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About
Us
Naugatuck
Discovery has been serving the community since 2002. The initiative
was the result of a grant awarded by the William Caspar Graustein
Memorial Fund in Hamden, CT. Through Discovery, more than 50 Connecticut
communities and other partners statewide are working with the
Graustein Memorial Fund to improve the lives of young children
from birth through age 8. With focused attention on parent leadership
and engagement and collaboration, Discovery communities and partners
are pursuing four objectives:
- Expand
the supply of high quality early care and education
- Improve
the quality of existing early care and education
- Strengthen
connections between early care and elementary education
- Improve
student social, emotional and academic performance.
Naugatuck
Discovery seeks to increase the community's understanding of the
importance of early childhood for a child's social, emotional
and academic development. Naugatuck Discovery also works to create
and strengthen community partnerships and engage parent to achieve
its goals of having all Naugatuck children excel in school and
in life.
Naugatuck Discovery publishes newsletters for young families and
for Naugatuck's early childcare and early learning community.
The newsletter explores issues in childhood growth, development
and learning with insights from local and area professionals and
families.
Discovery works with other Naugatuck organizations to host events
that support and encourage quality early childhood experiences
within families and within the community. Naugatuck Discovery
is a growing resource for education, information and support on
early childhood for the entire Naugatuck Community.
The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund funds Naugatuck Discovery
and has committed funding through 2009. The United Way of Naugatuck
and Beacon Falls serves as fiduciary. Naugatuck Discovery can
be found in the office of The United Way of Naugatuck and Beacon
Falls at 284 Church Street (Naugatuck YMCA).
Learn
more about the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund at www.wcgmf.org.
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