Hernando News

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

By ROBERT LEE LONG Community Editor Published: Saturday, March 31, 2012 12:52 AM CDT HERNANDO — Children's brains are three-fourths of an adult-sized brain by the age of three. Studies indicate that children by the age of 3 need to be intellectually stimulated in...

Program helps instill pre-schoolers' love of learning By Henry Bailey Taking a first step to grow a community that boosts crucial early-childhood learning, Hernando is forming a coalition to support innovative "Excel By 5" certification. "That's the key -- this...