(Franklin County, NC) ApSeed and partner Franklin County Schools welcomed Sen. Lisa Barnes (District 11) for an on-site visit at a Youngsville pre-K center to provide an in-person look at the 50 ApSeed educational touchpads in action last week.
WHAT:
The ApSeed pre-K touchpad is loaded with interactive educational app games that teach letters, numbers, sounds, shapes, and colors. This boosts literacy and language skills for preschoolers. Also, these touchpads do not connect to the internet and they don’t have a camera, making them as safe as possible.
WHO:
During her visit on Oct. 16 at Long Mill Elementary School, Sen. Lisa Barnes saw firsthand what the preschoolers have already learned using the 50 ApSeed touchpads that were delivered during ApSeed’s professional development session for teachers in August.
These leaders also attended:
- Franklin County Schools: Dr. Geoffrey Hawthorne (Exec. Dir. of Elementary Ed & Federal Programs)
- Franklin County Schools: Dr. Dawayne McIntosh (Dir. Of Communications)
- ApSeed: Dr. Julie Morrow (Exec. Dir.)
HOW:
During a teacher training event back on August 21, ApSeed delivered 50 pre-K educational touchpads for use in eight Franklin County preschool classrooms. ApSeed’s Executive Director Dr. Julie Morrow demonstrated the touchpads during a professional development session for 16 pre-K educators. ApSeed has more than 100 distribution partner locations across the Carolinas and the team was excited for this first distribution to Franklin County Schools. [Photos from August event available for use]
WHY:
ApSeed partners with childcare providers, school districts, and local or state agencies, to distribute take-home touchpads to any preschool-aged child, but especially to those in federally-sponsored Pre-K, Title 1, and Head Start programs or who are served by the WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) supplemental nutrition program.
Since 2016, the organization has delivered more than 30,000 touchpads – free of charge – to children in North and South Carolina, New York City, California, and even as far away as Zimbabwe and Liberia.
