CHILDREN'S CENTER INVITES COMMUNITY TO READ TO PUPILS.Byline: Joanne Crawford Education LANCASTER - Lancaster United Methodist Children's Center has invited community members to read books to preschool and kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be pupils from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday. To participate in the ``Safari Read-a-Round'' event, volunteers can call kindergarten teacher Jo Marie Brandon or director Pennie Leighton at (661) 942-0812. The center has a wide array of books on hand from which people can choose to read to the youngsters, Brandon said, or participants can read books of their own choice if they get them approved in advance. A nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , nondenominational non·de·nom·i·na·tion·al adj. Not restricted to or associated with a religious denomination. Adj. 1. nondenominational - not restricted to a particular religious denomination; "a nondenominational church" school, the center is a ministry project of Lancaster United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). . It was established in 1963 as Lancaster Methodist Preschool, then changed its name in 1997 to Children's Center when it added a kindergarten class. The center also offers before- and after-school care for kindergarten pupils and preschoolers. Applications are being accepted for the preschool and kindergarten programs for summer and fall. Children need not be Methodist to enroll. The school is also planning a fashion show fund-raiser May 6 called ``Apple of My Eye,'' in which the youngsters will be the models. LANCASTER - The Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra will perform with pianist Charles Fierro in the ``Romantic Fantasies'' concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for seniors and $7 for children under age 18. For more information, call (661) 722-6383. |
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