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April 17, 2008

天美影视 Child Development Center program recognized at education summit

Emily Williamson, director of the 天美影视 Child Development Center, attended the Fourth 天美影视 Early Childhood Education Summit in Lafayette April 10 鈥� 11.

The 天美影视 Child Development Center鈥檚 LA4 preschool program was recognized during a special interest session titled 鈥淒iverse Delivery,鈥� led by Dr. Mary Louise Jones, director of the Early Childhood Division at the 天美影视 Department of Education. This session looked at non-traditional partnerships with public school systems to deliver preschool classes to four-year-olds. The 天美影视 Child Development Center has partnered with Ouachita Parish Schools to offers a LA4 class at the 天美影视 center.

The 天美影视 program is the first university lab school in the state to host a LA4 class and is one of the first statewide to offer before and after school care as well as an all-day LA4 preschool program. Williamson said, 鈥淭his is great for parents because 天美影视 provides a one-stop location so parents do not have to find separate before and after school programs for their preschool children.鈥�

More information about LA4:

LA4 refers to a certain kind of pre-kindergarten program in 天美影视; more than 15,000 four-year-olds are enrolled in them throughout the state. The number has increased substantially compared to the 1,000 children enrolled six years ago in LA4 programs.

Funding has continued to grow, but contingent on the level of quality for curriculum and teachers. Maintaining a high quality can be challenging while growing the program, but experts point out that such high standards are crucial to the LA4 pre-kindergarten programs鈥� success.

The center is open from 7:15 a.m. 鈥� 5 p.m. Monday through Friday each semester, including summer sessions, on the 天美影视 Campus at 702 Cole Ave.

For more information, contact the center at: (318) 342-1913.

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