Archive for March 2017
Collaborative Lifts Up Literacy During Reading Month And Beyond
Nearly 2,000 new children’s books towered wonderfully and precariously high on the tables of the boardroom at United Way’s Battle Creek location recently. The books, the result of a holiday drive organized by Barnes & Noble, were sorted and boxed by members of the Battle Creek Community Literacy Collaborative, but they won’t stay that way…
Read MoreBolstering Learning With Breakfast
We hope you had a good breakfast this morning. Many children in America didn’t. But for every middle and elementary school student at Battle Creek Public Schools, breakfast is a guarantee—one that’s paying off in healthier students, better grades and fewer disciplinary issues. Breakfast in the Classroom is a unique community partnership created when Kellogg…
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