With the help of ISE grants, a former church building next to the school has been converted into an early-childhood center. Upstairs, a day-care center allows teachers and high school students to concentrate on school, knowing their children are nearby, receiving good care. Downstairs, a resource center serves as the hub of the district's Parents as Teachers program. A former church building has been transformed into an early childhood center. ISE grant money was used to buy entertaining, educational materials for a lending library.
Parents visit the center to check-out toys, books, videotapes and learning resource kits.
The local Kiwanis Club helps out with a yearly donation. Classroom amplification has been a particularly successful ISE innovation. The project began as a way to help a few hearing-impaired children. But it soon was apparent that classroom amplification helps everyone. The idea has spread throughout the elementary grades.