Greetings SELC Families,

Thank you for all of the appreciation you have shared with us this week for teacher/staff appreciation week! Collectively, we want to thank YOU for being ESSENTIAL partners in your child's education this year! Families, you lay the foundation for your children’s success, through your relationships with them and by providing experiences that are critical for their growth and development. It feels appropriate the extend a happy teacher appreciation to you as well, as you are your child's first teacher.

This Sunday is Mother's Day on the calendar, and we wish all of you a Happy Day! In the spirit of equity, curiosity, and honoring diverse family structures, I encourage you to use this as an opportunity to talk about differences in families that you know and be curious about other family structures that might be different from yours. Kids can be aware of differences from 2 years of age! This is a great opportunity to foster respect for and appreciation of differences in families.

Joining a new school community can sometimes feel like learning a new language as you acclimate to the procedures, environment, people, and lingo. See below to begin learning about all things Stowe:

• SELC=Stowe Early Learning Center
• SELC=our mascot (the eaglet featured above)
• FEO=Family Educator Organization
• ECDC=Enfield Child Development Center
• EPS=Enfield Public Schools
• FRC=Family Resource Center
• IPS=Integrated Pre-K
• HS=Head Start
• KITE=Key Initiatives to Early Education
• PKS=PK STEAM Academy
• Eaglets=all children taking part in any program at SELC

IMPORTANT NUMBERS:

• Main Office=860-253-4741
• Head Start Family Support=860-253-4717
• Nurse=860-763-8858
• FRC=860-253-6580
• KITE=860-253-6502

Our building is quite unique in that we house 4 PK programs, a Family Resource Center, and KITE.