Liberty Bank Foundation Supports Kindergarten Kickstart

The Liberty Bank Foundation has awarded a grant of $30,000 over three years to support the Kindergarten Kickstart program, a summer pre-K program that is a collaborative partnership between Assistant Professor of Psychology Anna Shusterman’s lab, MacDonough Elementary School, North End Action Team (NEAT), and the Connecticut State Department of Education’s Family Resource Center. The program was piloted for the first time last summer at MacDonough.

The grant will provide about 50 percent of the program’s operating cost for each of the next three years, and allow the program to expand to two locations. Each site will be staffed by three Wesleyan students and one certified teacher with experience in the Middletown elementary schools.

Read more about the Kindergarten Kickstart program in this Wesleyan Connection story.