🎒 What Affordable Preschool Means to a Local Family ❤️

The Nava Family at Parley's Park Elementary School.

Yoni Nava and his wife began to explore childcare and preschool options for their young sons, finding it tremendously challenging to find a local program with available space at an affordable price.

“When I learned about the PCSD’s Preschool Program, and the access and affordability, we jumped on the opportunity to enroll him for the current school year as a 4 year old. As a working parent, having this affordable and great preschool opportunity for my son is invaluable and brings my family great peace of mind.” -Yoni Nava, Preschool Parent and Head of Custodians & Maintenance at Parley’s Park Elementary School

Preschool has always been a priority for PCEF, and PCSD stands out as a pioneer, offering the first universal preschool in Utah with affordable preschool access to all since 2011 thanks to PCEF donors.

Preschool is one of 8 Signature Initiatives supported and funded by PCEF. Raise the odds for success. Lower the cost of Preschool.

🖍️ Getting to Know PCSD's Preschool Director, Dan Gallery 🍎

Dan Gallery stands in front of the Preschool expansion at McPolin Elementary School, currently under construction.

“Preschool exposes children to foundational pieces crucial for their educational careers and provides cognitive, behavioral, and social skills that set the stage for future learning.” 

-Dan Gallery, PCSD Preschool Director

This school year, Mr. Gallery stepped into the role of Preschool Director, bringing along his passion for creating a positive and engaging environment for the district’s youngest learners. “I’ve been with the school district for 11 years. During my tenure in Special Education, building strong relationships with families and teachers was a highlight, along with witnessing the positive outcomes of emphasizing good behavior in teaching and learning.” He is also a parent of a young child himself, bringing valuable personal perspective to this new role.

Preschool will expand to offer 70 additional seats for the 2024/2025 school year.

☀️ PwC Charitable Foundation's Generous Gift Supporting Bright Futures

Bright Futures recently received a generous donation of $25,000 from PwC Charitable Foundation, supporting the journey of motivated first-generation students as they strive to reach and successfully navigate their college education.

Local PwC resident Zachary Sachen notes, "PwC's people care about the communities in which they live and work, and our culture of giving is a distinctive point of pride. Whether through the volunteer efforts and/or financial contributions of our people, or through the charitable efforts of our firm and the PwC Charitable Foundation, our outreach aims to increase the collective impact we can make. PCEF's Bright Futures program has made a difference in our community, and we feel fortunate to be able to contribute to your impact!"

🎨 EVA Virtual Grandparent-Grandchild Art Lesson 🎨

Scholar Circle members and potential members: Please join us for a virtual grandparent-grandchild art lesson, taught by Park City School District’s Elementary Visual Art (EVA) specialist, Melissa Allen, based on the art of Hunt Slonem.

Mr Slonem is an American contemporary painter, printer and sculptural artist. He is best known for his paintings depicting his affinity for bunnies, butterflies and exotic tropical birds. Together we'll create a Hunt Slonem inspired colorful background and a gestural bunny (or animal of choice), perfect for fancy framing. Slonem's work is exhibited in Park City at Gallery Mar on Main Street.

Who: Grandparents and Park City School Students

What: A Virtual Art Lesson

When: 5-6pm MST, January 31, 2024

Where: Online

How: Coordinate with your family & register at the link below.

🙏🏻 Thank You! 👍🏻

Thank you to every donor who helped us meet our $50,000 fundraising challenge in December. We surpassed our goal and raised over $60,000, which included leadership gifts of $5,000 or more! Your generosity enables us to serve our mission to fund and support educator-powered initiatives that inspire all Park City students to reach their academic and lifelong potential. 

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