This week’s blog theme has been about how the pandemic has shifted how we live our lives and how those shifts have impacted A Stepping Stone’s enrolled families and scholars. How has COVID19 effected how we deliver our award-winning LEAF (Literacy Elevates Arizona Families) program to young children and their families? That is today’s subject. …Continued
This year our class has become “Super Heroes” by focusing on ways to be good citizens. Each week a child is selected randomly to be our class “Super Hero”. They take a poster home to decorate with family photos then bring it back to school to share and display it in the classroom. We also…Continued
There are currently still seven three-year-old openings openings at the Westwood Elementary campus located at 4711 N. 23rd Ave. If you or someone you know is in need of their GED or English classes, please contact the teaching site directly and ask for an application for the Stepping Stone Family Literacy preschool classroom. …Continued
I received the picture shown below from retired Stepping Stone teacher, Mrs. Fran, who had attended a music program last Tuesday at Westwood Elementary School in Phoenix. The children shown are currently completing first grade and had just finished playing in a musical recital. The picture to the right is of the whole preschool…Continued
I had the delightful pleasure of visiting our preschool classrooms this morning. It is the last week of classes and each day is a new celebration. I watched as four-year-old children escorted their mothers into the classroom made-over to honor their moms. Former Stepping Stone parent, Josie Gutierrez, addressed the parents briefly saying, “This is…Continued
Repost: Opportunity for free preschool in the Phoenix area; this opportunity expires 1/31/15 If you have a four-year-old child in need of preschool or know someone who does, and live in the Alhambra School District, please call the Westwood Elementary Office to ask for a Stepping Stone Foundation preschool application. All services are free of…Continued
Because A Stepping Stone Foundation has been waiting to hire the best preschool assistant possible, we have been holding five more four-year-old slots at our Westwood Elementary teaching site. We hired a lovely new assistant just before the holidays and now have room for five more children and their families. If you have a four-year-old…Continued
On August 25th, in cooperation with Miami Unified School District and First Things First-Gila Council, and funded by Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation, A Stepping Stone Foundation opened an expansion preschool and family literacy program in Miami, Arizona. Please enjoy this excerpt from Superintendent of Miami Unified School District about our expansion written just yesterday:…Continued
I received the following from Susana Ibarra-Johnson, Parent Awareness and Community Outreach Coordinator for Central Phoenix Regional Partnership of First Things First: Best Gift for Kids Under 6? Simple Toys, Quality Time with Adults What are the top choices for holiday gifts that will fire up young kids’ minds? So many parents have spent too…Continued
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