By Jeanna Baxter White They are piled on tables, stacked in boxes, and filling up the small back room, but the employees at Bookmarks don’t mind because these books will soon provide Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School libraries with hundreds of desperately needed shiny new books through “Book Build.” Since the winter of 2018, 10,000+ books have […]
By Jeanna Baxter White Can 16 days transform a child’s educational experience? One hundred forty-four Davie County students are finding out as they attend this summer’s Read to Achieve camp at Cornatzer Elementary School. Read to Achieve camp is designed to help third-graders meet state requirements in reading to advance to the fourth grade. The […]
By Jeanna Baxter White As the opening notes of the Letterland theme song began to play, fifty excited preschoolers dressed as their favorite Letterland character began to march in a slow circle around the churchyard. Annie Apple led the parade followed by Bouncy Ben, Clever Cat, and all of their fellow Letterland characters. The students […]
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 […]
Mebane Foundation Grant Helping Bookmarks Deliver Thousands of New Books to School Libraries
/in Bookmarks /by Jeanna Baxter WhiteBy Jeanna Baxter White They are piled on tables, stacked in boxes, and filling up the small back room, but the employees at Bookmarks don’t mind because these books will soon provide Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School libraries with hundreds of desperately needed shiny new books through “Book Build.” Since the winter of 2018, 10,000+ books have […]
Davie Students Sharpening Literacy Skills at 2019 Read to Achieve Camp
/in Davie County Schools, DavieLEADS, Read to Achieve Summer Camp, The Hill Center /by Jeanna Baxter WhiteBy Jeanna Baxter White Can 16 days transform a child’s educational experience? One hundred forty-four Davie County students are finding out as they attend this summer’s Read to Achieve camp at Cornatzer Elementary School. Read to Achieve camp is designed to help third-graders meet state requirements in reading to advance to the fourth grade. The […]
DavieLEADS Brings Letterland to Faith-Based Pre-K Classrooms Across Davie County
/in Davie County Schools, DavieLEADS, Letterland, Preschool /by Jeanna Baxter WhiteBy Jeanna Baxter White As the opening notes of the Letterland theme song began to play, fifty excited preschoolers dressed as their favorite Letterland character began to march in a slow circle around the churchyard. Annie Apple led the parade followed by Bouncy Ben, Clever Cat, and all of their fellow Letterland characters. The students […]
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 […]