Grant funds early education initiative
by Sublette County School District #1
November 12, 2019
Sublette School District #1 and Sublette BOCES began a collaboration that provides the community with an Early Childhood Community Liaison for this year. The vision was to use the Early Childhood Community Liaison to build partnerships with the pre-schools, community members, Sublette County School District #1, and families to help children be ready for Kindergarten.
The District hired Tamara Currah to serve as the Liaison. Tamara is a National Board Certified Early Childhood educator with many years of experience teaching in kindergarten and 1st grade. She has also taught as an early childhood educator in Pinedale. Her efforts this year will be dedicated to working with all of the preschools, families, and the community to help children get ready for school.
Recently, the District received a grant from the State Department of Education to help Tamara do more to help the pre-schools and parents. The grant will provide an additional $30,000 to assist with several activities. In the spring, there are plans for an Early Childhood Expo where parents will be able to discover the services available to them. It will also be a celebration of the young child. Tamara is also working with Jennifer Zook of the Wyoming Early Learning Professional Development Community to put on a free professional development conference for teachers in Pinedale. An important aspect of the grant work will be to reach out to families and provide them with free reading and math materials that can be used in their homes. Grant funds will also be used to provide free programs for preschool kids and their parents. These programs will be available in December in one of the Sublette BOCES rooms.
It is a goal of Sublette BOCES and Sublette County School District #1 to reach out to every family to help them prepare their kids for school success as soon as they start kindergarten. Every family should choose their own approach to raising their children but that doesn’t mean they have to do it all by themselves. Early education is a very important part of our lives and the recent initiatives should help Pinedale become a leader in the region.
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