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FESTIVAL TIME
This year’s Hometown Festival is set for Saturday, May 24. Local
businesses who sponsor the festival are featured on two T-shirts and the
festival’s web site. Submissions for the T-shirt contest will be
collected at the Town Office through April 14. For more information on
sponsorships, the contest and the festival in general, visit
www.hometownfestival.org. |
Church, Community Centers Provide Much-needed
Preschool Services
By KERRY PERRY
News aRound the Hill
Many people new to the community have difficulty finding a preschool.
Most schools fill up on the first night of registration and have wait
lists. Just around the corner, though, is a new little preschool
dedicated to providing a much needed service to the community.
Little Lambs Preschool, in the Round Hill Baptist Church, opened in
January of 2007, and has room to grow by at least two more classes.
With just seven children in the 3-year-old class and 12 in the
4-year-old class, the teacher and aide are able to offer a very
personalized kindergarten preparatory curriculum. The school, created as
an outreach to the community, will be holding registration for the
2008-2009 year on Feb. 29 and Mar. 14 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. and Mar. 1 and
3 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Call 540-338-4648 for more information.
Just two blocks away, the Round Hill Center in the old Round Hill
Elementary School has been the temporary site for the Loudoun Valley
Community Center’s (LVCC) preschool. The preschool has been utilizing
the Center for the past five months while LVCC undergoes renovations. As
renovations are on schedule, the preschool anticipates returning to
Purcellville in late summer.
At that time, Bluemont Community Center will begin year-long
renovations, and, according to a letter to patrons from Manager Rick
Gleason, will be moving to the Round Hill Center. The move is being
planned for July or August.
Registration for the community centers’ preschool programs began earlier
this month.
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