Hopkins Public Schools

22 hours ago

🌟 Set your child up for success with high-quality Pre-K, now enrolling for the 2025-26 school year!

Pre-K helps children develop intellectual, social, and emotional skills, giving them the confidence to thrive in school and beyond. 🎓💛

📅 Enroll your 4-year-old today: miearlychildhood.org/index.php?county=3&p=3

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Hopkins Public Schools

2 days ago

🛏️ Overcoming Morning Struggles 🛏️
Is your child resisting wake-up time? Try these tips:
✅ Set out clothes the night before
✅ Use a morning checklist
✅ Start the morning with their favorite music
Small steps can make mornings easier! ... See MoreSee Less

Hopkins Public Schools

2 days ago

SAVE THE DATE for our next Community Forum
Monday, October 27
6pm Hopkins HS Cafeteria ... See MoreSee Less

Hopkins Public Schools

6 days ago

HELP US SAVE GSCs & GSFCs!

We strongly value Early Childhood Education and advocate for a restoration of funding for our Great Start Collaborative and Great Start Family Coalition.

We are collecting STORIES from FAMILIES and PARTNERS like YOU to show the impact of our early childhood supports and the system of collaboration that makes them possible. YOUR input helps decision-makers see the human impact and importance of system-building work led by Great Start Collaboratives and Family Coalitions across the state. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey- bit.ly/SAVEGSC

Allegan County Programming Includes:
Free Partner Trainings: Restorative Practice; Too Small To Fail—Talking is Teaching (Trusted Messenger); Ages & Stages Screening; Michigan’s Early Essential Literacy Practices (Birth–3 and PreK) Michigan AEYC Great Start to Quality Southwest Resource Center

Help Me Grow Allegan: Coordinates referrals through the MiEarlyChildhood data system (basic needs, childcare, Early On, Build Up, preschool, parent support)

Child Find Initiatives: Free ASQ:3 developmental screenings through Brookes Publishing for Early On, Family Coaches (HMG), Head Start, and GSRP classrooms Michigan Head Start Association

Free online developmental screeners for all Allegan County families via our HMG Website

Annual “Let’s Talk About Books, Balls, and Blocks” event offering free screening, referrals, and resource connections
Special Education & Early Intervention Michigan Alliance for Families

Help Me Grow Allegan “Build Up” Pilot with Help Me Grow Michigan the Michigan Department's Office of Special Education, Allegan Area ESA, and local educational agencies- triage referral system for timely evaluations Build Up Michigan, Allegan Area ESA Plainwell Community Schools Otsego Public Schools Fennville Public Schools Hopkins Public Schools Wayland Union Schools Allegan Public Schools, Martin Public Schools

Support families transitioning from Early On into preschool or kindergarten Early On Michigan

School Readiness & Health Improvement
Health Committee: Partner on oral, mental, and physical health initiatives for pregnant mothers and children ages 0–5 Beacon Allegan Community Action Allegan

Oral Health Coalition: Distributed thousands of toothbrushes (donated from Allegan Perrigo Foundation) to local Great Start Collaborative agency partners

MACC Allegan County Health Improvement Plan: Increase access to medical and oral health providers through Help Me Grow and the Community Information Exchange (CIE), Allegan County Community Foundation

Allegan, Ottawa, Barry Migrant Resource Council member

Family and Community Engagement
Safe Kids Coalition: Mini-grants for Safe Sleep, Car Seat Safety Checks, Water Safety (free lifejackets), and Bike Helmet (free bike helmet) Safety outreach Safe Kids Greater South Haven, Safe Harbor Children's Advocacy Center Allegan County Sheriff's Office

Strong Families- The Table (North Point Church): Biweekly Strengthening Families Parent Cafés for at-risk families MI Stronger Family- Michigan State University Extension

Welcome Baby Kits: Infant safety education and connection to Help Me Grow for new parents

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: Free books for Allegan County children Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Indigenous Education: Pottawatomi language revitalization and Indigenous early literacy projects with Gun Lake Tribe's Education Department Gun Lake Tribe

NEA Big (Mini/Little) Read Lakeshore: Free early literacy books and Play-and-Learns in partnership with Hope College Big Read Lakeshore

Great Start Families Connected: Family events at Critter Barn, Allegan Aquatic Center, All That Athletics, Gun Lake Tribe- Camp Jijak, Christian Neighbors, and more; Fall 2025 Winter Coat Drive with North Point Church, Project Dorr, The Living Well Church, Friendship Wesleyan Church Fennville District Library Allegan District Library Ransom District Library Dorr Township Library J.C. Wheeler Public Library

Talking is Teaching: Countywide early literacy campaign through Too Small to Fail, Monthly Play-and-Learns with Allegan District Library, Ransom District Library, Fennville District Library, J.C. Wheeler Public Library, Dorr Township Library using Parents as Teachers National Center curriculum, and mini-grants for Great Start Collaborative partners (i.e. childcare centers, GSRP preschool, Early On, local libraries)

Little Free Libraries: Restocking local LFLs with new children’s books through Heart of West Michigan United Way

@followers, Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential, Michigan League for Public Policy Michigan Division for Early Childhood Michigan Senate Republicans Michigan House Democrats Early Childhood Investment Corporation Early Childhood Connections Michigan's Children ... See MoreSee Less