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6A • May 15, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com Step-by-Step program gets new name, new look CCC’s Puerta de Oportunidades program fosters student success $ JUDQW IURP WKH 6WDWH June, two years after grad- RI 2UHJRQ 'HSDUWPHQW RI uating from Seaside High Community Colleges and 6FKRRO :KLOH FRQWLQXLQJ Workforce Development to work part-time at the enabled Clatsop Commu- Lumberyard Restaurant in nity College to launch the &DQQRQ %HDFK 3HUVRQDO- 3XHUWD GH 2SRUWXQLGDGHV ized advising helped him program in 2015 to serve focus his interests and pro- ORZLQFRPH ¿UVWJHQHUD- vided a clear path through WLRQ RU GLVDEOHG VWXGHQWV coursework to facilitate his The one-year program de- WUDQVIHU 7KH 3XHUWDV 3UR- signed to foster student gram also connected him success supported intensive ZLWKIDFXOW\DW:HVWHUQ2UH- academic advising, career JRQ8QLYHUVLW\+HUHFHLYHG guidance, scholarship and practice interviewing and transfer planning assistance, DVVLVWDQFHLQUH¿QLQJVFKRO- technology support and tu- DUVKLS HVVD\V +H ZDV FKR- sen to present at the Cesar WRULQJ This investment in stu- Chavez Leadership Confer- dent success is already HQFHFRQGXFWHGDW:28ODVW March where he also gained GHPRQVWUDWLQJUHVXOWV Program participant José familiarity with the campus Miguel Sosa was recently DQGLWVDFWLYLWLHV 3XHUWD GH 2SRUWXQLGDGHV named as one of CCC’s Stu- dent Scholars and a member EHQH¿WHG &&& VWXGHQWV RIWKH$OO2UHJRQ$FDGHP- WKLV\HDU,QDGGLWLRQWRDFD- KATHERINE LACAZE PHOTO LF7HDP6RVDZKRSODQVD demic support, each student Shelly Saunders, the head teacher for the Step-by-Step early childhood development program at Sunset Empire Park & career as a math educator, received a scholarship of at Recreation District, shows her pre-school students a container with caterpillars, a new addition to the classroom, which the ZLOOWUDQVIHUWR:HVWHUQ2UH- OHDVW $Q H[WHQVLRQ students will monitor as the insects travel through their lifecycle. Saunders has worked to make the program, which will be gon University to pursue his of funding that would allow renamed Learning Ladder Preschool for the fall, a place that prepares children for entering into kindergarten. bachelor’s degree beginning the program to continue in 2015-16 is currently under WKLVIDOO FRQVLGHUDWLRQE\WKH2UHJRQ camp, which starts the week 6RVD ZLOO ¿QLVK KLV Program will be called RI-XQHDQGHQGV$XJ $$27 GHJUHH DW &&& LQ OHJLVODWXUH The Summer Kindercamp is Learning Ladder a 10-week program where Preschool this fall preschoolers ages 3 to 5 can participate in arts and crafts, By Katherine Lacaze music, stories and other ac- Seaside Signal WLYLWLHV IURP DP WR QRRQ 0RQGD\VWKURXJK7KXUVGD\V Just as circle time was Saunders also has sever- coming to a close during class DO DUHD ¿HOG WULSV SODQQHG May 6, Sunset Empire Park & The Kindercamp is struc- Recreation District Preschool tured slightly different from KATHERINE LACAZE PHOTO Coordinator Shelly Saunders the preschool, she said, be- F LOORING revealed her newest addition Maple, 4, a student in the Sunset Empire Park & Recreation cause she believes summer for the preschool classroom: District’s preschool program, shows off a heart made from should incorporate more 2/3 of Showroom a mesh cylinder container homemade playdough during the free play portion of class fun activities, like craft ALWAYS ON SALE! with baby caterpillars, called a May 6. SURMHFWVDQG¿HOGWULSV7KLV ³/LYH%XWWHUÀ\*DUGHQ´ year’s weekly themes are: The small habitat, she Jacobs, who plans to resign IDOOFODVVHV 2FHDQ $PHULFD WKH %HDX- said, would be kept in the sci- IURPKHUSRVLWLRQWKLV-XQH The class for 3- to 4-year- tiful, Let’s Camp, Pee Wee Window Treatments, Fabric, Wallpaper, ence corner of the preschool Saunders is a transplant olds will be from 8:30 to Chefs, Pirates, How Things Flooring and Interior Design classroom at the Seaside from California, where she DP 7XHVGD\V DQG *URZ 5RERWV DQG /HJRV Youth Center, so her 3- to oversaw a similar program 7KXUVGD\V&KLOGUHQPXVWEH Mini Picassos, Science 2311 N. Roosevelt Dr., Seaside, OR 97138 • 503-738-5729 5-year-old students could for a parks and recreation E\6HSWWRHQUROOLQWKH )XQ DQG %XJV &KLOGUHQ rlflooring@yahoo.com • www.RandallLeesFlooring.com observe the creatures as they GHSDUWPHQW WKHUH :KHQ FODVV 7KH FRVW LV SHU can go to individual week- Randall Lee’s Flooring Outlet • 3579 Hwy 101 Gearhart • 503-738-6756 SKDVHLQWREXWWHUÀLHV she moved to Seaside, she month for in-district residents long camps or attend all 10 Warehouse pricing • Open to the Public • Hundreds of instock rolls & remnants • In House Binding The students are part of planned to be a real estate DQGIRURWKHUV ZHHNV the district’s Step-By-Step agent, but the preschool co- The cost for Kindercamp The class for older pre- program, which has been re- ordinator position was post- schoolers will be from 8:30 LV SHU HDFK ZHHNORQJ L ANDSCAPING named the Learning Ladder ed online the day she began WR DP 0RQGD\V session, and district resi- Preschool for fall, and the cat- looking for jobs, and she took :HGQHVGD\V DQG )ULGD\V GHQWVJHWDGLVFRXQW Laurelwood Compost • Mulch • Planting MacMix erpillars are the latest addition WKDWDVDVLJQVKHVDLG “These programs are so 6WXGHQWVPXVWEHE\6HSW Soil Amendments in a series of efforts by Saun- Her philosophy is that to ensure they are the correct critical for our little peo- ders to give her students a “children develop and learn age to enter kindergarten in SOH´VDLGLQWHULP([HFXWLYH YARD DEBRIS DROP-OFF safe, fun environment to learn EHVW WKURXJK SOD\ 2XU JRDO IDOO7KHUHJXODUFRVWLV Director Mary Blake, who (no Scotch Broom) and prepare to join kindergar- is to provide an environment SHUPRQWKDQGIRU formerly served as general WHQLQWKHFRPLQJ\HDUV rich in learning opportunities GLVWULFWUHVLGHQWV PDQDJHUIRU\HDUV³.LGV 503-717-1454 to help your child grow ac- %HFDXVH RI 2UHJRQ 'H- need to test and practice and ‘Needed’ a facelift ademically, socially as well partment of Education li- SOD\ZKDW¶VDURXQGWKHP´ 34154 HIGHWAY 26 When Saunders took over DV SK\VLFDOO\´ 6KH ZDQWV WR censing restrictions, space That kind of education, SEASIDE, OR the district’s early childhood “help them have a really pos- currently is limited to 15 par- she believes, “will pay div- development program last LWLYH IXQ ¿UVW VFKRRO H[SHUL- WLFLSDQWV SHU FODVV ³$W WKLV LGHQGV´ November after the resigna- HQFH´ The district is holding an age, I think it’s so important tion of former Preschool Co- Some features of her to have that one-on-one con- open house for the Learn- ordinator Madge Mossberg, classes include: attending QHFWLRQZLWKWKHP´6DXQGHUV ing Ladder Preschool from C ONSTRUCTION the preschool space at the a weekly story time at Sea- VDLG DPWRSP6DWXUGD\ Youth Center, as well as the side Public Library; a week- She has 21 students be- 0D\ ,W ZLOO WDNH SODFH B OB M C E W AN C ONSTRUCTION , INC . program’s format, received ly yoga class; and morning WZHHQERWKFODVVHVWKLV\HDU at the Seaside Youth Cen- PDNHRYHUV VQDFNV 7KH VWXGHQWV DUH She sees the potential for WHU %URDGZD\ 3DU- E XCAVATION • U NDERGROUND U TIITIES “She did exactly what the taught art, math, science and growth, but it would require ents and guardians can meet R OAD W ORK • F ILL M ATERIAL SURJUDPQHHGHG´VDLG'DZQ language arts, in addition to maintaining a second teach- Saunders and check out the S ITE P REPARATION • R OCK Jacobs, who started as the as- ¿QHPRWRUVNLOOVDQGVRFLDOO\ er – as the correct teach- UHQRYDWHGFODVVURRP OWNED AND OPERATED BY M IKE AND C ELINE M C E WAN VLVWDQWWHDFKHUODVW6HSWHPEHU acceptable behaviors such as er-to-student ratio is 1-to-10 6FKRODUVKLSV DQG ¿QDQ- 7KH\ UHFRQ¿JXUHG WKH sharing, paying attention and ± DQG ¿QGLQJ D ODUJHU FODVV- cial assistance are available room to make it more open respecting the teachers and URRPVSDFH for both district and out-of- and accessible to kids and RQHDQRWKHU%HFDXVHVHYHUDO GLVWULFW UHVLGHQWV )RU PRUH 34154 H WY 26, S EASIDE , OR covered the brown walls with of the students are Hispanic, Summer fun LQIRUPDWLRQYLVLWZZZVXQ- P.O. 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