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sons in action and receive a one-day-only discount on fall lessons.
Contact Judy Heumann at [email protected] or call 303-499-BABY (2229) or www.swimfloatswim.com for more information.
Longmont Shinichi Suzuki, the famed violin pedagogue and
humanitarian, believed not only in educating children musically, but also in nur-turing children to help them develop beautiful souls. The students of Longmont Suzuki Strings students sharpened their musical skills and cul-tivated their character in April when they raised over $5,000 for the charity The Water Project. Students rang-ing in age from 3 to 18 raised money by practicing, involv-ing their school classmates, giving up their allowance and even asking for donations in lieu of birthday presents for
the cause. Their efforts cul-minated in a benefit concert held on April 28th at Faith Baptist Church. The Water Project is a US-based non-profit committed to providing clean, safe drinking water to those who suffer needlessly without it. The money raised by Longmont Suzuki Strings will help to rehabilitate a well in the African country of Burkina Faso. You can track the fruits of their efforts online at www.longmontsu-zukistrings.org.
Wilderness Early Learning Center is a new collabora-
tive project bringing multi-ple early childhood services together in a newly acquired two-story, 18,031 square-foot building in north Boulder. The center will be the new home of The Acorn School (serving 70 children), which also owns the building and will be directing the entire project. Joining The Acorn School at the facility will be select, complementary early childhood services from pro-viders meeting the school’s high standards.
The building will also become the new home of Boulder County Head Start, serving approximately 65 children. The Acorn School and Boulder County Head Start will occupy the main floor, while the partner ser-vices will be housed on the
second floor. For Head Start, the move to Wilderness rep-resents a substantial upgrade in facilities and efficiency in providing meals and other services.
The collaboration will bring together educational resources along with medical, social-emotional, language and other “wrap-around” ser-vices provided by the various partners in the project.
Contact the school at (303) 938-8233 or theacornschool.org/wilderness or check out www.wildernesslearning.org or you can e-mail [email protected] for more information.
Through August 17 the Barrels for Education p r o j e c t ( s t a r t e d
June 15th) is on view at the Louisville Public Library. Using paint, plates, colored glass and a lot of imagina-tion, 22 teams of art students in the Boulder Valley School District have repurposed ordinary 55 gallon drums into barrels of art! Artists of all ages, from first graders to high school seniors and even teachers, chose a theme, then went to work. View the bar-rels in person or online, and use your dollars to vote for your favorite barrel to raise valuable funds for each of the participating schools. The top three barrels will receive bonus funding. Please Contact Fran Ryan at [email protected] or call (303) 748-2137 for more information or check out www.impactoneducation.org or Twitter: @ImpactOnEd
Announcements:
Swim•Float•Swim! of Longmont will have i t’s grand opening
of it’s new pools on August 14th, featuring a new, two-lane lap pool for advanced swimmers and prenatal water aerobics. This is Boulder County’s only dedicated swim school for infants and children.
The colorful, child-cen-tered, eco-friendly new facil-ity is designed to enhance chi ldren’s learning and delight their sense of curios-ity, fun and adventure. A sea of kites floats from a 22-foot ceiling above a circle of 90-degree water. A snack-, movie- and play-area keeps kids entertained before and after lessons along with two observation decks for parents, a 12-foot glass garage door to let in natural light and fresh air in summer, an eco-friend-ly heat redistribution system and an air exchanger to main-tain air quality. The pools use state-of-the-art ultraviolet purification to kill bacteria and decrease chlorine usage, without chemicals.
The event will be from 8 am to 6 pm at 795 S. Sherman Street in Longmont. Come enjoy live music by Katherine Dines and the Hunktabunkta band, food, face painting, prizes and pro-motions. It’s a great opportu-nity to watch swimming les-
