On April 26, the Grosse Pointe Foundation for Public Education announced grants for its spring cycle. Pictured, front row, left to right: Kathy Fisk, GPFPE board member and grants committee co-chair; Courtney Kliman, Defer Elementary; Karen Gallagher, Parcells Middle School; Erika Stout-Kirck, Parcells; and Christie Scoggin, GFPPE vice president and grants committee co-chair.Back row, left to right: Tom Torrento, Parcells Middle School and Grosse Pointe North High School; Principal John Kernan, Richard Elementary; and Nicholas Symonette Jr., Parcells Middle School.
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Grosse Pointe Foundation for Public Education spring grant recipients announced
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GROSSE POINTES There are many times during Grosse Pointe Public School System educators’ careers in which they would like to bring in certain programs or have students become involved in special projects.
Local preschool teachers work to promote early education through hands-on library
Posted at 12:18 PM, Feb 28, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-28 19:45:41-05
GROSSE POINTE, Mich. (WXYZ) â Two preschool teachers in Grosse Pointe are working hard to promote early education for children. A new program is called ECHO is meant to supply preschoolers with books and puzzles needed for learning.
â90% of the brain develops by the age of 5, Betina Davis said.
She and Cate Williams take early education very seriously. They are preschool teachers within the Grosse Pointe Public School System.
The two are behind the Early Childhood Hands-On Library and Center â ECHO for short.