Pre-School Reforms to prepare our youngest students!

In the spring of 2008, we adopted the nationally recognized OWL curriculum and began its use in September 2008 in our KPS Pre-Kindergarten Early Education Program (PEEP) classrooms, as well as in our Early Childhood Developmentally Delayed (ECDD) classrooms. We did this in partnership with a number of entities: the county-run Head Start Program, New Genesis Pre-School, YWCA Early Childhood, and the Vicksburg Public Schools pre-school program. In addition to jointly adopting curriculum, we did joint professional development, which culminated in the first annual Early Childhood Rocks! Conference at KVCC with 18 pre-school partner agencies.