connecting to the community
SAGE has opened up a world of new programs and relationships at Webster-Stanley Elementary in Oshkosh.

The school has opened up its library and computer lab after school, implemented a school breakfast program, developed a partnership program with the local Kiwanis Club, launched a Home School Nurturing Program, and opened the school up for meetings of the Refugee Women's Network to serve the community's Hmong population.

In addition, it has opened up a Kids Care Clinic and a Parent Center, developed a Sister School relationship with a Japanese school, is offering adult classes in English (primarily for Hmong parents), has "Getting to Know You" conferences for SAGE students and parents at the start of the year, and offers a variety of popular Parent and Child Together (PACT) Nights.

These events include visits to the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh planetarium and Oshkosh Public Library, technology nights, family read-ins, Early Literacy Nights, family sing-alongs, and YMCA fitness nights.

"SAGE got this started, but these programs benefit the whole community," said school counselor Marjorie VandenBoogaard.