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English Language GED Course prepares community members for success
NEWS FROM AROUND CLARKSTON The adult students who cluster at circular tables throughout Clarkston Community Center’s East Room come from all around the world. Every student has a distinctive facial expression, one that is recognizable in every culture. It is an expression of determination, commitment, and discipline. Bobby King, their instructor, lists the countries represented…
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CDF Parents as Teachers hosts a uniquely Clarkston Black History Celebration
On Sunday, February 12, 2012, a Willow Branch apartment rented by the Clarkston Development Foundation as a Parents as Teachers (PAT) office and play and learn center was transformed. Over 30 children from 3 months old to 14 years of age and adults enjoyed music, poetry, drumming, reading books, drawing, conversation, and samosas. The living…
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Clarkston Early Learning Taskforce
Dear friends, Happy New Year to all! Our January Clarkston Early Learning Network (CELN) meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 24, 12:30 p.m. at the Clarkston Library. Future meetings through June 2018 will be held the third Wednesday of each month, 12:30 p.m., Clarkston Library. Thanks to all of you who attended the Emory student presentation of…
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Many Hands, Light Work | Human Family Forest Mural
CDF Action was pleased to be a sponsor of the Human Family Forest Mural, especially to provide early learning “words” for one of the trees. These words, which form the trunk, create a vision for young children and their families. The words were offered by participants of the Clarkston Early Learning Network, the Tell Me…
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Clarkston Early Learning Network Honors Sondra Warren
Clarkston Early Learning Network honored Sondra Warren, Clarkston Library Branch Manager, at their monthly meeting yesterday. She will be leaving her post at the Clarkston Library for a new endeavor in Chamblee. Sondra has been a leading advocate for diversity and youth programming at the library, bringing literacy programs to early learning centers and programs,…
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Opportunity Zone Supports Clarkston Initiatives
Six local Clarkston projects received the boost they needed to get off the ground thanks to the Opportunity Zone mini-grant program.
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Programs We have a unique early care and learning focus that centers equity,diversity, and inclusion in super-diverse communities. Events & Activities Coordinate and promote the activities that have been developed with partners through the City of Clarkston Early Learning Task Force. Community Engagement We bring early learning matters to early learning discussions, and we bring…
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Clarkston Library Spring Book Sale!!
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” Marcus Tullius Cicero The Friends of the Clarkston Library are hosting a Spring Book Sale on May 10 – 11, 2013 in conjunction with “Tell Me a Story” literacy festival (a project of the Clarkston Early Learning Network) at the Clarkston…
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Literacy Activity
Children at the Clarkston Oaks READY School eagerly participated in sharing a story with Ellen Gadberry, literacy consultant. The book, A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni, was gifted to each of the children and their families, who are now reading to each other! Families were invited to read the book – or tell…
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Clarkston Early Learning Trust, 2015: Making Decisions and Building Community
Residents of Clarkston, Georgia heartily embrace the importance of early learning. “Early learning is how we succeed,” shared a young Iraqi woman at the concluding large-group meeting of the 2015 Clarkston Early Learning Community Trust. Just a week shy of finishing her Childhood Development Associate training—the project that was selected, designed, and implemented by the community through the 2014…