To the parents of this year's club:

I really enjoyed working with your kids this year. I handed out certificates to those who were there on the last day, and this week left more in the teacher's boxes of those who were not. If you child still needs a certificate, let me know.

I've put a short survey on the site to gather any feedback you can give me about the club, including your child's reactions and any improvements you might attribute to their participation. Has it come up in your parent-teacher meetings at all? Anything you can share with me will be appreciated, so I can judge if it had any impact and redesign for next year.

The survey is at http://thinkingskills.weebly.com/survey-1.html. Please fill it out this week if y

Ted Winick, who runs the chess club at Palmerston school and others, is initiating a "thinking camp" this August 8-12. The camp will approach thinking from a number of perspectives, including chess, improv, art, and computer games. The kids will play games from one area of the site each day and receive a certificate at the end. Hopefully they will be interested in playing on the site afterwards to further improve the