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King’s Kids Christian
Academy Celebrates 34 Years Of Service To The Tampa Community
King’s Kids Christian Academy of Tampa will begin its 34th school year, August 13, 2018. King’s Kids is a preschool that caters to young children ages 1-5 and provides an enriched cur- riculum that prepares chil- dren for first grade.
Bishop Thomas and Marva Scott began the school in 1984, as an out- reach ministry of the 34th Street Church of God, pro- viding educational services to infants thru kindergarten. However, during the last eight years, the school has placed a focus on preschool age children including VPK, kindergarten, and contracts with Hillsborough County Early Head Start Program in providing educational serv- ices to children, birth to age 3. The school remains lo- cated at 3000 North 34th Street.
When the school opens for the Fall, it will prepare to receive an accreditation on- site visit from the National Accreditation Commis- sion for Early Care and Education Programs.
King’s Kids Christian Academy has taken an entire school year to prepare for the on-site visit by the NAC accreditation team. The school began the prepara- tion process by surveying both parents and teachers as to what the school does well and the areas of the school that warrant improvement; building a required informa- tional packet; and submit- ting the informational packet to NAC for approval and scheduling the on-site visit.
Obtaining its accredita- tion will allow King’s Kids Christian Academy to be listed amongst Gold Seal preschools in the Tampa Community, certifying that the school operates accord- ing the national standards that governs preschools of excellence.
To further support the enrichment of its school cur- riculum, King’s Kids Chris- tian Academy of Tampa intends to apply for a 21st
BISHOP THOMAS AND MARVA SCOTT
Century After School Care grant for students who attend the Academy. If awarded, the grant will focus on increasing students’ lan- guage arts skill levels, their awareness of science con- cepts and, parents and teachers’ knowledge of child- hood development mile- stones as they relate to academic expectations (i.e., developmental characteris- tics needed to support aca- demic achievement).
The After School Care program will be held Mon- day – Thursday from 3 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. The profes- sional development portion of the program for parents and teachers will be held every other month, 9 a. m. to noon, Saturday mornings.
Moreover, as King’s Kids Academy of Tampa enters its new school year, a more in- tentional focus will be placed on looking at all levels of children achievement and milestone data. The data in- formation will be used to help teachers refine their in- structional presentation strategies during the regular day and after school care program. Parents will also receive the milestone data and strategies as to how to use the information to en- rich family-home interac- tions, and better support their children’s academic
achievement as well as socio- emotional growth.
King’s Kids Christian Academy of Tampa shares a partnership with the Con- scious Awareness Learning Model (CALM) Department of Hillsborough Community College. The CALM partnership provides teachers with training in so- cial-emotional learning using the Conscious Disci- pline® approach. The pro- gram builds the foundation for constructive problem solving and self-regulation, allowing children to be suc- cessful in their early years and ready for kindergarten.
The fourth Friday of each month is Fun Friday at King’s Kids Christian Acad- emy of Tampa. The Fun Fri- days for this school year will take children beyond the walls of the physical school and expose them to enrich- ing activities that will further support language, socio- emotional and cognitive de- velopment.
The community is invited to come and take a tour of the preschool facility. The hours of operation are Mon- day through Friday, 6:30 A. M. to 6 P. M. Students are provided breakfast, lunch and a snack during the school day.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated Installs 25th International President During Grand Boulé In New Orleans
VALERIE HOLLINGSWORTH- BAKER ...International President
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, In- corporated, a 98-year-old in- ternational women's service organization, held its Grand Boulé in New Orleans from July 18 – 22, 2018, with the purpose of bringing members together for business meet- ings, fellowship, community service, and rededication to its founding principles of Scholarship, Service, Sister- hood, and Finer Woman- hood.
During the Grand Boulé,
Valerie Hollingsworth- Baker, Zeta's immediate past International First Vice Pres- ident, was elected to Interna-
tional President, and will lead the organization into its cen- tennial year in 2020.
The Brooklyn native is the Director of the Inforce Sys- tems Division for New York Life Insurance Company in New York City, responsible for managing multi-million- dollar projects and programs, training personnel, and over- seeing new product develop- ment as the chief administrator of one of the company's major subsystems.
She is an alumna of Ford- ham University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree at the young age of eighteen. Hollingsworth-Baker has been recognized in the "Who's Who of Information and Technology" and "Out- standing Women of America" publications.
She is a member of St. Au- gustine's Church, the NAACP, and the Hancock T&T Block Association, where she serves as the vice president.
Mary Breaux Wright, of Houston, Texas, precedes Hollingsworth-Baker as Zeta's 24th International Pre- sident.
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