(L) Susan Cross - Coordinator: susan.cross@pulaski.kyschools.us
(R) Irma Ashley - Assistant Coordinator/Parent Educator: irma.ashley@pulaski.kyschools.us
"Kids First" Family Resource Center
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM- 4:30 PM
606 - 677 - 0229
(fax) 606 - 677 - 9279
MISSION
The Family Resource Center has been created as part of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA).
The "Kids First" Family Resource Center is available to ALL Southern Elementary students, parents and families, regardless of family income.
Our goal is to remove the barriers to learning by providing support and services that will enhance the lives of all our students.
SERVICES OFFERED
On-site Licensed Childcare Program provides: Before school care 6:00-8:00 AM, After school care 3:30-5:30 PM, Fall Break Week care 7:00 AM-5:30 PM, and PD/Record/ Planning Day all day care 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM.
Referrals to the Eastern Kentucky Childcare Coalition for licensed childcare providers.
On-site Parents as Teachers program for new and expectant parents of children 0-5 years / Kindergarten entry (child development info).
Referrals to the Pulaski Co. Family Literacy Program and GED classes.
Support and training for childcare providers.
On-site school nurse 5 days a week from 8:00 AM-3:00 PM. She provides our students with health services, well-child exams, school physicals, immunizations, vision and hearing screenings, and/or referrals to outside health services.
Parent Education classes/Resource library.
Referrals for emergency assistance (clothing, food, school supplies, and limited financial assistance).
Educational/Prevention programs (health, dental, fire, safety...).
OTHER SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE:
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Grandparent Support Group
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Autism Support Group
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Dental Care Services in collaboration with the dental office of Dr. Michael Pope.
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Field Day.
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Character Education
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Co-sponsor of; Back to School Extravaganza, "Feud for Food" Food Drive, the Guardian Angel Tree and Annual Blood Drive.
Parents as Teachers Program
This is a free program and it provides parent education and family support to Pulaski County families throughout pregnancy until your child enters Kindergarten, usually age 5. You can be a first time parent or a parent that has several children.
In the first few years, children learn more and at a faster pace than at any other time in life. You can help shape your child's future through the kinds of experiences you provide. Your baby was born to learn, and as a parent, YOU are the FIRST and most important teacher for your child.
Through this program, you are supported by Parents as Teachers - certified parent educators trained to translate scientific information on early brain development into specific when, what, how and why advise for families. You as a parent will acquire skills to make the most of the crucial early learning years. By understanding what to expect during each stage of development, parents can easily capture the teachable moments in everyday life to enhance their child's language development, intellectual growth, social development and motor skills; and strengthens your relationship with your child.
A parent educator will provide you with personal home visits, parent group meetings and screenings. Studies have shown that children of parents enrolled in this program have
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at age 3 are significantly more advanced in language, social development, problem solving and other cognitive abilities than comparison children.
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scored higher on Kindergarten readiness tests and on standardized measures of achievement in early grades of school.
If you are interested in this program, please call the Family Resource Center @ 677 -0229.
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"Kids First" Family Resource Center Child Care Facility
"The Stars Clubhouse"
Our licensed childcare facility would like to welcome you. Our Center provides morning and afternoon care and all day (on a few occasions).
Childcare is provided for Southern Elementary children ages 5-12
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Morning care: 6:00 AM-8:00 AM ($20.00 per week)
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Afternoon care: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM ($20.00 per week)
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Fall Break All Day care: 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM ($75.00 per week, this includes lunch, snacks and the cost for field trips, if any are taken)
The program will provide all day child care on PD and Records/ Planning Days @ $15.00 per day.
The child care program is NOT available on the following days:
Labor Day, Thanksgiving break, Christmas vacation, Snow days, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Spring vacation, Memorial Day, July 4th
For more information, please call the Family Resource Center at 677-0229
School Attendance means Life Success….
It is VERY important for your child to be in school in order to be successful in life.
Here are some suggestions to develop a positive attitude, productive school experiences and good attendance:
· Make sure your child gets enough rest. Your child needs at least 8 – 10 hours of sleep each night for optimum academic success, physical growth and resistance to disease. Stick to regular bedtimes!
· Have a happy departure each morning. Get up in time to have “talk-time” with your children and be cheerful and enthusiastic.
· Be positive. Avoid complaining and nagging, especially in the morning.
· Stay in touch with your child and the teacher.
· When a child misses school due to illness or Dr. / Dentist appointments, make sure you send an excuse; parent note or Dr./ Dentist statement within five (5) days of returning to school.
* The attendance policy for the 2009- 2010 school year is different from previous years. A child is allowed six (6) parent excused days per year. This includes parent excuses written for tardies. Students will be limited to ten (10) days for doctor's excuses. A student is considered a habitual truant when he/ she has more than six (6) un-excused events; tardies or full days. Students or parents must turn in excuses within five (5) days of returning to school. Notes turned in after five (5) days will not be accepted. A child is considered tardy when he/ she gets to schools after 8:17 AM and leaves school before 3:12 PM. If your child will be out of school for more than ten (10) days due to surgery/ hospitalization, you need to have your child put on homebound before the surgery. The forms to apply for homebound services can be picked up in the front office of the school. If you child has a chronic illness, please contact the school secretary @ 678 - 5229 for further information.
· In case of Illness. Be understanding when your child says he/ she is sick. When in doubt, check their temperature.
· Praise your child whenever you are pleased with their attendance and/ or schoolwork.
· Keep up the good work!!! Get off to the right start on the first day of each new school term.
Lost and Found
Every school year the Family Resource Center end up with a tremendous amount of coats, shirts and other items that come into the Lost and Found every week. We have no place to put them. Please stop by sometime if your child has lost any of these items and go through the lost and found items to find what is lost.
A good way to prevent losing your child’s items is by writing your child’s name into their coats and other belongings with a permanent marker, our staff checks the lost and found and will return those items that have a students' name written in them. We know that coats and school supplies are expensive and by taking this measure you can prevent losing your child’s possessions.
Health Services.
The “Kids First” Family Resource Center is pleased to inform you that we continue to offer on-site Health Services. Our nurse, Terry Harrison, is working five days a week at the school. She provides hearing and vision screenings and immunizations, free of charge.
Before your child can start sixth grade, he or she has to have a school physical and may need immunizations. These physicals can be completed up to one year before entering sixth grade. Be smart and get prepared early. We are able to provide school physicals right here at our school.
You can schedule an appointment by calling our school nurse; Terry Harrison at 679 – 6940.
Autism Support 4 Lake Cumberland
Meetings are always the 3rd Tuesday of each month at
First Christian Church- Fellowship Hall
1115 Hwy. 39 Somerset, KY 42501
from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM unless otherwise notified.
For more information call:
Kelly Leigh 379-6222 or Donna Luttrell 305-1857
Child care will be provided during meetings.
Pulaski County Grandparents Support Group.
If you are a grandparent and are the primary caregiver for your grandchild/-ren, come and join the group. The group meets once a month and exchanges experiences and knowledge. At some of the meetings we will have speakers that can help you answer questions and give you information about services available to you and legal rights that you have.
The meetings are held at the Somerset Housing Authority office ( 400 Hail Knob Road).
The meeting is at 12:00 PM on the following dates during the 2009 - 2010 school year:
August 24, September 28, October 26, November 23, December 14, January 25, February 22, March 22, April 26, May 17, and June 28
If you like more information, please call Julie Goodan at 679 – 8689.