Sam Hight, who heads a committee leading the fundraising effort for the center, announced that it will be built at the new $75 million elementary school for Maine School Administrative District 54, to be constructed at the site of the Margaret Chase Smith School off Heselton Street.
Educare in Waterville celebrates 50th anniversary of Week of the Young Child
Waterville Mayor Jay Coelho read aloud a proclamation Wednesday at Educare Central Maine, recognizing the Week of the Young Child and recalling his own experiences as the parent of a child enrolled in the early childhood education program.
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Waterville Mayor Jay Coelho, right, greets Educare student Gavin Foss, 5 months, as the boy is held by his mother, Brittany, a special program. The mayor was on hand Wednesday at Educare in Waterville to read a proclamation celebrating the 50th anniversary of Week of the Young Child. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
did, and then daniel paterson is the president of the buffet early childhood fund. i like your bow tie. appropriately colored. your an eagle. i am an eagle. explain to us what your program does. our program is for low-income kids starting at birth to 5 years old to prepare them to enter kindergarten on par with every other kid. it is there s a social and emotional piece to it. and it s about quality early childhood for the lowest income children. how does it work? in other words how is it funded? and how transferrable is it? educare is funded through partnership, it s a public-private partnership and it s also a program that connects all levels of public