Mcdougal Family Notes June McDougal Family Events & Parents Lunch

[mcdougal at pantheon.yale.edu]

  Summer 2007

  JUNE

  McDougal Kids and Family Notes

  Grad Student Life @ the McDougal Center

  For Graduate & Professional Students and Postdocs

  Mcdougal.center at yale.edu, 432-BLUE

  http://www.yale.edu/mcdougal/studentlife

  Welcome to the McDougal Family Notes- sent Monthly

  http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcdougal-family

  See this webpage to subscribe or unsubscribe and for archives

  This is a moderated, private list, so only the McDougal Center
staff 

  can post to it.

  Upcoming Family Events:

  *Grad-Parent Outreach Luncheon, June 26

  * McDougal Box Office- Discount Tix for Amusement Parks

  *Movies for Parents, every Tuesday morning

  *Kids' Concert: International Music Man, June 19-22

  *Italian Fair in Wooster Square, June 21-24

  *Indiana Jones Extravaganza, June 26

  *Much more!  Farmers' Markets, concerts, circus...

  See: www.yale.edu/mcdougal/studentlife.  

  Click on Calendar, then choose Kids & family calendar

 
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  Grad-Parent Outreach Luncheon- Monthly!

  Wednesday, June 26th

  Noon - 1:30 pm

  HGS 119, McDougal Center, 320 York Street

  Join us for our monthly luncheon discussion of issues relevant to
graduate

  students with parents.  This month, we will discuss social outreach
? how

  to find other grad-parents at Yale and share ideas and resources
(including

  good places to find children's clothes/toys, babysitting swaps,
etc.). Grad parents, spouses/partners and children welcome.

  Lunch is free, but please RSVP to mcdougal.center at yale.edu

  McDougal Box Office- Discount Tix to Area Amusement Parks!

  *Quassy Amusement Park- in Middlebury, CT

  Family Friendly rides and water park on Lake Quasapaug

  Yale families can purchase McDougal discount tix anytime online for
only $13.95; tix good any day- see web for details

  Purchase online only: Go to www.quassy.com[1], click on
?consignment tix?

  Enter group code ?mcdougal2007? to purchase.

  You must show your Yale ID when entering the park with these tix.

  *Six Flags New England, Springfield, MA

  www.sixflags.com[2]

  Major thri;; rides, kids areas, cartoon characters, and water park.

  1 hour from New Haven just up I-91.

  McDougal Center offers discount ride/water park Tix for ONLY $25
per person.

  Tix good until Sept 15- buy now, use anytime this summer.

  Purchase Tix in person from McDougal Box Office starting June 22; 

  123 HGS, Cash or Check only.

 
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  Movies for Parents- Tuesdays

  Tuesday, June 19 & ongoing

  10 am

  Cinema de Lux, Milford

  1201 Boston Post Road, Milford, CT

  Cost: $5.25/person

  Enjoy the latest movies in a convenient, baby-friendly setting.

  Baby changing stations, area for strollers, soft lighting in the
auditorium,

  lowered movie volume; Food cart w/breakfast goodies for sale.

  Sponsored by: Connecticut Post 14 - Cinema de Lux, Milford

  http://www.nationalamusements.com/programs/baby_pictures.asp [3]

 
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  Kids Concert: International Music Man

  June 19 ? 22

  10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

  Long Wharf Pier

  Cost:    $12 on sale at Shubert theatre Box office or online

  203.562.5666 or www.artidea.org

  With Paul Tracey, the "International Music Man" on a musical
discovery tour!

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  Italian Fair @ Wooster Square, St. Andrews

  June 21-24

  6 pm ? midnight 

  Celebrate 100 years of Italian history w/food, fun, rides, games,
music, and

  entertainment. Sunday -Old World Traditional Procession through
Wooster Square

  at 10am followed by a mass. Thursday & Sunday: 6pm-10pm. Fri & Sat
6pm-1am.

  Sponsored by: St. Andrew's Parish, 203.776.0693 FREE!

 
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  Indiana Jones Extravaganza

  June 26, 5 pm

  New Haven Green

  A free movie: "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

  Aerial Acrobats! Matzo Ball-eating Contest!

  Laser Light Show!

  Celebrate the opening of filming of the 4th Indiana Jones movie in
New Haven this month! FREE!

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  Other Ongoing Family events at Yale and In New Haven:

  See the McDougal Kids and Family Events Web Calendar

  http://www.yale.edu/mcdougal/studentlife

  On the right hand column, click on Kids and Family Events &
Calendar

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  Other Resources for Grad Families:

  Health Plan Coverage for Children of PhD Students in GSAS:

  Please contact the Graduate School Financial Aid office with
questions at

  432-2739 or see
http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/visitors/family.html

  Parental Support & Relief Policy for PhD Students

  http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/visitors/family.html

  Subsidized Back-Up Child Care for Yale parents 

  http://www.yale.edu/backupcare

  These services are intended to assist parents in arranging care for
their children when their usual caregivers are not available, e.g.,
because of center or school closings or caregiver illnesses. New: You
may also use backup care when you travel with your children with you
to an academic conference, since caregivers may be available
nationwide. Complete details regarding the back-up care service and
registration materials are available online at
http://www.yale.edu/backupcare

  NOTE: You must Register for the Service IN ADVANCE of requesting
it, 

  so sign up now!

  Family Life Page, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Website

   http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/visitors/family.html

  Yale WorkLife Events & Web pages

  Classes and events http://www.yale.edu/worklife/events

  General Family Resources and Links, including Child Care resources

  http://www.yale.edu/hronline/worklife/family.html

  Yale Babysitting Service http://www.yale.edu/babysitting

  Pass this Email on to a G&P friend or classmate with children- and
encourage

  them to subscribe for themselves!

  

Links:
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[1] http://www.quassy.com/
[2] http://www.sixflags.com/
[3] http://www.nationalamusements.com/programs/baby_pictures.asp
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