Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust recently announced grant awards totaling nearly $1.9 Million to 22 different local non-profits–including $55,000 to A Stepping Stone Foundation. We are so grateful to the Pulliam Trust for supporting our children and families in this way. Congratulations to all the non-profits, many of whom are our colleagues in our community work.
Thank you past president Michael Hensley, Attorney at Jones Skelton, Hochuli, for this true and recent anecdote: I was at a reception last night (5/3/12) for Arizona’s Finest Lawyers at the house of Retired Supreme Court Justice Gordon when I ran in to attorney Jill Goldsmith who is also a member of Social Venture Partners Arizona (SVPAZ). She heard Executive Director Cynthia Gattorna’s Fast Pitch some time ago…Continued
Last Friday (4/27/12), the Morrison Institute for Public Policy released a new report called, “Dropped?” highlighting the fact that Arizona’s economic future is at risk if we continue to fail to address our Latino education attainment levels. As I listened to the presentations, I couldn’t help pondering what’s next? Most of us in the room…Continued
Every day is the day of the young child at A Stepping Stone Foundation’s core program model at Westwood Elementary in Phoenix, AZ. Besides our primary task of giving four-year-old children all the skills they need to read on time, we also provide daily opportunities to learn how to be a good friend and neighbor. …Continued
Our parent celebration last Thursday, April 28, was oh, so sweet! Thank you to all our visitors and board members who joined us. Our children sang, our current parents received their certificates of accomplishments, and former parent, Neida Ascencio, spoke to the crowd (seen below). . A huge thanks to Westwood Elementary Principal Lori Weiss for…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
Please enjoy the following video that President Bev Carroll put together earlier this year. It is a montage of children and their parents in the preschool classroom setting. Our parents MUST attend 32 hours of adult education, home visiting, parenting classes and preschool helper duties each month for nine months. If they fall below an…Continued
Thanks to Avnet and Avnet’s Tammy Schultz, we have a recent video that tells you all about our program. A special thanks to our Board President Bev Carroll for posting it on YouTube for us!
“A Stepping Stone has become our family, teaching us that with effort and dedication we can meet our goals and exceed in providing a better education for our children.” In celebration of our parents’ hard work and accomplishments, You are invited to attend a special Stepping Stone Parent Recognition Ceremony and Reception. Thursday Evening April…Continued
I had the distinct privilege of visiting Educare Arizona Friday morning which is located at on 48th Street south of McDowell in Phoenix. If you are an early childhood educator, you will feel as if you’d died and gone to heaven when you step on the campus! The facility has been up and running since…Continued
We provide a tuition free, high quality, developmentally appropriate preschool program.