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Access to healthcare matters, especially in a child’s earliest years. According to the CDC, nearly 16% of adults living below the federal poverty level lack reliable transportation—a major barrier to essential care. To help bridge this gap, our partnership with Estella Byrd Whitman Community Health Center (EBWCHC) provides families at our Skylark, TGC, and home-based […]

Open House is more than a chance to meet the teachers — it’s the first step in building a strong collaboration between families and our team. At ECS4Kids, we look at each of our parents, grandparents, guardian ad litem, and anyone else that plays a role in the village of our students as partners; partners […]

Approximately 850 of our center staff convened in four regions across two states in preparation for the 2026-27 school year for two full days of interactive training. Through hands-on experiences, participants distinguished between product art and process art while connecting relevant ECS4Kids policies to high-quality instructional interactions and authentic child observations. The session reinforced how […]

In Jenkins County, more than 1 in 4 children face food insecurity. During the summer months, when school cafeterias close, many families lose access to a reliable source of daily meals. That’s why ECS4Kids is proud to serve as a distribution hub for Golden Harvest Food Bank, helping bring nutritious food directly to the families […]

Learning doesn’t have to stop when the school year ends. At ECS4Kids, Summer Bridge keeps Head Start children engaged through hands-on activities that strengthen academic, social, emotional, and even physical development while preparing them for future success! Each activity is designed with a purpose. Through a magnetic fishing game, children develop fine motor skills, hand-eye […]

Learning about safety isn’t limited to a classroom. Sometimes the best lessons happen through play, exploration, and hands-on experiences. At Pop Up Safety Town and Safe Kids Day, children and families had the opportunity to learn important life-saving skills through interactive activities focused on pedestrian awareness, water safety, dog bite prevention, fire and home safety, […]

Can you imagine the joy you would have felt as a toddler who was allowed to explore the inside of a real ambulance? That’s exactly what happened to our little learners when they were visited by two familiar faces from the Century Ambulance team! And because we believe in pairing stories with hands-on experiences for […]

With the goal to make literacy more accessible to our families, the Kiwanis Club of Clermont and Read to Sydney joined forces to provide an onsite library to our Clermont ECS4Kids Center. Called the Lending Library Book Box, the books are free for the children to take home and then bring back to swap out […]

“Training these students allows us to invest directly in the future of our workforce.” – Telisa Pitts, ECS4Kids’ Director of Educational Operations. Through R.I.S.E., Reaching & Inspiring Students in Early-Education, ECS4Kids’ Education and Operational teams gave a select group of juniors and seniors at both Ridgeview High School and Frank H. Peterson High School a […]

On May 14, ECS4Kids debuted Color the Future, a reimagined gala experience built to feel like the joyful, creative spirit found in ECS4Kids classrooms: bright, fun, interactive, and full of heart. The evening was a meaningful celebration of 60 years of impact and a successful start to a year of anniversary stories and moments still […]