Emmet Campus/Blevins
School District
Emmet
Pre-Kindergarten began in the fall of
2002 with the enrollment of thirteen students.
That fall, we received a 21C grant that
allowed us to open a second pre-k classroom.
Teachers in both classrooms were state-certified.
The
21C program has been very successful in
our school district. Our goal is that
every child entering Emmet kindergarten
is ready to learn. The kindergarten teachers
report that the goal was reached last
year. Children who attended the pre-k
program have mastered a number of skills.
They know the school routine and have
stronger pre-reading and pre-math skills
than students in former years.
Grant
money was also used to begin monthly parenting
meetings to help parents work at home
with their pre-k children. Parent meetings
emphasize the family role in education
and the effectiveness of our school. Parent
meetings bring in speakers from the community
that are experts in health, nutrition,
early childhood education, and family
services.
We
plan to sustain this program. We feel
that the four-year old program will help
us meet the challenge of ‘No Child
Left Behind.”
Contact: Pat Loe, Reading Recovery Teacher
loep@emmet.k12.ar.us
PO Box 330
501 South Hazel
Emmet, AR 71835
Phone (870) 887-2319
Fax (870) 887-2941
Back
to the alphabetical
listing
Back
to the Arkansas map
