Maple and the Neway preschool students enjoyed exchanging goodies to celebrate all of the wonderful friendships we've made this year! ❤️🐾
Due to projected weather conditions that are expected to impact travel tomorrow evening, the NCRESA Parent Support Night events will be canceled. This includes the Ignite Fire Peer group. Please check back for futures events.
Newaygo County staff are lucky to be at Gratiot-Isabella RESA today, learning to support students with communication needs!
This week, Dr. Kate Guastaferro, a professor at New York University, visited and conducted training for our Parents as Teachers team on the Smart Parents – Safe and Healthy Kids curriculum. Our affiliate was chosen as one of 23 nationwide to offer enhanced education and support to families. Additionally, our PAT affiliate was highlighted in this week’s NYU School of Public Health newsletter.
Tucker the Turtle Family Night
A huge thank you to all the families who joined us for our engaging and educational family event! It was an evening filled with learning, creativity, and fun as families explored important regulation strategies together.
Please join us for a night of family fun and learning.
Business Professionals of America (BPA) Regional Leadership Conference Competition results for Newaygo County Career-Tech are in! We announced the results on January 13th during a Celebration with Accounting, Business Management, Graphics, IT, and Health.
We had 52 members compete at the Regional Leadership Conference held at Davenport University on January 10, 2025. We participated in 44 events and placed in 29 of them. One student placed in four events earning four golds!
Students brought home 13 gold medals, 3 silver medals, 5 bronze medals, 5 students placed 4th, 5 placed 5th, and 5 placed 6th which qualifies them to represent NCCTC at the State Leadership Conference in March.
Our Play and Learn group on January 10th was a great time for young children and families! Kids had the chance to play while developing important competencies , including social-emotional, gross motor, and fine motor skills.
We also enjoyed a fun storytime, featuring The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Sharon Maile did an amazing job reading the story and engaging the children! Children had fun scooping and throwing indoor snowballs (cotton balls).
Join us for the next Play and Learn group on Friday, January 24th at 10 a.m. at NCRESA in Fremont. See you there!
Take NOTE of date change- we are moving our meeting to the 15th of January! Join us Wednesday, January 15th for our Parent Support night. We will be discussing guardianships and alternatives for adults needing additional supports from 6-7pm. Dinner will be from 5:30 - 6pm. Daycare is provided! Please let us know you are coming with the QR code below.
This month's Ignite Fire Peer Group will take place Wednesday January 15th. Ignite Fire is hosted by Disability Network in conjunction with NCRESA. This month peers will have the opportunity the play bingo along with socializing and meeting new friends. The Peer Group takes place at the NCRESA Education Service Center located at 4747 W 48th St Fremont MI 49412 from 5:30pm - 6:30pm.
MoCI and Mrs. Hyrnes made reindeer cakes yesterday. There was a lot of "rich" language in this activity along with some great knife/
spreading skills!
Last night, the Great Start Family Coalition (GSFC) hosted a festive Santa Story Time event for families in Newaygo County. Santa and Mrs. Claus spent meaningful time with each family that attended, creating special memories. While waiting for their turn to meet Santa, children had fun with a variety of crafts and tasty treats. Each child was gifted a candy cane, a cozy pair of socks, and a lovely book from Santa—encouraging a love of reading.
Our talented photographer, Sarah Loss, captured family portraits that will be treasured for years to come. What a wonderful celebration by GSFC!
Gift of Time: Celebrating our staff at Neway Nature Preschool!! Thank you for all you do! Kelly and Alicia teamed together and created a cozy and quiet place for staff to enjoy a little break today as a way to say thank you for all they do!!
A group of NC RESA staff members helped to spread Holiday cheer to Newaygo County families at TrueNorth's Children's Christmas Program.
Yesterday evening, the Parents as Teachers program organized a holiday dinner for the families involved in the program. Families were treated to a delightful meal complete with traditional holiday dishes and desserts. Parent leaders in the program arranged a variety of fun craft and holiday-themed activities, including Pin the Nose on Rudolph, Candy Cane Fishing, gingerbread house decorating, and more. A big thank you to Amanda, Ashley, and Danielle for their planning and preparation, and to the PAT staff for preparing the delicious meal.
Parent Support Night will be virtual only tonight! Join us using the QR code on the picture from 6-7pm tonight to ask the advocates about special education related questions.
Students in Miss Nicole's Building Bridges Preschool classroom at the Neway Center showed Maple how hard they have been working on writing their names. They even taught Maple how to write her name! 🐾✏️
Don't forget to join us this Wednesday December 11th for our monthly Ignite Fire Peer Group. Ignite Fire is hosted by Disability Network in conjunction with NCRESA. The theme for this month's group with Caroling with Cookies.
The Peer Group takes place at the NCRESA Education Service Center located at 4747 W 48th St Fremont MI 49412 from 5:30pm - 6:30pm.
Celebrating all the amazing work our teachers do for our preschools in Newaygo County!! A fun time of Team building activities and creative enjoyment as we thank our Teaching Staff for all they do! 🎄♥️👩🏻🏫
On Friday, December 6th, the Dogwood Center in Newaygo County became a festive hub as community members gathered for 'Christmas in Newaygo County.' The event, a delightful blend of holiday spirit and local talent, featured heartwarming music from area singers. Funds raised during the event were directed to support three local initiatives, with NCRESA's Dolly Parton Imagination Library among the chosen programs. Karen Clark took the opportunity to share insights about the library’s impact and express heartfelt thanks to the attendees for their generous support.
