Keeble EC/PK Center Named H-E-B Award Finalist

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H-E-B recently announced five finalists for the Early Childhood Award, part of the retailer’s annual Excellence in Education Awards program. The Early Childhood Award is designed to support public or private schools that focus on the care and education of children under age five.

H-E-B will present each of the five regional finalists with a $5,000 check to help enhance or create new Kinder Readiness programs that prepare children to enter kindergarten socially and academically ready to learn.

The overall statewide winner will be announced at the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards ceremony on May 3, 2013 at the Hilton in Austin and awarded an additional $25,000 grant.

The 2013 Early Childhood Award finalists are:

• Del Valle Independent School District —  Del Valle
• Keeble EC/PK & Head Start Center— Houston
• Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District — Pharr
• Brownsville Independent School District — Brownsville
• Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children — San Antonio

Principal María I. Galindo is very happy that Keeble EC/PK Center is being recognized.

“We are very proud of the program at Keeble,” stated Galindo. “We offer a full-day Montessori program and currently serve more than 900 students. The school’s success is in large part due to the dedicated staff members as well as the support we receive from the school district, business partners and students’ parents.”

The Early Childhood Award complements H-E-B’s Read 3 Campaign, an early childhood literacy initiative aimed at educating parents and caregivers about the importance of reading to children a minimum of three times per week, and to provide families with the tools and resources they need to prepare their youngsters for school.