During the last several months, most of us have seen or heard a child on the other end of a Zoom session. Many parents and caregivers have gained new “office assistants” this year as they work from home: their children. In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, parents...
Super heroes don’t always wear capes and fly through the air. Some of them wear glasses, utilize service animals, and use wheelchairs. United Inner City Services (UICS) happens to have many superheroes in all of our centers. We call them teachers. One of those...
New backpack. Check. Crayons. Check. Pencils. Check. Family face masks. Check. Some back-to-school lists look a little different this year. In fact, many things look different as we enter the 2020-21 school year at any of our three United Inner City Services (UICS)...
A picture of compassion, an example of fellowship, and an advocate for education is how Rev. Dr. Robert (Bob) Lee Hill described Deidre Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of United Inner City Services, as he presented her with the 2019 Evelyn Wasserstrom Award....
Read this great article the Head Start-Trauma Smart program in the New York Times. The Head Start-Trauma Smart program is offered at St. Mark Child and Family Development Center thanks to St. Luke’s Health System’s Crittenton Children’s Center. Our...
We thought this article about toddlers using your phone to take pictures of themselves was really interesting. It raises a lot of questions about kids and technology, memory, and instant gratification. For all the worry, we though this excerpt was worth remembering:...
