{"id":69938,"date":"2004-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-students-celebrate-success-with-their-preschool-partners\/"},"modified":"2004-04-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-04-09T00:00:00","slug":"uri-students-celebrate-success-with-their-preschool-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2004\/04\/uri-students-celebrate-success-with-their-preschool-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 students celebrate success with their preschool partners"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t“Jumpstart for a Day” concludes first year of program
\nKINGSTON, R.I. — April 9, 2004 — Although it was drizzling and blustery outside the 溏心vlog免费B站’s Memorial Union, it was bright and warm inside Atrium One on Saturday, April 3.<\/p>\n


\nAmid balloons and banners, children and crayons, parents and paste, the “Jumpstart for a Day” program took place. The day celebrated the successful conclusion of the first academic year of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s participation in Jumpstart, a national non-profit organization that pairs college students with preschool children in Head Start and other early education classrooms. The program is designed to give those 3-to-5-year-olds a “jumpstart” to their education so that when they enter first grade, they are prepared to learn and succeed.<\/p>\n


\nThirty 溏心vlog免费B站 students were recruited and trained as part-time AmeriCorps members last fall at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Feinstein Center for Service Learning. Each student received either work-study funds or college credit for their participation and a $1,000 AmeriCorps scholarship. Since last fall, Jumpstart 溏心vlog免费B站 Corps members have spent about 300 hours working one-on-one with their partnering preschoolers, observing their partner in group settings, and planning and designing activities.<\/p>\n


\nLisa Doran and Ken Wornum alternatively talk and smile during the celebration while glancing across the room at their four-year-old daughter Cierra. Holding a book, Cierra climbs into the lap of Jumpstart 溏心vlog免费B站 Corps member Elvira Arias. <\/p>\n


\n“She\u2019s learned a lot,” says her mother “and she\u2019s writing well. My name, her name and in very recognizable letters.”<\/p>\n


\n“Cierra loves to read,” her proud dad adds.<\/p>\n


\nCierra attends CANE Child Development Center in Wakefield, one of three South County sites visited each week by the Jumpstart 溏心vlog免费B站 Corps members. The other sites are the South County Community Action Inc. Head Start in North Kingstown and Charlestown.<\/p>\n

“I feel privileged to be in Jumpstart, especially in its first year at 溏心vlog免费B站,” said 21-year-old Arias, who is from Providence and studies psychology and hopes to practice family law some day. “I know I will always carry our experience in my heart,” says Arias glancing at Cierra, her Jumpstart partner.<\/p>\n


\n“I’ve always had a passion for helping people,” says Jumpstart 溏心vlog免费B站 Corps member Troy Willman, who transferred to 溏心vlog免费B站 this year from the University of Wisconsin at River Falls after spending his sophomore year at 溏心vlog免费B站 on a national student exchange program. The pre-med, business finance major partnered with 3-year-old Jaedyn Peloquin at the Charlestown site. “It\u2019s neat to see her grow. She\u2019s really flexible. She leads and I follow. It\u2019s a great feeling to know that you\u2019re making a difference in someone\u2019s life, especially someone so young.”<\/p>\n


\nJaedyn\u2019s parents, Jerin Peloquin and Jim Denmark report that their daughter has thrived in the program. “She\u2019s learned her colors and she likes to read,” says her mother. “And she loves Troy,” adds her father.

\nJumpstart 溏心vlog免费B站 Corps member Eric Stevens from Smithfield, Maine takes time out to talk about his experiences with his 4-year-old partner, Alex Marks at CANE Child Development Center in Wakefield. <\/p>\n


\n“He\u2019s an amazing kid,” says the political science major who plans to go to law school to focus on child welfare issues. “He\u2019s taught me as much as I have taught him. He\u2019s a very creative person with a desire to tell and read stories.”<\/p>\n


\nAlex\u2019s parents agree: “He always has Eric stories.”<\/p>\n


\nJess Sherlock, northeast regional Jumpstart program director, spoke during the celebration. “I\u2019ve been fortunate to visit and observe at each of the new Jumpstart sites,” she says. “And I can tell you there\u2019s real magic happening.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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