Thanks to the generous support of local business leaders, Lexington County First Steps is sponsoring an innovative summer program in all five county school districts for children preparing to enter kindergarten.
Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative, Southern Anesthesia & Surgical of West Columbia and philanthropist Samuel Tenenbaum made generous donations to Lexington County First Steps’ 2005 Countdown to Kindergarten initiative. The program gives participating families two home visits each week during the month of July from a fully certified kindergarten teacher. Often, it is the same teacher the child will have when school starts in August. A total of six ten-student classes will be funded across the county this summer.
The contributions provided matching funds Lexington County First Steps needed to win Countdown to Kindergarten funding from the state Office of First Steps.
“Thanks to these wonderful supporters, more children in our community will enter kindergarten this fall confident and ready to learn,” said LCFS Chair Gina Henderson. “We truly appreciate their commitment to helping us get all children in Lexington County ready for school.”
Home visit topics include showing parents how to help their children to develop reading, math, social, emotional and motor skills. The last visit is a special field trip to a classroom where both the child and parents experience kindergarten first-hand. The sessions will conclude with a big party at the wonderful new EdVenture Children’s Museum for every child in South Carolina who participated.
Saturday, June 25, 2005
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