For Your Child’s Health

Now, for the first time, a new study outlines three household routines that can reduce the risk of obesity in kids.

Family Reading Partnership

The Family Reading Partnership is a non-profit community organization that promotes early literacy. We are a broad-based, locally grown coalition of individuals, businesses, schools, libraries and other organizations. We have joined forces to “create a culture of literacy” by promoting family reading practices throughout our community. We know that literacy — the ability to read, [...]

Protecting Children from the Sun

As a reminder, for sun protection we ask parents to apply sunscreen to their child before coming to school. We then reapply each time we go outdoors. We ask that parents provide their child with a bottle of sunscreen along with a hat. Just a few serious sunburns can increase your child’s risk of skin [...]

More Dairy, Calcium in Childhood, Longer Life?

Study beginning in 1930s suggests link, but experts unsure A 65-year-long study finds that people who took in lots of calcium and dairy products as children tended to avoid stroke and live longer than those who didn’t. “This study shows a modest protective effect of dietary calcium intake in childhood against stroke risk later in [...]