A Family Affair Children's Center

We have a full preschool program serving children ages two through five years old. We use creative curriculum which is a theme based, teacher created curriculum. We have a music teacher who comes once a week and we take several field trips a year. Our 2’s and 3’s Program In our 2’s and 3’s room we focus on helping children master self-care tasks such as toilet-training and using cups and forks as well as building social skills. We also lay the foundation for future academic learning with the basics such as the alphabet, colors, and basic math skills such as patterns and counting. Our 4’s and 5’s Program Our 4’s and 5’s program focuses on Kindergarten readiness. We cover all developmental areas including literacy, math concepts, science, social skills, music, and art all couched within a fun and interactive theme such as “Animals” or “The Beach.” Learning activities related to each of those topics are done throughout the week. Before and After School Care We provide before and after school care for children who attend Pine Grove or Harford Hills Elementary. We are open when schools are closed. We do a variety of indoor and outdoor activities such as: ○ Table games ○ Crafts ○ Legos ○ Outdoor play We also offer homework help, a morning and afternoon snack. Children are picked up and dropped off from the center by the BCPS bus system. Summer Camp We offer a school age summer camp for Kindergarten—5th graders. Our camp is theme based and children are engaged in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities such as: ○ Field trips ○ Swimming ○ Art ○ Music ○ Exercise ○ Games ○ Science ○ Enrichment activities email: julianna.brown@afamilyaffaircc.net

Baltimore County

MD Patch Team

Baltimore Metropolitan Area

Parkville-Overlea

Maryland

We have a full preschool program serving children ages two through five years old. We use creative curriculum which is a theme based, teacher...

The Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee today debated the Senate version of a bill creating a partially-elected school board in Baltimore County. Unfortunately, the voting session is not streamed online as the committee does with bill hearings so the only way to know what happened was to follow my Twitter account. Until now. I recorded the voting session and while it's not broadcast quality it is fairly clear and you should be able to make out the entire debate without the need for an interpreter. There wasnt any movement on the bill. Sen. Roy Dyson, vice chairman of the commitee, asked for a hold on the bill. It is not clear when it will come up again for a vote. <video controls poster="https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/86760/2012/03/e3ed205885570c8ced2b70fbaa6b424f.jpg" height="420" preload="none"> <source src="https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/86760/2012/03/e3ed205885570c8ced2b70fbaa6b424f.mp4" type="video/mp4"></source> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="360" height="240" data="player.swf?file=https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/86760/2012/03/e3ed205885570c8ced2b70fbaa6b424f.mp4"> <param name="movie" value="player.swf?file=https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/86760/2012/03/e3ed205885570c8ced2b70fbaa6b424f.mp4"></param> <a href="https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/86760/2012/03/e3ed205885570c8ced2b70fbaa6b424f.mp4">Download the movie</a> </object> </video>

The Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee today debated the Senate version of a bill creating a partially-elected school board in Baltimore County.

Unfortunately, the voting session is not streamed online as the committee does with bill hearings so the only way to know what happened was to follow my Twitter account. Until now.

I recorded the voting session and while it's not broadcast quality it is fairly clear and you should be able to make out the entire debate without the need for an interpreter. There wasnt any movement on the bill. Sen. Roy Dyson, vice chairman of the commitee, asked for a hold on the bill. It is not clear when it will come up again for a vote.

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Jacob Baumgart

Towson

The voting session wasn't streamed online but that doesn't mean you can't listen to what happened in committee.