The 3rd Annual Small Steps Ultimate Wine Classic, held on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at River Oaks Country Club, was a huge success for Small Steps Nurturing Center. Small Steps was excited to honor John A. Rathmell, Jr., former Small Steps Board Chair, for his commitment and strong leadership at Small Steps. For the second [...]
Goodbyes are hard! With the end of the school year rapidly approaching, our minds have begun to turn toward saying the “Big Goodbye.” Change is a part of life. Yet, too often in the lives of our students, changes come with no warning or explanation. With this in mind, teachers have begun talking with our [...]
The Community Bridges Fellowship Program, sponsored by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the Center for Civic Engagement, gives Rice students the opportunity to utilize lessons learned in the classroom to help reduce poverty in Houston’s Fifth Ward. The Community Bridges Program pairs Rice students with one of five nonprofits actively working in the [...]
Last week, Small Steps Depelchin campus held their spring Family Chapel. Each week Small Steps has formal chapel. This week parents were invited to come and participate. The pre-k students from the green room and the blue room retold the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 (John 6:1-14). After the story, loaves (pretzels) and fishes (goldfish) [...]
Students from the Green room and the Blue room at our DePelchin campus celebrated Earth Day today! Students made “junk art” with items like milk caps and tissue paper and also made edible mud pies that were topped with gummy worms. The live worms stayed outside, but the students inspected – and measured – those [...]
Birthdays can be celebrated every day here at Small Steps! On April 11th, first and third graders from the Kinkaid School visited our students and brought birthday boxes with them. The decorated boxes contained cake mix, candles, party hats, plates, napkins, and cups that will be used to celebrate each of our student’s birthdays. Kinkaid students [...]
