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It took all school year but we got it done! We are happy to announce the establishment of Colleen’s Corners in all 125 Early Childhood classrooms in Passaic, NJ! Each Corner contained 6-7 books, and a Colleen’s Corner branded book container. Big thanks to everyone who made this possible. We’re excited to continually provide Passaic Early Childhood Department with great new books, while also exploring additional locations for Colleen’s Corner…
Colleen’s Corner is off to a great start Colleen would be so happy! We’ve kicked off our first year of Colleen’s Corner with much success—from our fundraiser brunch, to grants that have provided books for our corners. Most recently, we were thrilled to learn we’d been awarded 2 grants! The first was from our new friends at The Lisa Libraries in Kingston NY. They were kind enough to gift us with 400+beautiful books, straight…
Source: NY Times Since it’s back-to-school season across the country, I wanted to celebrate a group that is often maligned: teachers. Like so many others, it was a teacher who changed the direction of my life, and to whom I’m forever indebted. A Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll released this week found that 76 percent of Americans believed that high-achieving high school students should later be recruited to become teachers, and 67 percent of respondents…