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1 Over 200 volunteers at Coombs have had a workshopseries with various parenting specialists who meaningful,positive impact on our school community. shared their wisdom on many typical parenting Parents,grandparents, senior citizens, high school and challenges faced by parents daily. Many families college students all have joined our school to increase benefited from the literacy programs for babies and opportunities for learning daily. They have assisted toddlers she co-sponsored with the Mashpee Public teachers by copying, reading with students, engaging Library. Through the CFCE Grant, Julie coordinated in math games with groups of children and providing regular science,music,and cultural events for children enrichment programs. In addition they have assisted preschool through age eight. with many special programs such as the annual Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser, Field Day, and"Let's Fly a The Coombs School sponsored many Countdown Kite Day". They worked with the artist-in-residence, to Kindergarten activities through the Quality Full-Day Kathryn Olson. This years'artist coordinated a project Kindergarten Grant such as Coffee and Chat for to create the stunning "Cape Cod Wildlife" tile mural incoming families as well as several parent(child which graces the wall outside the guidance suite at workshops throughout the school year.This grant also Coombs. provided funding for kindergarten classroom paraprofessionals. Parents had the opportunity to Our volunteers play an integral part in our success participate in over 20 activities as part of the and we are grateful for their commitment to Mashpee Countdown to Kindergarten Program. Most notable children. was our annual Step Up to Kindergarten Program that educated families on everything they needed to know The Coombs School preschool and kindergarten about the upcoming Kindergarten year. This was programs have maintained NAEYC accreditation conveyed through a panel presentation from staff and a (National Association for the Education of Young media presentation created by Kindergarten Teacher, Children). NAEYC accreditation represents the mark Tim Souza and the of quality in early childhood education. To achieve Quality Full Day Kindergarten NAEYC accreditation, early childhood education Grant Committee. This program was highly effective programs volunteer to be measured against the most in assisting parents and children making the first robust and rigorous national standards on education, transition to school. health and safety. NAEYC accredited programs invest The Coombs School continues work on the PBIS in early childhood education because they believe in (Positive Behavior Intervention Support Program) the benefits to children and families. Early childhood reinforcing Cocoa's Fab Four rules–Safety,Respect, experiences—from birth to age 8 have an enormous Responsibility and Ready to Learn while dovetailing impact on children's lifelong learning and positively these rules with our Second Step behavior program. To contribute to their health and development. Early facilitate consistency between home and school, childhood education programs with the mark of quality parents were provided with the Second Step Video for benefit children with greater readiness for and success families to view at home. They were also informed of in school. NAEYC accreditation has been, and the progress of the Second Step units throughout the continues to be,the mark of quality in early childhood year. With staff and parent support,students developed education. The grants we receive from the state social competence and bully-busting skills in the core government require us to maintain NAEyC areas of empathy, emotion management, and social accreditation standards. problem solving. Educators have used the opportunities of routine school issues to teach positive This year our preschool program accommodated four Monday through Thursday morning and afternoon social-emotional skills to all children. integrated preschool sessions for children age 3 through Staff at the Coombs School worked 5 years old. Through the Coombs School and The Engagement collaboratively in Professional Learning Communities Coordinated Family and Communityto examine student work, identify academic needs and Program, screenings, outreach to families and several Preschoolers create effective interventions in reading as well as workshops were provided for all incoming math. Mary Kate O'Brien, our district math coach, and their families. Julie Hall, our CFCE Coordinator guided our teachers to utilize assessment tools in our continues to dedicate herself to providing programs that new Everyday Math Program and analyze the data strengthen Mashpee families. Julie made available astaff these assessments provided. The teaching I 126