1,200+ Will Explore School Choice and Community Resources at Family Festival
20 January 2018 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Coalition of wide variety of K-12 education
options will join local organizations to celebrate school choice
and inform families
Thousands will learn about education options and enjoy a
festival of fun at a celebration in Shady Hills timed to coincide
with National School Choice Week with speakers including Pasco
County Superintendent Kurt Browning and Florida House Speaker
Richard Corcoran.
The event, planned for January 27 at 10:00 a.m., will feature
many activities for the family, including Disney princesses, rock
climbing, a petting zoo, horse education, a bounce house, and
musical and dance performances, including Shalyah Fearing from
Season 10 of The Voice. A food truck and snack shack will offer low
cost food for attendees. An education station will include booths
for all the school choice options, staffed by educators and
organizations. Students will collect stamps for an education
station scavenger hunt from each booth to be entered in drawings to
win a 55” smart television, iPad, and Visa gift card. More than
1,200 people are expected to attend the event at the Pasco Safety
Town (15362 Alric Pottberg Road, Shady Hills, FL 34610). Additional
information about the event can be found at CelebrateYouth.org.
The goal of the event is to provide families the opportunity to
explore school choice and other community resources and services at
a fun, festive event. The celebration is timed to coincide with
National School Choice Week (January 21-27, 2018), which will
feature more than 32,000 events across the country.
“Every child must have the opportunity to access the best
learning environment for them throughout their educational career
so that they can reach their God-given potential,” said Wendy
Howard, planning committee member of Celebrate Youth. “Celebrate
Youth brings together the many education options - public, private,
and virtual - to help parents decide which option is best for their
child. This family festival not only provides information on
educational opportunities, but also many other booths that offer
services for children and their families and giveaways for families
that stop by and visit with our vendors inside Education
Station.”
The lead organization planning the event is Celebrate Youth.
Held every January, National School Choice Week is an
independent public awareness effort designed to shine a positive
spotlight on effective education options for every child. Through
more than 32,000 independently planned events across the country,
National School Choice Week raises public awareness of all types of
educational choices available to children. These options include
traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet
schools, online learning, private schools, and homeschooling.
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