Early Grade Success

Goodyear Preschool Programs

April 21, 2023 by Sheila Arredondo

The City’s Preschool Programs help children ages 1-6 develop the skills needed to be successful in the classroom.

Bright Beginnings — This program for three-to-five-year-olds focuses on all areas of development including cognitive, emotional, social, creative, and physical learning. Activities include daily circle time, story time, snack and outdoor play as well as worksheets focusing on the alphabet, numbers, shapes, and colors.
Kindergarten Readiness — This class prepares children, ages four to six, for their elementary school years by improving communication, problem solving, and socialization skills. Participants learn pre-math skills, such as simple addition and subtraction, and pre-literacy skills. Participants also learn to follow classroom routines and directions, participate verbally and socially in a group setting, and play cooperatively with peers.
Lil Artists — Children ages three through five explore a world of creativity, crafts, and art in this enrichment class. Each week has a theme and focuses on a new way to create art. Participants make, paint, draw, and create new projects during every class.
Lil Athletes — This sports-focused enrichment program is designed for children ages three to five. Lil Athletes learn a new sport each week, learn how to stretch, and get active.
My Play Date — This program is designed for caregivers and their children ages one to three. Each week’s new theme is explored through songs, books, games, crafts, and free play.

This community-based initiative brings together representatives from K–12 and postsecondary education, business and industry, nonprofits, and the Town of Sahuarita to pursue a shared vision and leverage resources so that all students have access to college and career readiness programs and receive two years of paid tuition at Pima Community College. The initiative exemplifies the SUSD mission, “Working as a Team to Help Every Student Succeed.”
Sahuarita Times: Sahuarita WINS!

Education and Workforce Development Roundtable

March 21, 2023 by Sheila Arredondo

The Education and Workforce Development Roundtable is a centralized body reporting to the City Council that streamlines and coordinates efforts to advance Mesa’s education and workforce development goals, including but not limited to:

Increasing and maintaining enrollment in education programs, including in early childhood, vocational, trade, and postsecondary education programs.
Improving completion rates of education, vocational, and trade programs.
Achieving higher educational attainment, including increased attainment of professional certifications and licenses and postsecondary degrees.
Expanding job opportunities.
Building successful careers, a competitive workforce, and a strong local economy.
Providing equitable access to work and learning opportunities, resources, and support so that all can participate, prosper, and thrive in Mesa’s vibrant community and workforce.

The Roundtable works in partnership with experts in education, business leaders, nonprofit organizations, and Mesa residents to advance these goals.

Mayor’s Reading Club

March 21, 2023 by Sheila Arredondo

This unique partnership between the City of Casa Grande and the Casa Grande Elementary School District supports volunteers who spend one hour each month reading to students in two-to-four elementary classrooms a day. Schedules and classroom assignments are coordinated by the Casa Grande Public Library. The City also participates in the AARP Foundation Experience Corps program where tutors work one-on-one with students who need additional help with reading.

City of Casa Grande Strategic Plan

March 21, 2023 by Sheila Arredondo

The Strategic Plan guides decision-making and resource management in pursuit of organizational goals. It is “strategic” in the sense that it provides guidance over a 2-year timeframe. The strategic plan is actively reviewed and updated periodically by the City Council and management to ensure that the goals, strategies, and actions remain relevant. The plan prioritizes six areas: financial stability and sustainability, community connection, community enhancement, economic expansion, education and workforce advancement, and healthy and safe community environment. Casa Grande will continue to have success because the organization is flexible enough to respond to local, national, and global change.

Triple P – Positive Parenting Program

July 20, 2020 by Sheila Arredondo

Triple P — a highly effective parenting program — provides free classes to Tempe residents facilitated by accredited practitioners. Classes help parents develop the skills needed to raise confident, healthy children and teenagers, and to build stronger family relationships. The program also helps parents prevent and manage misbehavior. Parents may customize the program to meet their needs by choosing from options such as one-time discussion groups, short series seminars, in-depth group courses, and individual sessions.

Goodyear Preschool Programs

Early Grade Success

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