Budding Scientists Ready for School
A $3.8 million grant from the U. S. Department
of Education to the University's
Warner School of Education will establish
a national preschool Center of Excellence
in Rochester's Catholic schools.
The project builds on the Science-
Start! program, which uses science to
develop children's language, literacy, and
school readiness.
"ScienceStart! is a natural immersion
into the world of science-our world-
without the fear that's occasionally
associated with science," says Kathy
Dougherty, principal at Cathedral
School at Holy Rosary.
Some 1,700 Rochester children have
participated in ScienceStart!, and 1,800
families have taken part in the family
literacy component of the program.
ScienceStart! has also provided more
than $500,000 in books, supplies, and
equipment to Rochester-area preschools/