Celebrate the Early Childhood Program, Thursday, December 9, 2010.

The Early Childhood "Readiness" Program is demonstrating very positive results. Evaluations have shown that children who attended the program entered and exited both kindergarten and first grade at a higher level of success than did other children. And, as second graders, children who had attended the programs performed significantly higher than did other children on the reading diagnostic test.

The oldest graduates from the Early Childhood Program will be beginning their Senior year in High School this fall.

Friends of Early Childhood Education

William Dann was named the first, of what we hope to be many, “Friends of Early Childhood Education” in 2005.   Mr. Dann has contributed more than $500,000 to the Early Childhood Readiness program, which has seen over 1,200 students benefit from the program. The early childhood programs would not exist without the ongoing support and generosity of individuals like William Dann.

The following organizations and individuals have since become "Friends of Early Childhood Education."

Lawrence Breakfast Rotary Club- 2010

Dr. William and Bonnie Lathrop-2009

Hank Booth and John Tacha-2008

The New Generation Society of Lawrence-2007

Bob and Marna Moore-2006

Early Childhood Classroom Dedications

supported the Early Childhood “Readiness” program since 1998. The Children's Hour Inc., was the first ho