Parents of our school age children please note that Grand Canyon School will not be open on Thursday November 11, 2010 in observance of Veteran's Day. Please see Jeanne Yost if your child will be needing full-day care on that Thursday.
Also, Thursday November 18 is an early release day.
Wednesday November 24 and 25 school is closed in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Happy Autumn!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
KLC to hosts Halloween Carnival on Saturday October 30
KLC will host a fundraiser at the Grand Canyon Rec Center from 5pm until 8pm on Saturday October 30 to support the daycare.
Booths are available to organizations or vendors for $10.00 each. Participants may keep the funds they raise from their booths or donate a portion to KLC. Booth set-ups are scheduled for 2pm.
Please contact Jeanne Yost at 638-6333 or our Fundraiser, Heather Lapre at 638-8979 if you would like to sign up for a booth or if you wish to volunteer.
The Chamber of Commerce will be on hand at 6:30pm for "Trunk or Treat" as they pass out candy to children from the trunks of vehicles!
Save the date and please join us for some family fun!
Booths are available to organizations or vendors for $10.00 each. Participants may keep the funds they raise from their booths or donate a portion to KLC. Booth set-ups are scheduled for 2pm.
Please contact Jeanne Yost at 638-6333 or our Fundraiser, Heather Lapre at 638-8979 if you would like to sign up for a booth or if you wish to volunteer.
The Chamber of Commerce will be on hand at 6:30pm for "Trunk or Treat" as they pass out candy to children from the trunks of vehicles!
Save the date and please join us for some family fun!
L.A. study affirms benefits of preschool
Study shows that gains at the L.A. Universal Preschool programs were especially significant for learners of English.
Children enrolled in Los Angeles Universal Preschool programs made significant improvements in the social and emotional skills needed to do well in kindergarten, according to a study released Monday. The gains were especially pronounced for English language learners, the study showed.
The findings confirmed observations of preschool teachers that children attending high-quality programs are better prepared for kindergarten. For the first time, the study provided data to back up those observations, officials with the nonprofit preschool organization said.
"This is unique because there's very little research in terms of cognitive progression in the preschool years," said Celia C. Ayala, chief operating officer for Los Angeles Universal Preschool. "We know there are differences, we see the differences, but this gives us a way to assess improvements."
The Los Angeles Universal Preschool is an independent organization funded primarily by a voter-approved tobacco tax and launched in 2005 to provide preschool to 4-year-olds in Los Angeles County. It serves about 10,000 children in 325 preschools.
The study, commissioned by the organization and conducted by the San-Jose-based Applied Survey Research, measured the readiness skills of 437 children at 24 preschools in the fall of 2008 and reassessed 364 of those children in spring 2009.
Skills that were assessed included proficiency in using crayons, washing hands, controlling impulses, expressing needs, counting to 10 and recognizing letters of the alphabet as well as shapes and colors.
The study found that the percentage of children scoring near proficient on all behaviors increased from 22% in the fall to 72% in the spring. English learners who scored significantly lower than their non-English learner peers in fall 2008 had closed the gap in most measures by the spring. In general skills, such as writing their first names, recognizing rhyming words and using books, their gains exceeded those made by non-English learners.
Julia Love, a research and evaluation specialist for Los Angeles Universal Preschool, said the improvements could be due to a number of factors including better communication between student and teacher throughout the school year and parent education.
The same assessment tool used in the study is now being used by all of the organization's providers to measure children's progress, Love said.
Joy Cyprian, who operates Joy's Kids Clubhouse in La Puente, said that because of the tool, she is better able to gauge children's strengths and weaknesses.
"When children come into my program, most of the time it's their first experience in any kind of preschool setting and they're still clinging to mom," said Cyprian. "If they're not prepared, they'll fall behind. But by the time they leave, I see an independent child. They're not afraid to learn."
(Source: Carla Riveria, LA Times, April 19, 2010)
Children enrolled in Los Angeles Universal Preschool programs made significant improvements in the social and emotional skills needed to do well in kindergarten, according to a study released Monday. The gains were especially pronounced for English language learners, the study showed.
The findings confirmed observations of preschool teachers that children attending high-quality programs are better prepared for kindergarten. For the first time, the study provided data to back up those observations, officials with the nonprofit preschool organization said.
"This is unique because there's very little research in terms of cognitive progression in the preschool years," said Celia C. Ayala, chief operating officer for Los Angeles Universal Preschool. "We know there are differences, we see the differences, but this gives us a way to assess improvements."
The Los Angeles Universal Preschool is an independent organization funded primarily by a voter-approved tobacco tax and launched in 2005 to provide preschool to 4-year-olds in Los Angeles County. It serves about 10,000 children in 325 preschools.
The study, commissioned by the organization and conducted by the San-Jose-based Applied Survey Research, measured the readiness skills of 437 children at 24 preschools in the fall of 2008 and reassessed 364 of those children in spring 2009.
Skills that were assessed included proficiency in using crayons, washing hands, controlling impulses, expressing needs, counting to 10 and recognizing letters of the alphabet as well as shapes and colors.
The study found that the percentage of children scoring near proficient on all behaviors increased from 22% in the fall to 72% in the spring. English learners who scored significantly lower than their non-English learner peers in fall 2008 had closed the gap in most measures by the spring. In general skills, such as writing their first names, recognizing rhyming words and using books, their gains exceeded those made by non-English learners.
Julia Love, a research and evaluation specialist for Los Angeles Universal Preschool, said the improvements could be due to a number of factors including better communication between student and teacher throughout the school year and parent education.
The same assessment tool used in the study is now being used by all of the organization's providers to measure children's progress, Love said.
Joy Cyprian, who operates Joy's Kids Clubhouse in La Puente, said that because of the tool, she is better able to gauge children's strengths and weaknesses.
"When children come into my program, most of the time it's their first experience in any kind of preschool setting and they're still clinging to mom," said Cyprian. "If they're not prepared, they'll fall behind. But by the time they leave, I see an independent child. They're not afraid to learn."
(Source: Carla Riveria, LA Times, April 19, 2010)
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