LVCC Opens Six New Locations

Charting New Territory in Emmaus and Easton

The start of the school year has brought an exciting expansion for LVCC. In response to the needs of the community, LVCC has partnered with Seven Generations Charter School in Emmaus and the Easton Area School District to bring active and educational before- and after-school programs to their students.

With the new additions, the LVCC family has grown to 26 locations.

LVCC at Seven Generations - 33 East Minor St., Emmaus, PA 18049
LVCC at Easton Middle School - 990 Echo Trail, Easton, PA 18040
LVCC at Forks School - 1709 Richmond Road, Easton, PA 18040
LVCC at March School - 429 Reeder Street, Easton, PA 18042
LVCC at Palmer School - 3050 Green Pond Road, Easton, PA 18045
LVCC at Shawnee School - 1315 Echo Trail, Easton, PA 18040
LVCC at Tracy School - 1243 Tatamy Road, Easton, PA 18045

For families from Cheston and Paxinosa Elementary Schools needing after-school child care services during the 2015-2016 school year, Easton Area School District will provide transportation from Cheston and Paxinosa to the LVCC at March School program. If the need for care increases at either school, LVCC will open programs inside Cheston or Paxinosa in the following school year.

How Field Trips Benefit Childhood Learning

The value of interactive experiences

Field trips are an exciting way for children to immerse themselves in education. The world suddenly makes more sense when connecting classroom lessons with real-life experiences. LVCC enriched learning for over 400 local preschoolers and school-age children by filling the summer with weekly excursions. The trips ranged from park outings to experiencing live theatre at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. After every adventure, the children returned home a little more engaged and curious about how the world works. Here are a few benefits of field trips, which leave a positive, lasting impact on children. Read on...

Good attendance is a habit we should build as soon as children start school. According to a new report from Attendance Works and the Healthy Schools Campaign, the disparities in school attendance rates starting as early as preschool and kindergarten contribute to achievement gaps and high school dropout rates across the country. Read more about Mapping the Early Attendance Gap: Charting a Course for School Success.

International Literacy Day

September 8, 2015

According to the World Literacy Foundation, approximately 775 million people worldwide lack the basic reading and writing skills to perform daily tasks.

The United Nations designated September 8th as International Literacy Day to unite communities around the world in the hopes of one day eradicating ongoing illiteracy. Lehigh Valley Children's Centers has joined the the quest to give our students a fundamental human right - to read, write, and have access to quality education.

LVCC at Monocacy Manor will celebrate by playing an interactive alphabet game with the preschoolers using recycled milk caps. Each cap has a letter, shape, or number on it. Children identify the letters they know, match the letters in their name, and categorize the remaining caps into three sets by letter, shape, or number.

Check with your child's center for the literacy activities that will be happening on September 8th.

United Way Day of Caring 2014

United Way Day of Caring

September 10, 2015

Every September, businesses and organizations from across the Lehigh Valley take a day, Day of Caring, to give back to our community. Thanks to the efforts of the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley, LVCC will once again benefit from volunteer services on September 10. LVCC welcomes Aetna, Talen Energy, PNC Bank, Kiwanis District 18, Buckno Lisicky & Company, and Andesa Services, Inc. to our Allentown and Bethlehem sites.