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TY Help Me Grow Michigan and Oakland Schools for organizing the 2-day HMG Summit in Mt. Pleasant! The WISD team was there and we are working now on ways to implement this system! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd
October 21, 2026 at 11:13 AM
So grateful to everyone who participated, presented, sponsored & had FUN at our 12th Annual EC Conference on Aug. 19 and 20! TY Steve Pemberton and Mimi Brown for keynoting! Your messages offered us inspiration and hope! Let’s continue to make #EarlyChildhoodMatterMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd
August 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Proud to participate in @protectmicare.bsky.social & @michleague.bsky.social March for Medicaid event yesterday! TY Rep. Rheingans or being a Medicaid champion!! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD
July 31, 2026 at 9:49 AM
TY EC WISD team members for helping to organize and work our BLOCKfest(c) & ice cream social event today, Fri., July 17! It was so nice to host West Valley School District as they will be launching BLOCKfest(c) this year in their district! Congrats! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd
July 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Happy Juneteenth! Wanted to share some photos from last night’s Dad & Me Workshop that I attended that WISD Bahjee Chea coordinated at the @ypsilibrary.org Superior Branch! It was such a great event & what a nice way to celebrate Father’s Day! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost
June 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
On Thursday, April 30, Kim Warren and I attended @michleague.bsky.social 2026 Public Policy Forum! A day dedicated to being in community with so many others! TY @nataliefoster.bsky.social for your book! Let’s continue to make #EarlyChildhoodMatterMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD
May 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
A great 2026 Early Childhood Capitol Advocacy Day in Michigan! #budgetforbabies TY @michigan_aeyc @michheadstart @motheringjustice & ECIC Great to spend time with so many others making #EarlyChildhoodMatterMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD
April 22, 2026 at 10:33 AM
TY Saline Area for hosting BLOCKfest last week with WISD! We had a great time celebrating #woyc26 with a hands-on Family Engagement STEM powered evening! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD
April 22, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Last night I had the honor of being the closing speaker for Washtenaw Promise Thriving Educator Awards Banquet! Congrats to award winners Jodi, Emily, and Amy for your service, courage and leadership as teachers! 🙌🏻 ⭐️ #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd
February 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM
On Monday, Feb. 23 WISD Great Start Collaborative Success by Six and WISD EC Dept. hosted a Community Meeting. TY @jasonmorganmi.bsky.social and @michleague.bsky.social for attending! We discussed Washtenaw specific early childhood related issues! 🙏🏻❤️#EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD
February 27, 2026 at 11:39 AM
TY Lincoln Consolidated Schools and Principal Shelton and team for hosting BLOCKfest last night at Model Early Learning Center! We had such a great time! So proud of all of our volunteers including Bahjee and Rana! Great learning for all!! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd
February 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Memories from last week’s @aasahq #NCE2026 TY to Dave and the team at AASA for providing a way to bring the nation together and uplift #publiceducationpromise TY to my friends @azacheryross & @highscopeus Dr. Barazza for presenting our roundtable! #AASAEarlyEd #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD
February 18, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Thank you Michigan Head Start for a fabulous Winter Assembly in Detroit, Michigan last week! Congrats to Ex. Director Robin Bozek on her retirement! It was so great to speak time and share space with so many great friends! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD
January 22, 2026 at 10:30 AM
TY to our presenters today who helped our AASA Early Learning Cohort at our virtual meeting discussing Transitions for families and children. They offered research and practical ideas! 🙌🏻 🙏🏻 #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Last week, I had the privilege of reading Last Stop on Market Street to the GSRP classroom at Pittsfield Acres! A @geeacademies program! My ❤️ was full!! Thank you to the staff & students for welcoming me in. We also did some singing and dancing! 😊🎵🕺 #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD
January 15, 2026 at 4:39 AM
So proud to have attended @wisdearlychildhood 4th Annual Celebration of Culture community celebration on Thursday, Dec. 18! TY @bahjee.empress.afia for your leadership in organizing this event! 🎤⬇️ Happy Holidays everyone! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd
December 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
TY @gewhitmer and @michdepted for the Michigan Literacy Summit today! Honored to be a panelist as we uplifted @washtenawisd & @wisdearlychildhood work to accelerate economic growth and advance to make #earlychildhoodmattersmost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD
December 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Honored to be selected as a candidate for the @naeyc 2026 Governing Board! If you are an NAEYC member, I would love to earn your vote as Secretary. Voting opens Nov.19, 2025 and ends Jan. 12, 2026. Here is my link. #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

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November 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Despite all of the difficult news in Early Childhood lately, we tried to brighten High Point, Gretchen’s House, Bottles & Backpacks and EMU Children’s Institute days’ on Friday!! We dressed up as our favorite @pbs.org kids characters! #TeamWISD #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd 🎃🙌🏻 We ❤️ PBS!
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
We had a great day yesterday at Wiard’s Orchards with our Early Head Start families! A great way to celebrate #headstartawarenessmonth Thank you to all of our families, children and staff for making it be such a wonderful event! #TeamWISD #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd
October 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Thank you to all of our preschool partner Principals and Directors for your leadership! On Friday., Oct. 17 the WISD EC celebrated #PrincipalAppreciationMonth by giving all a certificate of appreciation! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD
October 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
TY Washtenaw Area Council for Children for a great event celebrating 50 years of your work in supporting children and families! I was so proud to learn about your special award winners!! 🫶🏻Thank you WACC! #TeamWISD #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd
October 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
TY Michigan Head Start Association for planning and hosting the 2025 Fall Assembly this week! It was great to learn together and also to host Dr. Larry Schweinhart who helped to study the Perry Preschool Project with HighScope! As always let’s continue to make #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost !! #TeamWISD
September 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It has been a week since the Fall 2025 MASA Conference, but I wanted to lift up how great the opportunity was to make 3 presentations with partners from MiLEAP, MAISA, NHSA, and HighScope!! Together we make #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost !! TY SETSEG for the 5K Fun Run as well! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
12th and Final Run for the #RunUnited2025 @unitedwaysem.bsky.social Virtual Marathon! I competed all 26.2 miles! Battled through a left calf issue and made it!! I also reached my fundraising goal today of raising $500 for STEAM $$ for kids!! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd
September 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM