All kindergarten and first-grade classrooms now have colorful, easy-to-interlock cubes! Each child has two stacks of ten to help them see and solve math problems. The teachers wanted – and received – the same two colors for all students. This was only made possible thanks to a generous grant from our local Sam’s Club (and […]
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Know & Grow received a $2,000 donation from The Bradley Family! TransUnion doubled the family’s $1,000 donation with an employer match program. Great news for two reasons! First, it is a HUGE amount to help our kids learn. Secondly, it is important that Know & Grow receive community contributions such as this because corporations
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Chair seat pockets not only “dress up” the classrooms, they make lesson-to-lesson transitions more efficient. Students store their folders, pencils, etc. in pockets on the back of their chairs. All seven kindergarten and first-grade classrooms needing seat pockets are being furnished Aussie Pouches. Made of demin, these seat backs have multiple pockets, are washable, and
Thanks to a $2,000 grant from our local Sam’s Club, kindergarteners and first-graders will enjoy learning math with manipulatives / cubes. And, the teachers will enjoy the quick-to-use storage / distribution containers. Stay tuned for math manipulatives and much more from this generous grant!
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We are so fortunate that Altar’d State (at the St. Johns Town Center) selected us for their Mission Monday program! We received a HUGE check! This donation will make a SIGNIFICANT impact on our kids’ education for years to come! Stay tuned for more details.
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We received another $1,000 Walmart Giving grant from the Walmart at River City Marketplace to purchase paper for our kid-sized materials! We’ve now resumed printing the first-grade Spelling Pads. We thank Walmart for their continued support!
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Our Online Tutoring Program is now operating full-force in kindergarten! We have 26 iPads with cellular Internet connection currently in use. This allows us to serve 26 students who receive tutoring in the classroom twice a week and the privilege of taking an iPad home for after-school learning. All this has been made possible by
We’ve delivered 2,130 dot-to-dot pads to kindergarten and first-grade teachers. In the past, teachers have been purchasing dot-to-dots with their own money. We created our own quality (even if we do say so ourselves) dot-to-dots and bound them according to the level of difficulty. That way, teachers can select just the right skill level for each child. While
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7126 Civic Club Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32219
Know and Grow mailing address:
110 Mills Lane
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250