One Family, One Neighborhood at a time
February 1st
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
At the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature
SPOTLIGHT BOOK:
Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez
Free airplane rides for kids AND a pancake breakfast!
Hosted by EAA Chapter 180
Registration is Required
Not only is Soar in 4 on Facebook, we have provided some new tools on our website for you to interact with Facebook. At the top right corner of each page, you’ll see a Facebook icon which links directly to our @soarin4manatee Facebook Page.
We have also set up links on all articles, documents and photo posts so you can DIRECTLY share them with family and friends; use either the blue Facebook icon or the brown Email icon.
Join Soar in 4 for a series of special learning celebrations in partnership with WEDU PBS and PBS KIDS select dates during the 2020-21 school year! These FREE events will be held at various locations and feature fun, educational activities for children and families, great take-home materials, and meet-and-greet appearances by your favorite PBS KIDS characters! Visit our calendar for all dates and locations!
Find the article and watch the video on MySuncoast ABC 7!
Program aims to bring elementary school students to proficient reading levels
A new series of video episodes designed to help children and their families to imagine, explore and develop the skills they will need for learning.
Each segment highlights a Neighborhood Hero and takes the viewer on a virtual field trip to connect the family to a local high school.
The Soar in 4 Program provides numerous resources to help parents achieve success in family and career endeavors. Browse our parent resource library to see the variety of opportunities we have to offer!
You are invited to participate in this great opportunity to capture kids’ interest through engaging learning experiences.
Our STEAM Machine will come to you! We will provide one hour sessions inside your classroom that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and/or Mathematics.
Have a big heart and like to work with children? Volunteer with Soar in 4!
We also need Soar in 4 Facilitators! If you have a passion to help children and empower families, we might have a position for you as a Soar in 4 Facilitator!
Soar In 4 ensures children from families of all races, ethnicities, incomes, abilities, and languages have the support they need for healthy growth, development and school readiness.
Soar in 4 is Manatee County’s monthly movement to ensure all early learners and their families have the opportunities and support they need for success in preschool, school and beyond. Soar in 4 is a collaborative effort to ensure all children are reading on grade level by the end of third grade, by focusing on 15 economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Soar in 4 launched 5 innovative strategies that are transforming Manatee’s approach to early childhood education and school readiness.
Through a community based multi-part planning process, we identified, defined and implemented a shared neighborhood vision.
Helpful resources related to our initiatives: Parent Leadership Models, Program Quality Improvement Models, Health Screenings and more.
A legacy of progress. Through these efforts Soar in 4 has catalyzed neighborhood conversations and sparked new thinking about school readiness.
The Soar in 4 Program serves 15 high need school zones, but plans expanding to cover all of Manatee County’s Title I elementary schools by 2022. For more information or to learn how to enroll your family in the program, contact your zoned school.
Samantha Webb, Principal
7100 Madonna Place
Sarasota, FL 34243
941-751-7040
Mike Masiello, Principal
912 18th Street West
Bradenton, FL 34205
941-708-8400
Bernadette Pletcher, Principal
6120 26th Street West
Bradenton, FL 34207
941-751-7000
Latrina Singleton, Principal
3904 17th Street East
Palmetto, FL 34221
941-723-4800
Shelby Bench, Principal
515 63rd Avenue East
Bradenton, FL 34203
941-751-7023
Tami VanOverbeke, Principal
1609 6th Avenue East
Bradenton, FL 34208
941-741-3319
Tina Stancil, Principal
5425 38th Avenue West
Bradenton, FL 34209
941-741-3170
Nicole Williams, Principal
5214 22nd Street Court East
Bradenton, FL 34203
941-751-7018
Kaththea Johnson, Principal
6025 Bayshore Road
Palmetto, FL 34221
941-723-4812
Billie-Jo Tyne-Fintel, Principal
1540 10th Street West
Palmetto, FL 34221
941-723-4822
Lynne Menard, Principal
3801 Southern Parkway
Bradenton, FL 34205
941-751-7006
Pat Stream, Principal
515 13th Ave West
Bradenton, FL 34205
941-209-7540
Maribeth Mason, Principal
3300 19th Street East
Bradenton, FL 34209
941-708-6400
Greg Sander, Principal
3601 71st Street West
Bradenton, FL 34209
941-741-3190
Marla Massi-Blackmore, Principal
1415 29th Street East
Palmetto, FL 34221
941-723-4833