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Our page updated 04/29/2008.

CALENDAR FOR MAY 2008
Breakfast Served Daily 8:15-8:30 a.m.
Daily Schedule: 8:15-11:00, 12:00-2:45

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Title I Pre-School
Currently, we have approximately 30 students in the Garrison pre-school Title I program. Title I is for 3 and 4-year-olds and is free of charge. However, students are screened and must meet certain criteria to attend.

Screening for the next school year takes place every March or April. Watch the Chillicothe Newspaper, listen to KCHI, or visit this page on our web site to know the dates each spring. Screening can also be done any time of the year by calling us for an appointment. Our Title I teachers are Karen Dixon and Rebecca Lewis.

Early Intervention
This program is also for 3 and 4-year-old children and is free of charge. We now have 27 students in the program. Our Early Intervention teachers are Jane Schmitz and Kim Griffin.

Jane Schmitz classroom

Even Start Family Literacy
Karen Dixon is our Family Literacy Educator. Our goal is to help individuals and families who are seeking to improve their literacy skills, receive adult basic education, or obtain a GED. We offer child care, pre-school, and learning activities at our center or at Diapers and Diplomas, 1303 Bryan Street. Families may also utilize Head Start, home care providers, family members, and community providers to achieve the integration of family literacy through adult education, childhood education, and parenting education.

Who qualifies for Even Start?

• Parents seeking a GED
• Parents wishing to brush up on basic skills
• Parents with children age seven or under

Services offered include free transportation, free daycare for those who qualify, and free meals (for those who qualify).

GED (Adult Education)
GED is open to anyone working on a high school equivalency and is free of charge. This is now through our Alternative School which is housed at the Superintendent's Office at 1020 Hwy 36 West. Karie Black is the Director.

Parents As Teachers
Parents as Teachers is a program for any parent in the district with a child from birth to age five. Developmental information, home visits, group meetings, and screenings are components of this program. Our Parents as Teachers program currently includes approximately 270 families (with children from birth to 3 years of age). Educators are Jill Gibson, Tammy Prewitt, and Jenny Snyder. An appointment for a PAT visit may be made by contacting the PAT office at 660-646-4840.

C-T Photo/Laura Schuler

ABOVE: The Grand River Area Family YMCA's Welch Gymnasium was a busy place January 11, 2008, as toddlers and their parents converged for a Parents As Teachers playgroup field trip. The children were invited to play at different stations in the gymnasium as well as take advantage of the YMCA's Play Park. Refreshments were also offered to those attending.

Parents as Teachers hosted, “A Hunting We Will Go” November 9, 2007 at Garrison School. The event served as the November playgroup for children and parents involved in the PAT program. Many children were dressed in camouflage and hunter orange and members of the Chillicothe High School Hunting and Fishing Club were on hand to interact with the children.
C-T Photo/Megan Neis

Other staff members include our Speech Therapist, Terri Figg; and Paraprofessionals, Debra Cassity, Donna Ewing, and Marlene Paulus. For a full listing of our staff, visit the district's DIRECTORY. Click these photos to see a closer view!

Becky Lewis	Kim Griffin
Jane Schmitz	Terri Figg

Early Childhood Screening
This developmental assessment is appropriate for all children in the Chillicothe R-II School District. School district personnel will conduct a FREE screening for two, three, and four-year-old children with dates to be announced soon. This includes:

• Hearing, Vision, and Health Screening
• Height and Weight Screening
• Speech Assessment
• Developmental Screening
• Check of Immunization Records (if available)

Screening takes approximately one hour, and parents will be with their child during this time. Call Garrison School at 646-1653 to schedule an appointment. Parent educators will be present on screening dates to discuss the Parents as Teachers' program with parents and to screen two-year-old children.