Summer Success: Promoting Kindergarten Readiness

Ohio State’s Office of Outreach and Engagement Impact Grant program has awarded $60k to SFCCEC to address the challenge of improving kindergarten readiness for children entering school. The summer camp is designed to bridge research and practice by developing, implementing and evaluating an innovative, comprehensive kindergarten readiness program to 4-year-old children within the Weinland Park community. The program’s impact will be in the developing and testing of an approach to improving kindergarten readiness that can be employed across Columbus. Dr. Laura Justice leads the College of Education and Human Ecology team and community partners including: College of Arts and Sciences, Future Ready Columbus, Columbys Metropolitan Library, Columbus City Schools, Columbus Department of Education, Columbus Museum of Art, Franklin Park Conservatory, and Godman Guild.