Devotion’s Annual Appeal. October 1-31. Give to Devotion to make this school year the best it can be! www.DevoAnnualAppeal.org

Food on Wheels: Sunday, Oct. 22 @ 1:00pm. Lower Devo. Join elementary schools across Brookline for a food drive. We’ll meet at Lower Devo, carrying our donations in carts, wagons, or strollers, and walk together to St. Paul Church’s Food Pantry where we will meet other schools, sort and store the donated items. If you cannot attend on Sunday the 22nd, feel free to contribute by putting goods into bins labeled “Food on Wheels” in the lobby at Lower Devo and in front of the office at Upper Devo.

Devotion Parent Discussion:  Cyber/Digital Media Concerns.  Monday, October 23 @ 6:30-8pm.  Upper Devotion Library.  All parents are welcome for a Parent Network gathering. Parent Networks give parents an opportunity to talk with one another about common issues facing our children. This first meeting will introduce how and why these get-togethers are so valuable and feature BHS Peer Leaders and Brookline Police AWARE officers discussing cyber/digital media concerns.

Devo Parent Social. October 26, 7-11pm. Hops N Scotch, 1306 Beacon St, 2nd floor. Hang out on this fun night for the adults! Socialize with friends over dinner.

Lower Devo ECS Coffee.  Thursday, November 2 @ 8-9am.  Kyle Tompkins, Lower Devo ECS specialist, invite you to this coffee to learn how ECS will serve students this year.

Upper Devo ECS Coffee.  Tuesday, November 7 @ 8:30-9:30am.  Join Shephali Chokshi,Upper Devo’s new Enrichment and Challenge Support Specialist/Math Specialist, to learn more about what ECS does and how it supports our students.  Many thanks to Deborah Fung, Devotion's outgoing ECS Parent Advisory Committee representative, who is helping host this event.

“#SocialMedia4OurGirls:  Helping Girls Navigate Social Media in Healthy Ways” by Michelle Cove.    Wednesday, November 15 @ 7-8:30pm.  Upper Devo, 194 Boylston.  Michelle has heard from hundreds of girls about the unspoken and stressful “girl rules” of Instagram, Snapchat and other apps, and created a roadmap for parents in guiding girls to use social media in positive ways.