By Jeanna Baxter White Davie County Schools is continuing to make strides in addressing key challenges to kindergarten readiness. Through DavieLEADS, a partnership with the Mebane Foundation, Davie County Schools has had the unique opportunity to pilot solutions that can move the needle in early childhood education. From the outset, Peggy Nuckolls, director of preschool […]
By Jeanna Baxter White Based on the early success of a two-year $100,000 partnership between Yadkin County Schools, the Mebane Foundation, and Unifi, the Foundation’s board solidified its intentions to invest heavily in Yadkin County Schools by voting unanimously at its most-recent semi-annual meeting to award an additional $57,000 to the school system for the […]
By Jeanna Baxter White “The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round” …. Just ask the NC Pre-K students from Almost Home Child Care who recently rode a school bus to William R. Davie Elementary School for a tour as they prepare to enter kindergarten this fall. For many, it was the first time […]
By Jeanna Baxter White “We aren’t looking for advocates anymore, we are looking for accomplices and we have them in Davie County,” says Greg Alcorn, founder of ApSeed Early Childhood Education. “The Mebane Foundation has been the rockstar of all partners for ApSeed.” The Mebane Foundation and ApSeed Early Childhood Education joined forces last spring […]
Cognitive ToyBox – Achieving Early Literacy in Davie County
/in Cognitive ToyBox, Davie County Schools, DavieLEADS, Preschool /by Jeanna Baxter WhiteBy Jeanna Baxter White Davie County Schools is continuing to make strides in addressing key challenges to kindergarten readiness. Through DavieLEADS, a partnership with the Mebane Foundation, Davie County Schools has had the unique opportunity to pilot solutions that can move the needle in early childhood education. From the outset, Peggy Nuckolls, director of preschool […]
Yadkin County Schools and Mebane Foundation Strengthen Partnership
/in The Hill Center, Yadkin County School System /by Jeanna Baxter WhiteBy Jeanna Baxter White Based on the early success of a two-year $100,000 partnership between Yadkin County Schools, the Mebane Foundation, and Unifi, the Foundation’s board solidified its intentions to invest heavily in Yadkin County Schools by voting unanimously at its most-recent semi-annual meeting to award an additional $57,000 to the school system for the […]
Kids Visit Davie Elementary Schools During Pre-K Transition Field Trips – DavieLEADS
/in Davie County Schools, DavieLEADS, Letterland, Preschool /by Jeanna Baxter WhiteBy Jeanna Baxter White “The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round” …. Just ask the NC Pre-K students from Almost Home Child Care who recently rode a school bus to William R. Davie Elementary School for a tour as they prepare to enter kindergarten this fall. For many, it was the first time […]
Apseed ~ Supporting our Youngest Readers
/in Apseed, Davie County Schools, DavieLEADS, Preschool /by Jeanna Baxter WhiteBy Jeanna Baxter White “We aren’t looking for advocates anymore, we are looking for accomplices and we have them in Davie County,” says Greg Alcorn, founder of ApSeed Early Childhood Education. “The Mebane Foundation has been the rockstar of all partners for ApSeed.” The Mebane Foundation and ApSeed Early Childhood Education joined forces last spring […]