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Wishing you Happy Holidays from the Birth to 3 Program
Wishing you a safe and joyous Holiday season!
Another end-of-semester celebration at LIFT! Congrats to Alex for receiving his Food Handlers License! We are proud of you, along with the other students who passed the test! 👨🍳
Congratulations to Ean on obtaining his Fanuc certification! Ean successfully completed the Robotics I course at LIFT. After working through the modules and learning how to teach programs to the robot, Ean took and passed his Fanuc Robot Operator Level I written exam via NOCTI. He is the program's first factory-certified level I operator!
Get ready! Winter Break starts Thursday, December 22 and students will not return to school until Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Teachers will return on Monday, January 2nd for Teachers Institute.
Check out photos from the Birth-3 play group for December! There were sensor tables, cookies, and an art project for the children. Mr. and Mrs. Claus even visited! The Birth-3 Program holds a family night each month, so be sure to join them in January for more fun.
Regional Exploration Day is coming up on January 20th!
Connect with your high school guidance counselor to register today
Each pathway will feature different activities. If you're interested in Communications, you can enjoy the opportunity to make a music video, host a game show, or test your teamwork in survivor games!
Watch for more fun activities from each of our pathways.
Birth to 3 and the Little Leaders Childcare Lab are teaming up with Franklin to hold a drive-through Christmas night for their students on Tuesday, December 8th. Santa will be visiting this Winter Wonderland. Mark your calendars.
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving week!
Reminder there is no school today (11/23), Thursday (11/24), or Friday (11/25). Enjoy your time off. We'll see you Monday!
LIFT students spent time with MMS students this week! They introduced their Leadership Portfolios to the MMS Advisory classes and assisted as they worked on their own portfolios! We love seeing MMS and LIFT students synergizing.
Birth-3 and Little Leaders held playgroup at LIFT this month. Families enjoyed singing, reading a story, and creating a thankful craft.
Melissa M. Harden at Studio 21 came to teach a creative photography class in the Communication program this week. She taught them gels, monster lighting, prism, posing, angels, and a few business tips. We are so thankful to pair with local businesses to help our students learn. Thank you Melissa
Early literacy is the foundation of the Birth-3 program and Little Leaders. Ronan made it clear he loves to be read to as well as reading to his mom and home visitor. Birth-3 is the place to be.
We were happy to have the Consulate General of Canada in Chicago Aaron Annable visiting LIFT this past week.
His role as the Consulate General is to further relations between his country and ours and he said he hopes to make many trips to visit communities such as ours to promote cooperation and friendship.
Pictured from left to right in the first picture: Carolyn Cloyd, Consulate General Aaron Annable, Ed Dowd, Kyle Gill, Tim Condron, and McLain Schaefer.
Our students are invited to bring a Veteran to their session on Thursday, November 10th to enjoy treats, coffee, thank yous, and more.
We will not have school on Friday, November 11 (Veterans Day)
LIFT welcomes Effingham Unit #40 as a Partner School!
View inside of LIFT
Birth-3 staff attended the BabyTalk annual conference. Strategies, Critical Concepts & Adult Learning were covered to help best support children and families within the community.
Picture left to right. Jammie Bowyer Secretary, Katrina Farris Director and Home Visitor Teachers Tonya Reynolds, Cheryl Headrick, Nancy Jeisy.
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The Birth-3 Group will have a play group for families tomorrow (Oct. 18) from 10-11 am at the Mattoon Public Library. They will meet in the lower basement conference room.
Is there anything cuter than our Little Leaders set up?