Music an appreciation 11th edition
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Preschool for the public runs from 8:30 a.m. The infant and toddler programs run throughout the school year. Kindergarten readinessĪlthough there are three separate rooms for each of the programs, Keane often brings the toddlers into the preschool room because she said it’s good for them developmentally. Teachers may send their toddlers ages 1 to 2, while teen mothers may drop off their infants six weeks to age 1 so they can attend their own classes. The program also benefits the wider community by providing affordable day care to children ages 3 to 5 from the public. “This is the academy,” said Keane, who has run the program for the last five years and been a teacher for 19 years. Education is among those “pathways” students may pick, and the Little Hatters program is one of the classes they may take. Students attending Danbury High School and the career academy may pursue various career fields to better understand what they want to do after graduation. There’s lots of moving parts” she says.ĭanbury High School has had this program for at least 30 years, but the district is putting a renewed focus on experiential learning experiences like this as it creates the “academy” model as part of the new middle and high school expected to open by fall 2024. Keane returns moments later carrying a nine-month-old baby. “Good job,” Grant says when Autumn finishes, giving her a high-five. The young child sings her ABCs as Grant and her high-school classmate clap their hands in encouragement. “Do you know your alphabet?” sophomore Jackie Grant asks preschooler Autumn. Meanwhile, teens and preschoolers are spread across the colorfully-decorated room, playing or reading in the corner on bean bag chairs. Keane dashes off to help bring the infant into the room where the babies spend the day. “The goal is the child development students have an interest in working with children in some capacity, whether they want to be a social worker in the future or they want to be a teacher or -” teacher Erica Keane begins to explain when a young mother comes into the classroom with her baby. The program intends to provide hands-on experience for high school students interested in working with children, while offering child care for teachers, members of the public and teen mothers who go to Danbury High School. This is just one activity at Danbury High School’s Little Hatters Learning Center, a program that offers day care to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. With kids requesting their favorites, they move on to another song. They raise their hands in the air and cheer as the song ends.