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Small Steps Clays Classic Team Photos Posted

February 27, 2009

We have posted the team photos from yesterday’s successful event, the 2009 Small Steps Clays Classic!   Please take a look at the albums (organized by course) to find your team photo:
http://www.ssnc.org/media-room/photo-gallery/

If you would like to receive a higher-quality electronic copy of a photo, please note the album name (i.e. – “White Course”) as well as the photo [...]

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Study published in Pediatrics Demonstrates the Academic Benefits of Recess

February 24, 2009

A study in the February 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics entitled “School Recess and Group Classroom Behavior” suggests that there are a number of measurable academic benefits in school programs that offer their students recess.  Although the full article is only available to journal subscribers, Tara Parker Pope summarizes the research well in an article in [...]

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Small Steps Students Spread Valentine’s Day Cheer

Two of Small Steps’ Pre-K/Kindergarten classes spread the Valentine’s Day spirit to the senior citizens who attended Houston Full Circle’s second annual Valentine’s Day Dance.  The 30 students from Small Steps’ Jensen campus made sure each of the 411 seniors who attended the dance received a hand-made Valentine’s Day card.
Below, the Houston Chronicle captures one of our Pre-K [...]

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Kinkaid School Day of Service

February 21, 2009

On Saturday, February 21st, over 20 Kinkaid Middle School students, parents and staff participated in the Kinkaid Middle School Day of Service by volunteering at Small Steps Nurturing Center’s Jensen Drive campus.  The volunteers prepared the community garden for the upcoming spring planting and refreshed the playground with additional mulch.
With the planting beds prepared, Small [...]

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Episcopal High School Seniors Volunteer In A Two-Week Outreach Program at Small Steps

February 4, 2009

As the staff of Small Steps returned from the MLK holiday, we were pleasantly surprised to see some new faces at our daily staff devotional!  Eight Episcopal High School seniors, four per campus, arrived for the beginning of a two-week stay at Small Steps.  They were participating in EHS’s Senior Outreach Program, a time for each senior [...]

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