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Save the Date!
Don’t miss this one!
A learning day with Jeanine Fitzgerald
Date: April 28, 2012
Time: 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Runnells Hall, Chocorua
What will it take?
- All children ready to learn
From the womb to school entry, what will it take for
all children to arrive ready to learn? Environments,
relationships, experiences, and skills, as well as
seven key ingredients that enrich brain
development. This session will examine all these
essentials so we can effectively partner with
families to support every child's unique
pathway to success. More.
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Kindergarten Readiness Resource for
Parents nears completion. Feedback
welcome!
A team of educators and community members are
working on a handout to support parents as they
help their children to be "ready for Kindergarten".
The goal is to distribute this to parents around the
time their child turns four. We welcome community
partners in this endeavor. Check out the drafts and
provide your feedback by email or call 323-8139.
Side one. (Scroll down both pages, which do you like?)
Side two. (Scroll down all 3 pages, which do you like?)
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Spirited Dialogue at Kindergarten
Readiness community conversation
Kindergarten Readiness more than ABCs
45 people from across Carroll County came
together around the topic of Kindergarten
Readiness. Participants learned how many
different perspectives there are about what
Kindergarten readiness means.
“What can we do as a community to increase
access to pre-school for all children regardless of
income?” was one critical question that came up
repeatedly. Increasing communication including
visits between pre-schools and Kindergarten staff
was one of many ideas that were sparked. Press
release here. Full meeting notes here.
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2010/11 Elementary School Survey
Report: Wide variations in Kindergarten
Readiness around the county
A 2010/11 survey of Carroll County elementary
schools revealed wide variations in the early
learning landscape across the county with
50-90+% of students coming to school ready for
Kindergarten and 49-100% of children having some
sort of preschool experience. Read the brief. Full
Report
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Resources for Parents
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"Just in Time Parenting" - Free Newsletter. Full of
the information you need to know as your baby
grows. Received just in time for the next phase of
growth. Get by mail of email. From UNH
Cooperative Extension.
Text for Baby - Free
Get free weekly messages during pregnancy and
the first year of your baby's life. Text "baby" to
511411 to sign up.
Khan Academy - Free "Tutoring" for math & more!
2,400 videos and accompanying on-line practice
exercises for elementary to college math, sciences,
finance, etc. Awesome tool for students of all ages!
NH Child Care Resource & Referral Network - find
childcare or find resources on providing quality care.
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Information & Resources
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NH Kids Count Data Book 2010/2011
NH Comprehensive Plan for Education Reform.
Read the notes from Commissioner Barry's 2/17/11
presentation in Conway. See more information
here.
Check out the new Coalition for Educational
Excellence in the Mt. Washington Valley on
facebook here.
Towns and Schools in Carroll County
Births in Carroll County 2000-2009
Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third
Grade Matters:
A KIDS COUNT Special Report from the Annie E.
Casey Foundation
Many states in the U.S. plan for future prisons by
looking at the number of children not reading at
grade level during 3rd grade? States such as Texas
and California have been so successful using
these numbers that they haven't missed their mark
yet.
$52 trillion - cost of young people not being
successful over the past 25 years.
Carroll County 3rd Grade Proficiency 2005-2009.
Top Notch Early Education Must Extend to Third
Grade and Beyond. The Deep Creek Elementary
School success story.
Birth to age 8. Call to close achievement gap by
NAEYC.
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