Repost: Opportunity for free preschool in the Phoenix area; this opportunity expires 1/31/15 If you have a four-year-old child in need of preschool or know someone who does, and live in the Alhambra School District, please call the Westwood Elementary Office to ask for a Stepping Stone Foundation preschool application. All services are free of…Continued
Repost: Opportunity for free preschool in the Phoenix area; this opportunity expires 1/31/15 If you have a four-year-old child in need of preschool or know someone who does, and live in the Alhambra School District, please call the Westwood Elementary Office to ask for a Stepping Stone Foundation preschool application. All services are free of…Continued
Because A Stepping Stone Foundation has been waiting to hire the best preschool assistant possible, we have been holding five more four-year-old slots at our Westwood Elementary teaching site. We hired a lovely new assistant just before the holidays and now have room for five more children and their families. If you have a four-year-old…Continued
The recent ASU graduate walks in the office to interview with the director. The director points to a chair for her to sit, but at the last moment remembers something important and points to the wall instead. “I like to start with what we do,” says the director. “I tell our funders about our preschoolers like…Continued
I received a wonderful email from a woman in South Africa who runs a preschool near Johannesburg. She had seen our Mr. Jay episode and felt very inspired to continue her work. South Africa! It is indeed a small world.
Earlier this month (April), our rootin’ tootin’ preschoolers explored what it might be like to be in a rodeo! They crafted “horses”, and put together a special outfit and just look at the fun they had!
We very much hope you all were able to catch Sunday’s Secret Millionaire episode (8/11/13). Mr. Jay, of course, made good on his word and donated $50,000 to A Stepping Stone Foundation a few short weeks after taping the episode was complete. Many of the extra wonderful things that Mr. Jay did for/with us included an SUV…Continued
July 1st was a blistering hot day in the Valley of the Sun, but the Kyrene Corridor Rotary members and I braved the midday oven to lunch at the Kobe Japanese Steakhouse in Tempe. These kind members listened to what A Stepping Stone is and does and asked great questions to clarify their understanding. When…Continued
Check this paper out delivered by East Coast Economist, James J. Heckman from the Department of Economics at The University of Chicago. Although we know the current hype centers around President Obama’s focus – it does not lessen the importance of the message. Read Now
One of the Stepping Stone Blog Categories is “True Stories”. If you click on the link here, you will be directed to a list of ALL our blog-published True Stories over the past two years. Enjoy!!