Ready to Learn Providence
July 25, 2014
Pre-K kids enjoy a final moment together at the end-of-the-year family night in our classroom at CCRI (Liston Campus/Providence). We're accepting applications now for the 2014/2015 school year. See story below.

Online applications are now an option

Deadline for the state's Pre-K lottery is August 6

 

If you have a child who will turn 4 by Sept. 1, and you live in one of eight communities in Rhode Island, this is an opportunity you - or someone you know - won't want to miss. Children chosen by lottery receive a high-quality pre-kindergarten education at no cost to their parents.

 

Ready to Learn will continue to operate two of the 17 classrooms in the state-funded program - the classroom at CCRI (Liston Campus/Providence) and a classroom that it operates with and at Heritage Park YMCA Early Learning Center in Pawtucket.  

 

Other cities and towns with classrooms are Central Falls, Woonsocket, Warwick, West Warwick, Newport and Cranston. Children must live in the community in which the classroom is located.

 

The deadline for applications is August 6. The RI Department of Education, which administers the Pre-K Progam, will hold the lottery on August 7. This year parents can apply online in English or Spanish, or they can download and print an application in English or Spanish. Click here for more details about the program and the application process.

 
Empowering Families

They're ready to help their children succeed

In early July yet another group of Providence parents completed Mind in the Making, which covers the seven essential life skills every child needs. More than 100 parents have taken the eight-session course since we began offering it this spring.

MITM is at the heart of Empowering Families, an initiative we're conducting with the Providence Public School Department. This year parents - and staff - at seven Providence elementary schools (Bailey, Carl Lauro, Fortes/Lima, Pleasant View, L. F. Sackett, Carnevale, and Woods and Young) will have the opportunity to take this well-received course.
AmeriCorps
Our 2013/2014 AmeriCorps members celebrated the completion of their year of service on June 27. Eighteen of them will be returning in August to be part of the 2014/2015 team - two of them as fourth-year members, See photos from the final celebration here.
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