Photo by Lindsay Sturgill

Kasey's Academy At Disney

We had a great turnout for our trip to Disney Live at Freedom Hall in Johnson City, Tennessee. Kasey's Academy kids and their parents enjoyed the live show featuring well-known Disney characters. The trip was part of the Kids Central Inc program for our 4 year-old children in Kasey's Academy.

 

Kids Central Inc. Partnering With Local Universities in Language and Literacy Project

Kids Central is partnering this semester with The University of Virginia, The University of Virginia’s College at Wise and East Tennessee State University on a project deemed to support language and literacy development in Southwest Virginia.  The Southwest Early Language and Literacy Project is being implemented this spring with 24 homebase families.  The participating families will receive an additional home visit each week by a UVA-Wise College student.  The focus of the visit will be strategies for promoting language and literacy in individual children.  Kids Central is excited to be part of this ground breaking spin on language and literacy development and young children

 

Notes Of Public Interest And Newsworthy Events At Kids Central Inc.

 

This young lady for our Dogwood Terrace Center gets some instruction on the finer points of cake decorating during a recent trip to Food City.

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KIDS CENTRAL NEWS

Serving the Head Start Community Since 1965

Kids Central Inc. staff members tour the new center.
Esserville 2 staff from left: Amber Turner, Christy Chandler, Angela Hall, and new students, Harrison Dockery and Brent Walker

Tamera Bailey knew the value of a Head Start education as she watched her 2 year-old son, Harrison explore his new school. "His 6 year-old brother is a graduate of the Head Start program in Appalachia. We've been on a waiting list for some time now. I was really glad when we got the call that he would be accepted."

That was the sentiment of Jessica Collins whose 17 month-old son Brent is one of the new students. "I like it (the new center) it's gonna be good for him."

"We had been on a waiting list for some time...he has nobody his age to play with."

Open House Held To Welcome New Children & Parents

 New Esserville 2 EHS Center Open For Business

The Carolyn Withers Esserville 2 EHS Center is open and ready for the first class. At the open house new students and parents met the staff and were treated to snacks. The new center is located behind our other Esserville centers. It was formerly the home base socialization center that has been renovated. Esserville 2 children will share the Esserville playground.