Leah McDaniel: First Year Teacher, Veteran Artist Has someone ever called you a “real life 3D printer”? Well, it was one of many compliments Ashley Jones had to say about her Classroom Support Teacher and artist, Leah McDaniel. “I’ll say ‘I really wish I had...
At United Inner City Services (UICS), we believe that people who are taught to become strong will be unstoppable. Throughout the turbulent year we’ve had, that strength has been needed now more than ever: for teachers, for parents, for the community, and especially...
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...
A morning song sung to wake up. A tickle to elicit a laugh. A push on a swing set with requests to go higher. A game of basketball. These interactions are often commonplace between parents/caregivers and children, but some might not know how often these tools of...
Think back to your first day of school. Can you remember it? For some of us, it’s one of our earliest memories. It is the first community we join outside of our own family. You may have been excited for that first small taste of independence, to meet the...
Next week marks the beginning of a new school year for our students, families, and staff at UICS. With the pivot to an adjusted curriculum that will provide quality early education options for both virtual and hybrid in-classroom/at-home learning, as well as the...