Children's Institute

30 August 2023
McQuaid Volleyball Team Really Serves!

Today the McQuaid boys volleyball team helped stuff, organize and lug over 3000 folders for children and families...

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The Power of Play - Healthi Kids Playful Learning Summit

Staff from Children’s Institute and ROC the Future Alliance joined other community vendor organizations and nearly 200 attendees at the inaugural Healthi Kids Playful Learning Summit on Monday, August 21, 2023.

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Celebrating at the YCWC Juneteenth Freedom Resource Festival

The Young Child Wellness Council (YCWC) had a beautiful day for their community JUNETEENTH FREEDOM – Resource Festival held on Saturday, June 24, 2023.

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Students want you to know you make a difference! 

It’s a time of year that “burnout” creeps or leaps into almost every conversation that occurs among those of us in the education field... a couple of wishes as you head into summer break ...

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Celebrating the Work of Our Youth Leadership Council

Whole Child Connection’s Youth Leadership Council (YLC) and graduate students at The Warner School of Education came together to work on the teacher pipeline project.

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Newly Published Article: Students in Primary Project had higher attendance rates

Our recently published article in the Journal of Applied School Psychology highlights results that show students enrolled in Primary Project had higher rates of attendance compared to their peers.

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Welcome to New Board Members

Children’s Institute welcomes two new Board Members to a three-year term. Each volunteer member brings a unique set of expertise, experience, and perspectives that will enhance the Board's commitment to our mission: Joining together to raise every child’s complete wellbeing.

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28 October 2022
Gold Award for Team Excellence! GRQC 2022 Performance Excellence Awards

Children’s Institute’s Get Ready to GROW team was honored with a Gold Award for Team Excellence – Get Ready to GROW Referrals: Let’s “Close the Loop!”

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QSNY Update and Welcome to New CI Employee Krista Nicolaisen

QUALITYstarsNY (QSNY) is a large project that has been on hold during COVID. It is New York’s Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) for early childhood programs, providing support and resources to improve and sustain high quality across New York State: New York’s Quality Rating & Improvement System - QUALITYstarsNY.

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Leading with Love

Last weekend, I gathered with lay faith members of communities across Rochester with whom I have gathered monthly for a year. It was our final class. We were celebrating our accomplishments together as a community that cares about mental health, in this intentional learning community of Renewing of the Mind’s (RoM).

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