Trying to find the perfect school for your child for the upcoming 2012-13 school year?
Check out our school open house listing here to find open houses happening this winter at Savannah-area public and private schools.
Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School Open Houses
6 PM Jan 26 & Feb 3 2012; 11 AM Feb 18 & Feb 25 2012
Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School is a Montessori Learning Community serving children three years old through the second grade. The school is growing and will add a grade each year until a full compliment of elementary classrooms is reached. Currently, the school has openings in the 3-year old program, 4-year old program, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade and Fourth Grade for the 2012-13 school year.
If you would like more information on enrolling your child please contact the school office at 912-238-1973 or visit the school website at www.cemco.org .
The internationally-recognized Montessori method of teaching helps children reach their full potential in all areas of life by teaching them to take responsibility for their own learning. Montessori learning activities promote the development of critical-thinking skills, emotional growth, and physical coordination. The Montessori method of education has long been seen as an approach that successfully meets children’s individual needs while teaching them to become contributing citizens to our society.
An Organized Environment
The entire school is set up to support the child’s self-directed learning. Together, the teacher and student form a relationship based on trust and respect that fosters self-confidence and a willingness to try and explore new things.
Highly-Trained Teachers
The Montessori teacher functions as a facilitator, resource person, role model, demonstrator, record-keeper, and meticulous observer of each child’s behavior and growth. At Coastal Empire, all teachers are Montessori-trained and Georgia elementary teacher-certified.
Proven Teaching Methodology
At Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School, children are provided a basis for critical and abstract thinking through activity-based education. Montessori educational practices are characterized by:
• Child-centered rather than teacher-directed
• Hands-on and activity oriented as opposed to textbook curriculum
• Based on continuous progress
• Self-directed with a control-of-error system
• Based on recognition of progress as opposed to numerical grades
• Dynamic in that children are encouraged to move around and make choices of activities
• Set on a three-year age span of children within the classroom; older children teach younger children, building self-esteem and a sense of community
• Materials are introduced through individualized instruction; Montessori teachers help children to take responsibility for their own learning
• Emphasis is on concrete learning that leads to the abstraction of concepts and skills
• Children working for the joy of working and the sense of discovery
• An environment that provides a natural sense of discipline.
Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School, supported by the Montessori philosophy and method, educates the Whole Child. By nurturing the total development of the child and fostering respect for self, peers, community, and nature, the child will be prepared to take their place in society and work toward a peaceful world.
For more information on Montessori Education please visit the following websites:
www.montessori-ami.org (Association Montessori International)
www.amshq.org (American Montessori Society)
For more local school open houses happening this winter 2012, click here.
Your input is needed.
The Savannah-Chatham public school district is asking for input on the 2012-13 school calendar by this Friday. The district wants your feedback on the proposed calendar which is causing a stir. If the calendar passes as is, children will be in school through Dec. 21 2012 and then only have a week of winter break.
If you want to weigh in, click here & and peruse the “Proposed Calendar for SY 2013.” Submit your comments by this Friday Nov. 18 at 5 PM
We’re all looking for resources to help our children with speech and language development.
A new Web site called Little Stories helps us do just that.
Little Stories is a community created by Savannah-area speech-language pathologist Kim Rowe, MA, CCC-SLP to offer information and support to families interested in early speech and language development. Little Stories has something for everyone, whether your child is having difficulty learning language or is learning language easily.
Little Stories wants to help you hear your child’s story!
Little Stories will be posting new information weekly, so be sure to subscribe to the blog or like Little Stories on Facebook here to get updates. You can follow Little Stories via Twitter @lilSTORIESblog.
Dolphin Explorations: Learn about the basic biology and characteristics of the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin while aboard a cruise on the R/V Sea Dawg to look for individual dolphins and observe their behaviors, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Nov. 5
Reservations & payment required prior to Oct. 28. Cost: $40/person, ages: 10 and up. Be sure to include your name, number in you party, contact email and phone number in all messages. Please arrive 15 minutes before program begins to check-in at the admissions/information desk. UGA Marine Extension Service Education Center and Aquarium, 30 Ocean Science Circle. Pre-register by calling (912) 598-2356 or emailing fish@uga.edu.
Check out this adorable kids’ video made to help Savannah students win $10,000 to $100,000 for their school’s music program.
The video made by a Charles Ellis Montessori Academy classroom is part of the GLEE Give A Note Contest, sponsored by the creators of Glee, the National Association for Music Education and Fox Network. The contest is giving schools a chance to win $10,000 to $100,000 for their school’s music program.
Click here to view the video and vote. You can visit the website and vote once a day, everyday, until Nov. 7.
Now is the time to stock up on gifts! Usborne Books make great gifts!
Usborne’s October Special
Receive $100 in books for $25 IN ADDITION to Usborne’s generous hostess rewards. (Minimum sales requirement)
To help you get started, Melissa Mallory, independent education consultant, is offering Southernmamas readers
the following special:
Receive a 15% discount on your order when you text Melissa the answer to the question below.
OR
Receive $20 in FREE books (Shipping charges still apply) when you date and hold your show in October! (Yes, you can do it!)
OR
Receive $10 in FREE books (Shipping charges still apply) when you date and hold your show in November!
Would you like to have a fun shopping spree with your family and friends and get a huge head start on your gift list?
Text Southernmamas followed by your letter choice below to 912-856-1450.
a)
Count me in! I want to start my shopping in October!
b)
I want a shopping spree but November works better for me!
c)
Buy me a cup of coffee and let’s have a personal appointment to hear more!
d)
I’d rather be a customer but I know someone who would do this and I’d come shop with her!
e)
Thank you for the 15% discount
Discount must be used by 9 PM Sat. Oct. 22, 2011. Discount can only be redeemed by placing an order with Melissa A. Mallory by text, phone, or email and may not be used at a home show, online catalog, or booth.
To keep up with monthly specials, promotions, book reviews, and more, join Melissa’s Usborne Books and More fanpage by clicking here and/or sign up for her monthly newsletter.
Melissa A. Mallory, Independent Educational Consultant, 912-856-1450, mmallory@myubah.com. www.EsteemReading.com. Usborne Books & More is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.
Are you looking for ways to teach your toddler? Not quite ready for preschool but still want your child to learn at home? Frustrated with trying to find at the best ways to teach your child? If you answered yes, then give ABC’s for Everyone a try.
ABC’s for Everyone offers tips, techniques, and resources to making teaching easier for you and learning fun for your child!
Call (912) 388-1368 for a FREE phone consultation and to schedule your first session.
ABC’s for Everyone is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.
It’s October. Does your pre-K or kindergartener know all his or her sight words yet?
Kidding. Sort of. Thanks to a local pre-k teacher for telling us about www.education.com which offers free printable worksheets & activities for children.
You can print out a Sight Words Bingo game, which is a big more fun than flashcards. Click here to go directly to the Sight Words Bingo game.
More free sight words worksheets & printables here.
We’d love to hear about your favorite online resources to help children begin to read. Email anne@southernmamas.com or comment below.
Register now for Creative Technology Saturdays at Georgia Tech Savannah for students in grades 4-8.
Saturday camps give your student the opportunity to learn year-round at GTS. Through this new Saturday programs, students will expand upon their previous summer camp experiences. Themes for fall 2011 include: Games Galore for video game development, Movies by Me with an emphasis on story development and presentation and LEGO Robotics challenge days.
The first Saturday Session is Sept. 24 2011. Please register by Wed. Sept. 21.
For future camps, please register at least 72 hours prior. Space is limited in all sessions.
Creative Technology Saturdays for Students in Grades 4 -8. The following Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.:
Dates Topic
Sept. 24 Games Galore – 2D Computer Game Development
Oct. 1 Movies by Me – 2D Computer Animation
Oct. 15 LEGO Robotics Challenge Day
Oct. 22 Games Galore – 2D Computer Game Development
Nov. 5 Movies by Me – 2D Computer Animation
Nov. 12 LEGO Robotics Challenge Day
Nov. 19 LEGO Robotics Challenge Day
Last session before LEGO League Competition
Program Goals and Elements:
•Students will earn passport stamps for various levels of accomplishment, allowing students, instructors and parents to follow student progress over time
•Students will explore their own areas of interest
•Provide more design challenges for the LEGO robotics system, with a focus on student choice and on designing and building
•Test new supporting materials for the Scratch animation program.
Students will receive take home materials documenting their approaches and progress.
Cost:
•$40 for each Saturday session.
Lunches will not be provided. Students are encouraged to bring a bag lunch.
Register:
•To register, please click here and submit your application.
Georgia Tech Savannah, 210 Technology Circle, Savannah, GA 31407, 912-966-7922, http://savannah.gatech.edu
The popular Toddler Tuesdays nature & science program will be back on September 6 at Oatland Island Wildlife Center.
Programs at 10 AM & 11 AM Tuesdays. Pre-registration required. Call 395-1500
Toddler Tuesday Program Fees for 2011-2012: General: $5 per child $5 per adult; Friends of Oatland Members: $5 per child, up to 2 adults FREE!
Program fee includes program and entrance to Oatland Island Wildlife Center and trails.
To read the Toddler Tuesday Topics September –December 2011, click here.
The General Assembly reduced the Pre-Kindergarten (lottery) budget substantially. As a result of this funding reduction, the academic calendar for the free Pre-Kindergarten program was reduced.
Those budget reductions mean pre-K students in Savannah-Chatham Public Schools don’t start the 2011-12 school year until Tues. Sept. 20. (The start day for the rest of the Savannah-Chatham public school students is Aug. 22. ) Pre-Kindergarten staff and students will then follow the district’s academic calendar for the remainder of the 2011-2012 school year.
We wonder how these changes for the Pre-Kindergarten school year for Savannah-Chatham public schools is affecting the pre-K waiting lists at coveted public schools? Has anyone noticed parents opting out of free public pre-Ks or taking their names off the waiting lists as a result of the delayed school year start or because of pre-K teachers transferring out of pre-K to other grades?
Vacancies are now available for the Pre-K program in the Savannah Chatham County Public School System. The following locations have openings:
• East Broad Elementary- 400 East Broad
• Gadsden Elementary- 919 May Street
• Haven Elementary- 5111 Dillon Street
• Heard Elementary- 414 Lee Blvd.
• Low Elementary- 15 Blue Ridge Ave
• Spencer Elementary- 100 Bouhan Street
• Thunderbolt Elementary- 3313 Louis Street
• Woodville-Tompkins- 151 Coach Joe Turner Drive
For info on qualifications for pre-k, click here
Usborne Books and More makes fantastic educational books for kids who love to read and kids who hate to read and everyone in between! Usborne Books carries 1500+ titles for babies through high school and for the child at heart. July is an amazing month to discover how you can add these wonderful books to the child in your life’s library.
Melissa Mallory, a mother of 4, is a local consultant and loves the family friendly nature of this business and the satisfaction of promoting literacy in the community. “It is extremely gratifying to work in a business that I can share with my family. Usborne has several ways to offer these high quality books to families, schools, and organizations so I can tailor my business to suit the needs of my family.”
Some of Melissa’s services include:
Home shows
Catalog shows
E-shows
Business opportunity
Gift registry/wish list registry
Reading Incentive Program
Matching Grant Program
Book Fairs
Cards for a Cause Fundraiser (NEW!)
School/Library Sales
During the month of July, the fabulous full-sized business kit for new consultants (reg. price-$149) is available for the mini kit price ($69.99 +tax; shipping included)! Click here for more information. Sign up today and begin to write your own success story!
July is also Double Hostess Rewards for qualifying shows. How does $200 in FREE BOOKS sound? This is a great opportunity to build the child in your life’s library or stock up on gifts! Dates are limited so contact Melissa ASAP to reserve your party date.
Melissa is offering all Southernmamas readers the opportunity to receive 15% off your first order! Email Melissa at mmallory@myubah.com or call 912-856-1450 by June 30 to place your order. In addition, readers who place an order of $40 or more will be able to purchase up to 3 of Usborne’s wonderful customer specials (starting as low as $3) for each $40 you spend. You can view the current catalog by starting here.
To keep up with monthly specials, promotions, book reviews, and more, join Melissa’s Usborne Books and More fanpage by clicking here and/or sign up for her monthly newsletter.
Melissa Mallory, 912-856-1450, email mmallory@myubah.com, Facebook: Esteem Reading-Usborne Books and More, www.EsteemReading.com Usborne Books & More is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.
Below is a guest post from Brenda Marion, who is on the governing board working to get a charter school on Tybee Island beginning with the 2012 school year. For more info on the proposed Tybee Island Charter School, email tybeeislandcharterschool@comcast.net
On July 13, the Savannah Chatham County School Board will vote on whether or not to approve the Tybee Island Charter School application. In order to ensure that each Board member understands that the Tybee community and other stakeholders stand firmly behind this initiative, we are asking that you send each of them an e-mail asking that they vote YES on our application. Please take some of the talking points below to craft an individualized e-mail to them.
Here are their e-mail addresses:
Joe.buck@sccpss.com; Julie.wade@sccpss.com; Floyd.adams@sccpss.com; Alexander.luten@sccpss.com; Gregory.sapp@sccpss.com; Irene.hines@sccpss.com; lori.brady@sccpss.com; Julie.gerbsch@sccpss.com; ruby.jones@sccpss.com
Below are some talking points:
·Tybee Island has had a school for over 60 years. Tybee children, families and citizens and businesses were extremely supportive of both Tybee’s public school and private school. A school is something that binds a community together and Tybee lost that when St. Michaels closed recently.
· Tybee citizens represent less than 1.5% of the population of Chatham County yet its property owners pay more than 10% of the property taxes for the Savannah Chatham County School System. A small K-5 school is something that we would like to have for our community’s families.
· There are over 100 students who attend SCCPSS k-5 schools who live east of the Lazeretto Creek Bridge. Additionally, there are numerous students who attend private schools. We believe that a school on Tybee would attract a sufficient number of students, would serve as a reason for families with young children to move to Tybee Island and would attract students from elsewhere in Chatham County who are interested in our specialized curriculum.
· We have a facility already in place. Access to a suitable facility is typically a major stumbling block for new charter schools.
· The existing elementary public school for Tybee students is currently at capacity. A Tybee Charter School would help mitigate this problem.
· Tybee students are currently transported to schools all over the County. The SCCPSS Passport to Excellence has as its underlying theme the goal of “neighborhood schools”. A Tybee Charter School would help achieve that goal while also potentially saving money in terms of transportation costs.
· Tybee has a strong and supportive constituency. A Tybee Charter School would have support from various organizations and institutions on many level. Examples include the Tybee Branch of the CEL Library system, the Tybee 4H Center, the Tybee Marine Rescue Squadron, the City of Tybee Island and many others. Additionally, the business community is well-organized and has shown very strong support in the past for Tybee educational initiatives.
Please vote YES for the Tybee Island Charter School on July 13
The above is a guest post from Brenda Marion, who is on the governing board working to get a charter school on Tybee Island beginning with the 2012 schol year. For more info on the proposed Tybee Island Charter School, email tybeeislandcharterschool@comcast.net
Bacon Park Christian Day School is dedicated to providing children K-6th grade a traditional education combining challenging academics and character development in a Christian family atmosphere.
The school’s small classes will afford children more individual instruction time.
As part of character development, children are taught about honesty, integrity, good manners, and respect for God, family, friends, and community.
If you are looking for a nuturing environment where your child is valued as an individual and family involvement is encouraged, Bacon Park Christian Day School welcomes you to visit the school. More info here.
Bacon Park Chrisian Day School, 5411 Skidaway Road, Savannah, 31406, (912) 484-9880, email bpcds@att.net , www.baconparkchristiandayschool.com Bacon Park Christian Day School is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.
(UPDATE: The .5 millage rate increase and no modification days proposal passed 5-4 at the Tues. June 7 board meeting.)
A big thank you to local public education advocate and mom Michelle Solomon for the following guest post:
The Savannah-Chatham Board of Education is meeting on Tues. June 7 to consider the school budget and there are a lot of cuts on the table: furloughing teachers, closing schools, or eliminating band and athletic programs. They are also considering a proposal to avoid the cuts by raising property taxes a small amount – about $70/family depending on your property value, which is less than what most people are getting back because of the devaluations. It’s a small amount to pay for so much.
It would help tons if everyone who cares about the schools would send an email ASAP to the members of the Savannah-Chatham Public School Board saying:
– you support the .5 mil property tax increase that Savannah-Chatham Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Lockamy asked for:
– where you live
– your profession
– where your kids go to school
– your own thoughts on the proposed cuts (optional)
Even if your kids are in private school, or you don’t have any kids in school, it would help to send something – actually, it would probably help even more.
Here are the Board emails, plus an email set up to get copies of the letters that someone will hopefully bring to the Board meeting – you can just cut and paste this list: joe.buck@sccpss.com ; julie.wade@sccpss.com ; floyd.adams@sccpss.com ; alexander.luten@sccpss.com ; irene.hines@sccpss.com ; gregory.sapp@sccpss.com ; lori.brady@sccpss.com ; julie.gerbsch@sccpss.com ; ruby.jones@sccpss.com ; forsavannahschools@gmail.com
And even better than all that, if you can go to the Board meeting and speak in support of the schools, that would make a big difference. The meeting is 6pm Tuesday at Whitney Administrative Complex, 2 Laura St.
For background info on this issue:
Savannah Morning News on the tax proposal
Savannah Morning News on the proposed cuts
Savannah Morning News on property tax devaluations
Is your child struggling with making friends? Social Skills for Individuals and Groups are available at The Mindspring Center in Pooler. Now forming groups for summer and fall sessions.
Social Skills Therapy teaches skills that will promote positive interactions with others, decrease anxiety, and increase self-esteem.
Summer and Fall Group Registration
Ages: Preschool – Adult
Summer Groups:
Preschool and upper elementary & middle school
Dates: Tues. May 31 – Tues. July 14
Day: Every Tuesday and Thursday (7 weeks = 14 sessions)
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 (preschool) and 5:45 – 6:45 pm (elementary/middle)
Fall Groups:
Preschool, early elementary, older elementary, middle school, high school, and adult.
Dates: Begin week of Aug. 13
Day: Depends on group – Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday
(14 weeks = 14 sessions)
Time: Pending
How to Join?
Contact The Mindspring Center to schedule your child’s assessment: call 912-748-6463 or email jennifer@mindspringcenter.com .
Insurance reimbursement may be available. The office can check your benefits.
Save 50%
Schedule your child’s assessment on or before June 9 and recieve 50% off of the cost of an assessment. Regular rate: $70. An individualized assessment is required for participation in any social skills group therapy. Offer Expires: June 9, 2011
The MindSpring Center, 1147 West Highway 80, Pooler, GA, 31322, www.facebook.com/themindspringcenter The Mindspring Center is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.
Below is a guest post by Jane Madison, an early childhood education expert and pre-K teacher at Saint Peter the Apostle School on Wilmington Island.
As the school year comes to an end, parents often want ideas for activities during the summer to help their child maintain the skills learned in school. It is also important for parents to know the abilities young children need to be successful in school, and what to work toward.
The goals and activities discussed here are geared toward children finishing a pre-kindergarten program, but all of the activities are useful and fun and can be adapted for younger or older children. Remember, children learn naturally through play.
Children entering kindergarten are expected to identify some letters of the alphabet by name. They should be able to recognize all of the letters in their first name, and also be able to tell you how to spell it. Many children can write their name, but have no idea what the letters are called. Some children can spell their name, but don’t recognize it in print. We want them to be able to do both. To help your child learn how to spell his name, make up a song to the tune of BINGO or Wheels on the Bus, substituting the letters of your child’s name. Then point to the written letters as you sing it.
The pre-kindergarten student at this time of year should be able to hear beginning sounds of words and identify words that start with the same sound, such as ball and bike. (Alliteration)
They should also be able to hear rhyming sounds, and tell you two or three words that rhyme together. Nonsense words DO count in this activity.
In Math, students should be able to count objects to 12 or more, recognize numerals to 10 or more, name shapes and make simple patterns.
Also it is important to help your child to work independently. He should be able to put together a puzzle without talking to you, set a place setting at the table without getting distracted, draw a picture, or write his name without constantly looking to you for approval. A child this age should be able to follow a two step direction without loosing focus. An example of this is, “Go get your bathing suit and come to my room.”
Below is a list of games and activities you can do with your child to help him continue to maintain the skills he has learned in school this year. Only play these games for 10 or 15 minutes each day. If your child wants to play longer you may do so, but you want your child to love learning and have fun while doing it!
Please, please, please read and discuss books with your child everyday, limit TV, DVD’s, and video games and play cards or board games in which people interact with each other, not a screen.
Rhyming and Alliteration
(These games can be played to pass the time when you are someplace you have to wait, or when you’re in the car.)
• Name something that rhymes with_____. , chair, desk, sign, whatever you see
• Tell me a word that starts with the same sound as ____.
• I see two things that start with “b”. Make the b sound, bat and ball
• Name people in the family who have names that start with the same sound
• I’m thinking of something that swims that starts with the “f” sound( make sound) and rhymes with wish, (fish)
To read the rest of this post in its entirety, click here.
Here’s the help you’ve been looking for for your struggling student – and at a discounted price, as well.
The Tutoring Center, a part of Royce Learning Center, offers one-on-one tutoring for students of all ages and abilities.
Unlike other tutoring programs, The Tutoring Center’s highly skilled tutors work individually with students to develop education plans based on their needs. Tutoring services are offered for all grade levels, preschool through college and adult.
The Tutoring Center at Royce also offers assistance in most academic subject areas, as well as study skills and standardized test preparation.
Students are matched with a tutor who is trained and experienced in areas of need, which often include learning disabilities, Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder and other learning differences. Some examples of subject areas include algebra, science, general math, social studies, SAT Prep, reading remediation and writing.
The Tutoring Center is a non-profit organization and is open to students from public and private schools. Fees are based on an hourly rate and scholarships are provide through United Way funding for those with financial need.
For the month of March, The Tutoring Center will waive registration fee for any new contracts. This is a $75 value!! To get the discount, please mention you heard The Tutoring Center on SouthernMamas.com.
For more information, or to sign up for tutoring, click here or call 912-354-4047 and speak with Sally Greenberg, Tutoring Coordinator. You can also email Sally at sgreenberg@roycelc.com .
The Tutoring Center at Royce, www.tutoringatroyce.com, 4 Oglethorpe Professional Blvd., Savannah, GA 31406, 912.354.4047 or email sgreenberg@roycelc.com The Tutoring Center at Royce is a SouthernMamas sponsor.
Now you can finally see “WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN,” the celebrated pro-charter school documentary about the state of U.S. public education.
The founding members of a proposed local charter school, The Savannah Classical Academy: A Challenge Foundation Academy, organized a free showing of the controversial documentary. It will be shown to the public for free at 4 PM Sun. Feb 27 at the Jewish Educational Alliance (JEA), 5111 Abercorn St., Savannah, 31406.
This eye-opening movie about an incredibly important issue was named the Best Documentary of the year by the National Board of Review and cited by the American Film Institute as one of the year’s best movies. WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN” has launched a movement to achieve real and lasting change in the nation’s schools.
For more information, call Barbara Grimm at 912-484-6581. For more info on the local proposed charter school The Savannah Classical Academy, proposed to open in 2012, click here
Add this to your list of fun and educational things-to-do with kids in the Savannah area: Take a Tybee Island Beach Ecology Trip led by marine scientist/biologist Dr. Joe Richardson.
A trip to the beach isn’t complete without your kids asking you a barrage of questions about the shells, tides and animals. Wouldn’t it be ideal to have a marine biologist along to give them some answers and make your next beach trip a valuable experience discovering and learning? Take one of Dr. Joe’s beach ecology trips. School groups from South Carolina, Georgia and Florida regularly ask Dr. Joe to lead their Tybee Island beach trips. Read a list of activities and topics the beach ecology walk covers by clicking here.
There are still some available dates and times between now and mid-summer, but contact Joe soon as he is already booking many family, scout, school and tour group trips for the next few months. Call (912) 596-5362 or email joe@ceasurf.com to set up a beach walk.
For updates regarding what Dr. Joe is finding and doing on his ecology beach walks, check out (and “like”) the “Tybee Beach Ecology Trips” FACEBOOK page by clicking here.
Cost varies depending on group size and with age. Special family rates and small group rates are available. Read more by clicking here.
Tybee Beach Ecology Trips is a SouthernMamas sponsor.
The newly renovated University of Georgia Marine Education Center and Aquarium on Skidaway Island will reopen later this month.
The Grand Re-Opening for the public – called a Night with the Fish – will be 6-8 PM Fri. Feb. 25, 2011.
Bring your family out to enjoy the newly renovated Aquarium, located just outside Savannah. The public program includes: marine presentations (children’s activities provided), refreshments, and viewing of the renovated aquarium. Cost: $10/person (ages 1-2 are free), and will be booked on a first come-first served basis. From 6 PM-7 PM, there will be 3 short 15 minute educational lectures. At 7 PM, the aquarium will be open for your viewing pleasure. To RSVP for this event, contact Karin Paquin (Assistant Curator) at 912-598-2356 or email kpaquin@uga.edu.
On Sat. Feb. 26, 2011 from 10 AM – 1 PM, the UGA Aquarium will run 30 minute “Behind-the-Scenes” educational tours for the public. Cost will be an additional $5/person on top of the general admission fee. General Admission fees are $4/adult, $2/child (3-12), senior, and military with active ID, and Free for children age 1-2. These tours will be on a first come-first served basis. You cannot pre-register for the Saturday event.
Are you looking for a public school that provides elementary and middle school-aged children in
Chatham County with a rigorous, content-rich, educational program that develops academic potential and personal character?
Then take time to attend an information session about the newest proposed charter school in Savannah: The Savannah Classical Academy: A Challenge Foundation Academy. The information session, which is open to the public, will be 4 PM Sat. Jan. 29 at the Caraway Café, 202 E. Broughton St.
Contact: Barbara Grimm at 912-484-6581 for more details or visit the school’s website at www.sca.teamcfa.org
For more information on local schoools, including schools open houses and info on the admissions process for lottery-funded (free) pre-K, visit the SouthernMamas Savannah-Chatham School Guide by clicking here.
