It was my great pleasure to welcome two former Stepping Stone preschool students to work in our administrative office donated by Climatec Inc. Geraldine Medina and Bianca Ortega. Both were preschoolers from 1997-1998 with Mrs. Carmen at Isaac Preschool. Geraldine attends Glendale Community College and Bianca attends Grand Canyon University. Both young women were awarded…Continued
Update to our documentary process. As of today, this project is on hold. We will let our wonderful supporters know more as we at A Stepping Stone know more. Thank you for your patience. ED Cindy
It is difficult for me to believe that almost a year ago A Stepping Stone Foundation was contacted by a field producer named Adam Raia, to see if we might be compatible for a Documentary he was working on. Many of you know by now that was the Secret Millionaire project and that we were…Continued
Slowly the cat is being let out of the bag! As it turns out, our “Documentary” is really part of an episode of Secret Millionaire. When the crew showed up for the first day of filming (the same week we were putting together our marketing video thanks to Tammy Schultz and the good people at…Continued
Recently I caught up with former Stepping Stone Board Member, Maritza Rosales. She was kind enough to share this wonderful picture of her new son, Julian. See Julian’s comments below: My mom is Maritza Rosales who attended A Stepping Stone Preschool Class 1990-1991 at Mitchell School in Isaac School District– only she was Maritza Hernandez then.…Continued
Last October, I received an email. It was very simple and direct with almost no details and went something like, “We are looking for grass-roots non profits in Phoenix to highlight for a documentary we are putting together. Please contact me at your earliest convenience.” “Ugh, Spam“, was my first thought. With my pinkie poised over…Continued
The three and four-year-olds have been studying worms and now it’s time to finish the thematic unit. The children are studying live earthworms on a mat in class (see photo). They touch them and gently discover first hand what a worm feels, smells and looks like. Their teacher has her bag of worms held between her hands. …Continued
As I sit in my naturally lit, generously appointed office surrounded by healthy air and good people, I am struck as I often am by the generosity of our Phoenix community. In particular, I would like to personally thank Vianne and Jack Kucera at Climatec for all their support of A Stepping Stone over the…Continued
As I exited a community conference with the Arizona Education Foundation Evaluating Committee at Westwood Elementary, I noticed former Stepping Stone parent, Carmen Lopez, across the room. Carmen is currently the president of the local PTO (Parent Teacher Organization). She waved and we huddled for a quick conversation. She invited me to an event Saturday…Continued
We don’t have enough words to give thanks for all the effort that you have made so we can learn and be successful with our children. Thanks for your support, and we hope you can continue to support he foundation. Sincerely, Lucila. (Mother of three-year-old twins)