🎉CONGRATS to our newest LENA Start graduates! GrowSmart, among with partners from Virginia Beach Public Library and Virginia Beach Dept of Human Services, launched classes in the spring. While COVID created a programming pause, we relaunched virtually this summer with our families. We are so proud of you all!
*NEW* classes launching virtually in September!
What an amazing year in 2019!
GrowSmart is excited for 2020, but want to reflect & celebrate all the amazing work and accomplishments in 2019. GrowSmart was out & about at a wide variety of community events, celebrated another successful Read Across America Day with Pharrell Williams’ book ‘Happy,’ graduates more LENA Start families, enjoyed another year of Celebrating Children, and was announced as a Bloomberg Philanthropies & What Works Cities grant recipient for a cohort on innovative early education solutions. Thank you for being a part of our journey & we can’t wait to see what’s ahead for us. 📚📖🧠
Here’s to another successful Celebrating Children & Pinwheel Palooza! Thank you for joining us for a beautiful Saturday morning at Mt. Trashmore Park. ☀️🏅 #visitvabeach #virginiabeach #livethelife #vbgrowsmart #vbcasa #vbparksrec
Can we relive last Friday again today? Council member Councilman Aaron Rouse had a dance party with the kids at Kempsville Recreation Center after reading Happy by Pharrell Williams! 🤩📚📖 #FlashbackFriday #VBisHAPPY #ittakesavillage #vbgrowsmart #virginiabeach
Have you seen us in the November/December issue of Coastal Virginia Magazine?!LENA Start classes will be launching in February. All classes are free with a meal and childcare provided for participating families.
Are you interested or know someone who is interested? Contact us TODAY for more information! Email us at [email protected] OR call us at (757)385-0144.
#VBGrowSmart #VBLENAStart #earlytalk #braindevelopment
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GrowSmart is excited to partner with GEICO Virginia Beach to elevate early education in our City.
#workforcedevelopment #economicdevelopment #communitygiveback
Check out our day 3 highlights at the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Conference! What an amazing and inspiring keynote from Dr. Nadine Burke Harris on childhood trauma and its affects on brain development.
Tomorrow is a quick day as the team has started their travels back to Virginia Beach! We can’t wait to share the work of partners across the country with our own amazing friends - VBSchools, Virginia Beach Public Library, Virginia Beach City Government, and the many other partners working to ensure our kids are set-up for success in school & life.
#GLRweek #GLR #VBreads #childhoodadversity #traumainformedcare
Check out our Day 2 highlights at the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Conference in Philadelphia! We enjoyed another day of sessions & sharing from across the country.
Ready for Day 3 tomorrow & hearing Keynote Speaker Nadine Burke Harris.
#CLRweek #CLR #VBreads #VBGrowSmart #TraumaInformedCare
Check out the highlights of our day at the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Conference in Philadelphia! Ready for more tomorrow and for more takeaways to bring back to Virginia Beach.
#VBGrowSmart #VBReads #CLRWeek18 #CLR #readingisPOWER
We had a fun night with Virginia Beach Public Library and Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center at the Waves, Words, and Wonders event!
Did you catch this e:60 on Hampton Roads own @bambamkam? He is the epitome of perseverance and hard work. What a great representation of Norfolk and the 757! A humble athlete who has always remembered his hometown and given back to our youth. #kamchancellor #perserverance #HamptonRoads