May 2016

Making Makers

  Kids’ Country kids love our focus on the Maker Movement—a learning experience that merges the DIY culture with cutting edge technology. But the Maker Movement has also swept up our staff! In this guest blog by one of our creative program staff members, Lynda Ryan, you’ll get a sense of why kids are natural […]

10 May

Site of the Month: Creekside Kids’ Country

Kids’ Country at Creekside Elementary School has been a model before and after school program for six years since the school opened in 2010, serving an average of 150 students a year in before and after school programs and enrichment classes. Site Director Sylvia Hodge, who has been with Kids’ Country for nearly 26 years, […]

6 May

Ms. Sylvia: Reflections on a Career

“For the family that raised me, The family that I joined, and the family that we made.” Hillary Rodham Clinton It Takes a Village (Introduction) On May 13, 2016, I will begin a new chapter in my life as I retire from my service to the children, parents and staff of the Kids’ Country family. […]

6 May

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