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School Vows to Help Young Students, Families BY GEORGE DEIBEL
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atherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning (CHS) is not designed only to benefit young students. The mission is to assist the entire family with a “two-generation approach,” said Jessica Bailey, the director of the CHS New Danville Center, which is slated to open this summer. It is primarily for students in the Solanco, Lampeter-Strasburg, and Penn Manor school districts. “Our program does identify school districts that we prioritize that are near to each site,” said Bailey. “And the goal is that families not just go to school or live in the area, but they could be getting an education in the area themselves or just working in the area to qualify for a program. Those are the three school districts that we focus on.” The New Danville Center, located at 393 Long Lane, Lancaster, is accepting applications. Catherine
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Council of Lancaster-Lebanon for 18 years. “There’s a correlation between literacy and health. The ability to read and write English and fully participate in today’s world can impact every single aspect of an adult’s life. You can’t be fully engaged in your child’s education if you don’t have those skills. Those are significant barriers.” The Literacy Council of Lancaster-Lebanon, which is located at 407 Lafayette St., Lancaster, is A tutor works with a participant
People who attend the annual Advoz fundraising dinner and auction will hear firsthand accounts of the people the organization has assisted while helping to ensure the work will continue. The event will be held Thursday, March 26, at the DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Hotel Lancaster, 2400 Willow Street Pike, Lancaster. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m.; dinner will start at 6 p.m. and will feature a sit-down, plated meal. Go to www.aroundthetable.org to register. The deadline is Saturday, March 7. Items up for bid will include a weeklong stay at a cottage in Ecuador; a weekend at an Airbnb near Elizabethtown; works by local artists and themed baskets such as a reader’s basket donated by Advoz’s Restorative Justice Book Club, a Family Movie Night basket, and a Bird Lovers basket including two handmade birdhouses. “We are a local organization, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, serving primarily L ancaster County with services in conflict resolution, mediation services, restorative justice services, and training,” executive director Krista Rittenhouse said. “One of the ways we describe it is helping people navigate through critical moments in their lives.” She went on to list the variety of services Advoz provides. “ We suppor t folks through mediation, through divorce and
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Catherine Hershey Schools’ New Danville location will open this summer.
Hershey Schools are for students between the ages of 6 weeks old and 5 years old and operate yearround. Go to www.chslearn.org to register or for more information. “We’re considered an early childhood education facility,” Bailey said, noting that the New Danville location is hoping to welcome 100 students from low-income or
underresourced families. “We really look to support families to make sure that they are thriving when they leave our program. Our big goal and our big mission is to help the entire family. Not only do we provide that early childhood education and care for students during the day, but we’re also providing support for our families, (finding)
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Poverty, certifications, education, language skills, self-enrichment. All of those concepts and their implications are related and interrelated. All of those concepts and implications are relevant and intersect at the Literacy Council of Lancaster-Lebanon. “I would add health to that list,” said Cheryl Hiester, who’s been the executive director of the Literacy
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