We provide birth to age five learning opportunities at no cost to qualifying families. Semcac Head Start participates in the Parent Aware Child Care rating system for licensed providers, and consistently achieves a 4-Star High Quality Program rating. This year, our program ranked among the top 10% of Head Start classrooms across the nation for demonstrating effective teaching … [Read more...]
Kingsland offers a variety of programs for your child to get a great start
Kingsland Community Education prides ourselves on our commitment to provide quality educational opportunities and getting your child off to a great start. Kingsland has a variety of programs to offer to families with children of all ages: Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE), preschool program, School Age Childcare (SACC), and a variety of enrichment activities. ECFE is a … [Read more...]
Lanesboro Schools focus on the whole child
The Lanesboro School community continues to make a strong investment in our youngest learners. Beginning with our strategic planning goal, “Deepen focus on the whole child beginning with well-aligned early childhood programming,” our Early Childhood Committee has developed a plan to meet that goal. Through the efforts of this committee, Lanesboro Schools has secured a grant … [Read more...]
St. Johns Preschool and Kindergarten Open House
St. Johns Lutheran School in Wykoff will be hosting their Preschool and Kindergarten Open House Monday, April 23, from 6-7 p.m. St. Johns provides students with a strong foundation in academic skills, social abilities, and moral values that they will take with them the rest of their lives. In today’s world a quality education is very important in helping our children succeed in … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central has a variety of offerings for children birth to age 5
Fillmore Central takes pride in the programs that are offered at all levels of child development. Children are continually developing and we know that there are a lot of questions to go with all of these stages. We are very fortunate to be able to offer a variety of programs for families with children birth to five. School Readiness The primary goal of the Fillmore Centrals … [Read more...]
Many early childhood opportunities offered at Rushford-Peterson
Rushford-Peterson Community Education offers many opportunities for early childhood aged children and their families. Our Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) classes are open to birth to five-year-olds. Parents and children attend the themed classes together. Clases meet on Monday evening from 6-7:15 p.m. and Friday mornings from 9:30-10:45 a.m. Along with offering classes, … [Read more...]
Mabel–Canton Early Childhood programs
ECFE (Early Childhood Family Education) Our ECFE program offers several Family Fun Night events during the month where parents and children come and interact together. Some of our most popular events have been Pajama Night at the Library, Pizza and Gym Night, Field Trip to the Fire Station, Scarecrow Night, Dad and Me Building Night, and also our Christmas Party and Egg … [Read more...]
Four southern Minnesota cities awarded PFA funding Wastewater and drinking water infrastructure getting upgrades
Four southern Minnesota cities were approved for more than $12 million in grants and loans from the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority (PFA) for projects that will improve wastewater and drinking water facilities. The PFA awarded funding to Blue Earth, Kasson, Northrop and Welcome. “Communities across Minnesota face serious water-quality challenges,” said Governor Mark … [Read more...]
Five Knowledge Bowl teams advance to state
The 2018 Senior High Knowledge Bowl Regionals, sponsored by the Southeast Service Cooperative, were held on March 19, 2018, at the Wood Lake Meeting Center in Rochester. The following area teams competed after advancing from Sub-Regionals. A total of 115 teams (56 in Tier AA and 59 in Tier A) participated in Sub-Regionals on March 7, 8, 13 and 15, 2018. Tier AA Regional … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central Kindergarten Round-up on April 3
The Fillmore Central Elementary School will have its annual Kindergarten Round-up Information Meeting for parents and visitation for students on Tuesday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the elementary gym. Please use elementary entrance. Fillmore Central School is all day everyday kindergarten Parents whose children will be attending kindergarten during the 2018-19 school year are … [Read more...]