Good morning.
Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 75. Sunrise is 5:45 and sunset is 8:16, for 14 hours, 31 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 40.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1777, the Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette “be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States.”
It’s mid-summer in Whitewater, but if one looks carefully, we’re truly in early spring, with many seasons ahead. The City of Whitewater announced yesterday a donation to Whitewater for a Whitewater Early Childhood Education and Childcare Center:
Big things are coming to Whitewater!
A $10 million donation is helping bring the Whitewater Early Childhood Education and Childcare (ECEC) Center to life!
We need your input to help shape it. Please take 10 minutes to complete this confidential survey conducted by UW–River Falls. There is a survey for community members and one for businesses.
Take the survey now!
Household survey: tinyurl.com/whitewaterecechh
Business survey: tinyurl.com/whitewaterececbus
Learn more: https://whitewaterecec.com/
The two survey links above will aid project leaders in crafting a center that most nicely fits Whitewater’s needs. The third of the three links presents the goals of the project:
Project goals
- An attractive, centrally-located center with easy access to outside play spaces
- A high-quality, play-based curriculum, similar to that of the UW-Whitewater Children’s Center
- A center that enhances — and does not compete with — existing providers
- A close collaboration with the Whitewater Unified School District
- An inclusive fee structure that ensures access for all
- ESL programming and support to help non-native English speakers become kindergarten-ready
- Competitive teacher compensation to encourage retention
Stretch goals
- Programming from birth through kindergarten
- An optional dual-language classroom
- A replicable model for other communities to follow
To begin with a survey, and then to support this work, is to nurture our youngest residents and fortify the community.
An Early Childhood Education and Childcare Center will be an extraordinary (literally so) and welcome (happily so) part of this city. Best wishes for success that will make others’ success possible.
Electric weed control proves shockingly effective: