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Letter From The President

Dear YAAEYC Members, Hope everyone enjoyed the snow on the pumpkins this fall! Between that and the earthquake this summer I think we are in for an interesting school year. Reminders:
PA Early Childhood Summit Keeping Pennsylvanias

Fall 2011

Inside this issue:

Letter from the President 2011 YAAEYC Conference Week of the Young Child Early Childhood Action Day New & Renewing Memberships One Book York Library Update YAAEYC Contacts 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4

Early Childhood Programs Strong in State College, Pa. November 30th- December 2nd. Save the Date:
Early Childhood Action Day this year will be on Tues-

day, May 1, 2012 in Harrisburg, PA. The rally will take place from 2-3PM in the Capitol Rotunda. Memorial Hospitals Baby and Child Expo will take place on Saturday, May 5th. If you would like to volunteer in the FOCUS booth contact Christy Renjilian at the United Way. As we head into the holidays I would like to wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday season. Sue Yohe YAAEYC President

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2011 YAAEYC Conference

Once again our annual YAAEYC Early Childhood Conference was held at Penn State York on Saturday, October 1st. It was such a fantastic day filled with interesting, informative sessions, excited participants and engaging presenters. This year we had approximately 270 participants. Attendees had the choice of many new and exciting sessions including infant/toddler, school-age and supervisory topics which were offered for the first time. The comments received by the conference committee after the conference were overwhelmingly positive. Participants were especially happy with the amount of interesting sessions to choose from and were inspired by the sessions they attended. We would, again, like to thank Penn State York for providing such a great facility; their staff for helping out and all the volunteers who made this day such a success. We would also like to thank everyone who attended. Your enthusiasm and commitment made this day such a success!!! Please remember that there are always opportunities to help out with this great event. Please contact the committee members or any YAAEYC board member to join this fabulous committee. Thanks, YAAEYC committee members.

Week of the Young Child

Mark you calendar for the 2012 Week of the Young Child April 22-28!
The Week of the Young Child is an annual celebration, which focuses public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs. After last years super successful week, we hope to expand our events, and get more community involvement. The highlight of the Week of the Young Child is our WOYC Banquet honoring all providers of high quality ECE. We are currently recruiting for members of the committee to help with everything from prize gathering to promotion to helping with the WOYC dinner (and much more!). Please contact Trish Bissett at Bissettt@unitedwayyork.org or Angie Sparks at asparks@ywcayork.org if you are interested in finding out more information about the committee.

Early Childhood Action Day

SAVE THE DATE! Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Harrisburg, PA
(2-3 PM: Rally in the Capital Rotunda)

Every year we look forward to the energy and message that early childhood advocates like YOU deliver best; and in 2012, we want to be louder than ever! Don't miss these opportunities at 2012 Action Day: Professional development hours Legislative visits Networking with 100s of ECE advocates Raising your voice at the Rally We look forward to seeing you in Harrisburg next spring! Be sure to check PennAEYCs Facebook page and website for more details in the coming weeks.

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Thank You For Joining Or Renewing Your Membership

Tammy Lynn Bardo Tonya Bastinelli Sara Bosley Lindsey Colvin Peggy Costa Jennifer Eileen Deardorff Jacqueline Dell-Shearer Amy Dias Paula M. Gilbert Carol K. Heagy Erica Heller Shawnee Hooper

Kimberley Anne Hudson Debra Latzko Melinda Keller Maitland Gladys Maldonaldo Patricia Mann Ashley McOwen Patricia Selene Moeller Marsha Nell Donna M. Nicholas Kim Waynee Overmiller Christine Pantoja Megan Penson

Beverly Jan Queenan Christy Renjilian Nancy Jo Rosenbaum-Hardy Judy Slenker Elizabeth Steed Emily Stinebaugh Steve Stover Nichole Ann Therit Lori Anne Weaver Katelyn Ann Weyant Stephanie Wilson-Gomez

One Book Every Young Child

The 2012 selection for One Book Every Young Child is Zachariah Ohoras Stop Snoring, Bernard! Bernard loves curling up to go to sleep. But there is one little problem. Bernard snores LOUDLY! So loudly that he keeps all of the otters awake during naptime. So loudly that Grumpy Giles tells Bernard to move his snoring somewhere else! Kickoff event is March 27, 2012 in Harrisburg. Look for this book coming to you in early Spring. Copies of the book will be distributed at the Week of the Young Child Banquet in April.

Reminder
Whose Shoes traveling trunk, along with Inside Mouse Outside Mouse, A Special Friend Indeed, Up Down And Around, If You Were A Penguin, and What A Treasure are available for weekly borrowing through Martin Library. The materials in the trunk are based on the PA Pre-School standards and include activities, crafts, songs and rhymes for use in the classroom. Please call Peggy Gardner at 846-5300 X280 to reserve a time for you. Trunks may be picked up from and returned to your closest local library.

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Committee Chair Members Contact Information

President: Sue Yohe syohe@yorkcpc.org mmp109@psu.edu Accreditation: Megan Penson

Conference Co-Chairs: Molly Diehl diehlmol@ycs.k12.pa.us & Shanda Opsitos sopsitos@yahoo.com Membership: Sukhdeep Gill sgill@psu.edu Nomination: Christy Renjilian renjilianc@unitedway-york.org Program: Lisa Young lyoung@ywcayork.org Public Policy: Ashley Zurawski azurawski@ywcayork.org & Rebecca Sullivan rsullivan@ycwayork.org Publicity/Newsletter: Paula Gilbert pgilbert@yorklibraries.org & Jackie Dell-Shearer dellshearerj@unitedwayyork.org Recognition: Wendy Latshaw OtterbeinEEC@aol.com WOYC: Angie Sparks asparks@ywcayork.org & Trish Bissett bissettt@unitedway-york.org

RemembertocheckthePAKeyswebsiteatwww.pakeys.org,fortrainingopportunities.

Library Update
Family Place Workshops for parents with children birth to 3 will begin again in January. Programs are Wednesday from 10 AM until 11:15 AM starting January 18th. This is a 5 week program designed to promote play between parents and children and interaction with child specialists. Families will learn about the library, receive library cards and may ask questions about issues unique to their child. Registration is online at www.yorklibraries.org or call 717-846-5300 ext. 242 for more information. Please share this with your families.

Watch for information from your local library regarding Read Across America Day which will be held on March 2nd. Libraries will celebrate Dr. Seusss birthday with a variety of programs and activities for children.

Remember the library is open on Sundays from 1 PM until 5 PM. Stop in and visit the family computing center.

Visit www.yorklibraries.org or www.goyork.org

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