Educare Springfield

Every day, no matter what, we look for joy. And every day, no matter what, we find joy in the spaces where children are at Educare Springfield. 🚸

This week we found joy with one of our Local Evaluation Partner researchers, Dr. Vanessa Esquivel from UCONN. 🐺

Dr. Esquivel dedicated four years to helping Educare Springfield gather and analyze data about children, families, educators, relationships and environments as well as assisting coaches think more critically about instructional decisions to help children grow. This is not only joy, but excellence which is what all children and families deserve. 👶🏽

Dr. Esquivel finished her doctoral program and is heading back home to her family. To celebrate her incredible tenure and work with us, we made today “Vanessa Day!” at Educare Springfield full of love, joy, cupcakes, flowers, and some bitter sweet moments. 🫶🏼

Thank you, Dr. Esquivel for the data, the excellence, the care and most of all, the joy that you shared with us. Your work elevates our work and for this we are forever grateful. 🙏

Happy Vanessa Day! 💐

“Crockpots and Community” Even #2 was amazing! We had a full house and enjoyed the buffalo chicken dip, the black eyed pea soup recipe, and the opportunity to connect.

Thank you to Sonya Yelder for her time and expertise!

We will be hosting another food-and community-focused event in May! Stay tuned!