By Deborah Gertz Husar Herald-Whig Posted: Apr. 18, 2018 9:00 am QUINCY — Ellington School third-grader Ryleigh Hoyt and her first-grade buddy Carina Epperley have several things in common — including a love of llamas in red pajamas. Ryleigh read … Continue reading
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Liberty School was contacted by the Regional Office of Education to do a service project. The United Way initiative is called Ready. Set. Grow! One of our projects…. FULL ARTICLE > > > … Continue reading
Our Ready Community is helping families and children be Ready for school. SIU Clinic in Quincy is connecting children and books. SIU began the Books Build Connections Reading Project. The project promotes early literacy by having the doctor not only … Continue reading
Quincy Public Library announces the Little Read program that follows the Big Read theme. The kick-off will take place 4-7 p.m. September 11th at the Quincy Museum, 1601 Maine. Children birth to grade 2 will enjoy the book The Lost Dinosaur … Continue reading
What if we all do something that will change everything? Third graders at Adams School took the challenge to get little ones ready for kindergarten. Under the direction of music teacher Sarah Guilford, they wrote and illustrated a children’s book, … Continue reading
By DON O’BRIEN Herald-Whig Staff Writer From http://mobile.whig.com/printerfriendly/United-Way-Initative-110713 Debbie Niederhauser has a big dream. She’d like to see every child be on the same level when they enter kindergarten. “They are big dreams, but kids are worth that,” said Niederhauser, … Continue reading
By EDWARD HUSAR Herald-Whig Staff Writer The book project being undertaken by Adams School third-graders was inspired by the new “Ready, Set, Grow” initiative rolled out in November by the United Way of Adams County and the Regional Office of … Continue reading