Success has many faces every child blooms, and every family succeeds. We envision a community in which every child begins their educational journey with the skills necessary to succeed. We move toward that vision, one child at a time. Each year, teachers work hard to help measure and impact each child through daily observations and progress reports. While our scholars are busy learning through play and teachers are busy observing and noting their daily observations that tells a story of impact and success on each and every one of our scholars. We are excited as we move past the first quarter of school, to see the development that has occurred thus far. As we prepare for winter break, we look forward to what the new year brings.

In November our leadership team had the opportunity to go to Nashville Tennessee to attend the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) conference. The keynote speaker Dr. Pryor spoke eloquently regarding his personal early learning experience with a teacher who nourished his gift by giving him 5 minutes at the end of each class to tell his jokes to classmates. Dr. Pryor attributed the teachers actions to him being a successful standup comedian today. After hearing about his experiences with two of his early learning teachers, one who left a negative impact on him and one who empowered him, the room of 7,500 educators was moved to tears. What we do everyday with our little scholars can make or break them as adults and the early learning years of development are crucial to making a positive impact on our scholars.

We thoroughly enjoyed the conference and brought back good information to share and impart to our staff.