August 201 6
CEO's CORNER
An Update from Ann O'Brien

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! Before Labor Day is here and the summer of 2016 feels so long ago, I wanted to share what MELC has been up to since Memorial Day. We have a lot of exciting news to share!

MELC Welcomes Judy Witmer
On Monday, July 25th, Judy Witmer joined MELC as our new Chief Program Officer. With over 20 years in the field, we are excited to have Judy lead our high quality early childhood education, school age programs, and related services. Judy most recently served as Chief Operating Officer at Hildebrandt Learning Centers where she effectively managed the organization's 45 NAEYC nationally accredited sites. Click here to learn more about Judy.

ALL SCHOOL AGE PROGRAMS ARE COA ACCREDITED
After a two year process, all of our School Age programs will open this school year with a high quality accreditation from the Council on Accreditation in addition to their already high quality rating from PA's Keystone STARS. Not only are we proud of all of our School Age staff but this is a huge accomplishment for our organization. We are the first School Age multi-site provider to have all of our sites accredited in Pennsylvania.

ADVOCACY
We've been very busy helping to increase state and local funding to open additional pre-k classrooms. Check out these news clips of MELC in action!

Supporting the Philly Soda Tax
Newsworks (5/18/16)

Hosted a press conference to support STEM education
Main Line Times (6/20/16)

As our teachers spend the final weeks of August preparing their classrooms and lesson plans for the upcoming year, the Board of Directors and MELC's management team will be beginning our work to develop a strategic plan. Funded by the Ira Jewell Williams Fund and the Marjorie H. Donald Doak Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation, this 9 month process will help us identify our organization's priorities through 2020. There will be more details to share this fall which includes soliciting feedback from our current families. Thank you in advance for helping to shape MELC's future.




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P: 610.617.4550 


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