RiverScene Magazine | Oro Grande Opens New Preschool
Oro Grande Classical Academy celebrated its new kindergarten Thursday morning with a ribbon cutting at the Lake Havasu Area Chamber of Commerce. Kindergarten is a full-time school system and is modeled after the full-time system of elementary school. The ration is 20 children per 2 staff members. “I am so excited that Oro Grande has […]
Pima County, Ariz. invests in preschool for 1,600 kids
Experts say quality early childhood education contributes to improved social development, health and employment, but it comes at a cost. The Pima County, Arizona Board of Supervisors is investing in the future of its community and providing access to quality early education for children from families who cannot afford the average $800 per month it […]
Pima County program decreases barriers to preschool access
For the third year, Pima County is funding preschool for children from low-income families as families across Arizona struggle to pay for child care for their young children. Elena Romero, 25, is a single mother of two children. Thanks to a Pima Early Education Program scholarship, she is able to attend college while working and […]
Blue State Officials Agree To Pay Thousands After Barring Church From Preschool Lunch Program For Beliefs On Gender
California officials on Tuesday agreed to a settlement of about $200,000 between the church and Dayspring Christian Learning Center, which had sought to exclude the church from the state's preschool lunch program. The church and center, in conjunction with the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), accused U.S. Department of Agriculture and California Department of Human Services […]
This Tucson preschool helps children with speech disorders thrive
Words Matter is one of the mottos of Wings On Words, a children’s language center and kindergarten. As you walk through a school in Midtown Tucson, each classroom gets a little louder as the kids grow. Director Carol Weimer-Jensen said what the crew wanted to hear was “the peak of the noise.” Scottish Rite-UA Wings […]
Preschool teacher arrested during ‘nap time’ after body found, California cops say
Two people, including a preschool teacher, have been charged with murdering a man whose body was found tumbling down a hill near Santa Cruz, California officials said. someone reported find the body At 7 p.m. on April 11, San Jose’s Oliver Waterfall, 24, was near Route 9, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department reported in […]
