Hernando News
April 2020 Kindergarten Readiness Calendar!
Check out the April 2020 Kindergarten Readiness Calendar. The theme for this month is Weather! Kindergarten Readiness calendars are created monthly with thematic activities for families to engage daily with children ages 3 & 4 years old. All activities align...
March 2020 Kindergarten Readiness Calendar!
The theme for this month is all about Spring! Kindergarten Readiness calendars are created monthly with thematic activities for families to engage daily with children ages 3 & 4 years old. All activities align with the Mississippi Department of Education Early...
February 2020 Kindergarten Readiness Calendar!
The theme for this month is Winter! Kindergarten Readiness calendars are created monthly with thematic activities for families to engage daily with children ages 3 & 4 years old. All activities align with the Mississippi Department of Education Early Learning...
October 2019 Kindergarten Readiness Calendar!
The theme for this month is All About Fall! Kindergarten Readiness calendars are created monthly with thematic activities for families to engage daily with children ages 3 & 4 years old. All activities align with the Mississippi Department of Education Early...
August Kindergarten Readiness Calendar!
Can you believe that it is just about time to go back to school? We love the summer but also love going to school! We love is so much that we thought the theme for this month should be “All About Going to School!” Check out the August 2019 kindergarten readiness...
June Kindergarten Readiness Calendar
Check out the June 2019 kindergarten readiness calendar! The calendars are created monthly with thematic activities for families to engage daily with children ages 3 & 4. All activities align with Mississippi Department of Education Early Learning Standards....
May Kindergarten Readiness Calendar!
Check out the May 2019 kindergarten readiness calendar! The calendars are created monthly with thematic activities for families to engage daily with children ages 3 & 4. All activities align with Mississippi Department of Education Early Learning Standards....
April 2019 Kindergarten Readiness Calendars Are Here!
Check out the April 2019 kindergarten readiness calendars! The calendars are created monthly with thematic activities for families to engage daily with children ages 3 & 4. All activities align with Mississippi Department of Education Early Learning Standards....
Run For It!
Hernando’s Water Tower 10K backs young literacy program By: Bob Bakken DeSoto Tımes-Trıbune TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2018 VOL 122 ISSUE 103 50 Cents ‘It is a workforce development program because without childhood development you don’t have workforce development.’ Gia...
Water Tower 10K event aids Excel By 5
Special to the Times-Tribune Oct 10, 2018 Runners head down the streets of Hernando during the second Water Tower 10K race seven years ago. This year's event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13. File photo On Oct. 13, running enthusiasts from the Mid-South and...
State rising in child well-being
State rising in child well-being By ROBERT LEE LONG Community Editor Jul 6, 2018 Volunteers assist with laying the foundation of a community garden in DeSoto County. File Photo Mississippi is no longer in last place when it comes to the well being of children. In...
Hernando Center Kaco’s Adds Life Saving to Child Caring
Click here to read the story featured in the DeSoto Times-Tribune Hernando Excel By 5 offers a free children’s health fair, new parent resource guides, child care trainings, early literacy workshops, car seat safety checks, bicycle safety instruction, distributes...
Read Their Lips: Imagination Library Encourages Literacy
Click here to read the story featured in the Desoto Times-Tribune
Tooth Fairy makes visit – Desoto Times Tribune
By ROBERT LEE LONG Community Editor Published: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 6:07 AM CST Children at the Hernando ICS Head Start squealed and giggled as the Tooth Fairy made a surprise visit to the classroom on Monday as part of the Excel by 5 program's effort to...
Teaching Kids to Excel – Desoto Times Tribune
Excel By 5 Program highlights safety By ROBERT LEE LONG Community Editor Published: Thursday, October 23, 2014 1:05 AM CDT HERNANDO — Sgt. Steve Tow directed traffic as he usually does and helmet-riding preschoolers on tricycles followed his commands as they pedaled...
H’do mayor hosted at White House – Desoto Times Tribune
Pastor joins Johnson in D.C. to talk about health By ROBERT LEE LONG Community Editor Published: Thursday, July 11, 2013 1:05 AM CDT First Lady Michelle Obama hosted Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson at the White House Wednesday, celebrating the outstanding efforts of...
Hernando Book Bag Distribution May 2013
Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson read a story, and then helped Excel by 5 Co-Certification Manager Victoria Penny distribute book bags to children at Hernando Head Start when the First Regional Library BookWagon visited the center on May Day. Each bag contained a copy of...
Hernando Fire and Life Safety Event May 2013
Hernando Excel by 5 participated in the Hernando Fire and Life Safety Day on Saturday, May 4th from 1-5 p.m. at Hernando Fire Station 2. This is the 8th year for this event designed to help improve fire and general life safety for families in Hernando. In addition to...
Town Hall Meeting Tonight: Excel By 5 Seeks to Get Children School Ready- Desoto Times Tribune
Published: Thursday, October 4, 2012 12:53 AM CDT Special to the Times-Tribune HERNANDO — Hernando’s budding Excel by 5 program is looking to build on its assessment of the needs of young children in the community by holding a Town Hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 4...
Public Invited to Give Input on Excel By 5 in Hernando- The Commercial Appeal
By Henry Bailey Posted September 30, 2012 "Is that the mummy?" asked little Bella Port, a just-turned 3-year-old, as she pointed to a fantastic figure in a book illustration for her nanny, Lisa Lackey. Lackey was reading from "There Was an Old Witch" in the children's...