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...

State Sen. Delores Kelley wants a referendum on how members of the Baltimore County Board of Education are selected. The Randallstown Democrat is expected to offer an amendment calling for a straw poll in the 2014 election. "Very few people (in Baltimore County) know it's an issue here," Kelley said during a county Senate delegation hearing last week on a bill sponsored by Sen. Bobby Zirkin. [Watch the video for Kelley's full comments.] This is the seventh year Zirkin has sponsored a bill seeking to change the current appointed board to some form of elected school board. Last year, his bill was passed by the Senate but missed a final vote in the House of Delegates by perhaps minutes as the clock struck midnight on the 90-day session. The county's eight senators are expected to vote on the bill late Thursday. Last year, the same senators voted 5-3 to support the bill. <video controls poster="https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/86760/2013/02/9d4620a2a1ecbfa3c9b82147142dd3ef.jpg" height="420" preload="none"> <source src="https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/86760/2013/02/9d4620a2a1ecbfa3c9b82147142dd3ef.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/86760/2013/02/9d4620a2a1ecbfa3c9b82147142dd3ef.mp4"> <param name="movie" value="player.swf?file=https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/86760/2013/02/9d4620a2a1ecbfa3c9b82147142dd3ef.mp4"></param> <a href="https://patch.com/img/cdn/users/86760/2013/02/9d4620a2a1ecbfa3c9b82147142dd3ef.mp4">Download the movie</a> </object> </video>

State Sen. Delores Kelley wants a referendum on how members of the Baltimore County Board of Education are selected.

The Randallstown Democrat is expected to offer an amendment calling for a straw poll in the 2014 election. "Very few people (in Baltimore County) know it's an issue here," Kelley said during a county Senate delegation hearing last week on a bill sponsored by Sen. Bobby Zirkin. [Watch the video for Kelley's full comments.]

This is the seventh year Zirkin has sponsored a bill seeking to change the current appointed board to some form of elected school board. Last year, his bill was passed by the Senate but missed a final vote in the House of Delegates by perhaps minutes as the clock struck midnight on the 90-day session. The county's eight senators are expected to vote on the bill late Thursday. Last year, the same senators voted 5-3 to support the bill.

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Jacob Baumgart

Towson

State Sen. Delores Kelley could offer an amendment that calls for a straw poll in the 2014 election.