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February 4, 2021
It’s called the Strong Beginnings program, aiming to help preschoolers who are considered at-risk.
“Strong Beginnings is a research grant that is looking into the benefits of two years of high quality preschool before entering kindergarten for at risk children,” said Amber Wilson, Early Childhood Coordinator for Benzie Central Schools and Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools.
The Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District received a grant to fund the Strong Beginnings program at Benzie Central Schools, along with Mancelona Public Schools and Munson Healthcare’s preschool program.
“The goal is to provide a whole child support for children at the 3-year-old age,” Wilson said. “Looking at their social-emotional development, their cognitive development, their literacy and math.”
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January 12, 2021
A federal preschool development grant is funding the Strong Beginnings pilot program.
It will provide high quality preschool opportunities at three sites in the district.
It targets at risk families by not only providing access to preschool, but also a family liaison.
The research that comes from this program will help all children in the state
“We’re really hoping that the research base of this program will provide long term answers to why we should be providing this investment for all children across the state,” said Yvonne Donohoe Mccool, Supervisor of Early Childhood, TBAISD.
The district also wants to open three more preschool classrooms for the next school year.
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Dec 22, 2020
TRAVERSE CITY â Four area school districts remain on the stateâs list of ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services released data Monday showing Kingsley, Glen Lake, Suttons Bay and Leland as experiencing an ongoing outbreak of the virus. Three of those date back nearly a month.
Kingsley Superintendent Keith Smith said his district still is recovering from an outbreak that took out 10 members of the high school football team, both student-athletes and coaches, in late November. Kingsley has a total of 16 confirmed school-associated cases since the beginning of the school year, none of which are active, Smith said.