anyway we are back up and running!

There are almost 2,000 people here from all over the nation focusing on the well being of our schools and our children. It is a perfect environment for WATCH D.O.G.S.!! We have made a lot of new friends and reconnected with a lot of old friends. Many people have come by our booth to tell us how great their WATCH D.O.G.S. program is and how much it has added to their school. We love to hear all of the stories.

Yesterday Maya Angelou spoke at the General Session. If you are not familiar with Dr. Angelou, stop reading this right now and Google her!! Seriously, she is truly an amazing person and I do urge you to find out about her work.The fact that she holds 60, yes 60, Doctorates doesn't even begin to express her accomplishments.

I want to share just three things that she told us. "Not one of us arrived here on our own" and "People not born yet will be touched by what you do" and finally, "I'm going to thank you for what you are doing and then ask you to do it again and do it more"

I am offering Dr. Angelou's words to you as encouragement to continue the good work you are doing through the WATCH D.O.G.S program and to invite you to spread the word to other Dads.

Have a great week with your kids!!

Eric Snow
National Director
WATCH D.O.G.S.

National PTA Conference

Sunny San Diego is the site of the National PTA Conference today through Monday and WATCH D.O.G.S. is here. We are attending as guests of National PTA and the MORE alliance (Men Organized to Raise Engagement). You can find out about the MORE alliance by visiting www.pta.org

While I am here with the top PTA leaders in the country, if there is something you want me to find out about or address, please let me know. It's not often that all of these great people are in the same place at the same time.

I want to hear from you! I will be giving a daily update from the convention.

Eric Snow

Welcome!

Welcome to the blog for WatchDOG Dads! We're hopeful that this will become a regular stop for Top Dogs, School Administrators and WatchDOGS to learn about the Best Practices of WATCH D.O.G.S. programs across the country.

Tell us about all the great things that are happening in your school as a result of fathers and father figures taking a more active role in the school lives of their children. Share your best ideas so that other schools can follow your lead. If you tried something that didn't work, tell us that, too--you might save others the pain of learning the hard way.

If you have a website, provide a link here. Or maybe you received some publicity for your school. Tell us how you made that happen and give us a link to your local paper or television news station so that we can read or hear about you.

We're also going to use this page to provide you with the latest news about WATCHD.O.G.S. For example, did you know that WATCH D.O.G.S. was selected by the National PTA to be part of its MORE (Men Organized to Raise Engagement) initiative? We're one of just a handful of organizations the PTA is recommending to all its local chapters.

For the children,

Eric Snow, National Director