| Show Senator Hatch presides at historic ground-breaking ground I H o u. u story on page 2 ti i In 1 d v. v LAIN rY PY COLLEGE h Rix vt i L r 0 N Jr t Jf ff d t F v. v 0 S an f Uc o Ji fr Y V o. o i x i Dore D ore Edes E. E C 1 e s 0 t i EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT k t LAB AB SCHOOL iiii r t I 1 iI Future site of new childhood developement lab school r r Early Childhood Development Lab School ground-breaking ground r E Ed dLe Lile 1 e Staff Writer f- f a Construction is in 5 progress on Salt Lake Community Community Community Com Com- Colleges College's new square foot Early Childhood Development Lab School and child-care child center Located on ona f a plot of land adjacent to the southeast corner of the campus campus campus cam cam- pus the new lab school will willbe willbe be used to train thirty-five thirty new child-care child providers an an- It will offer child care for up to youngsters each r quarter quarter many many of whom will willbe willbe be children of single parent parent 1 students attending y As a result of a j donation from the Eccles h Foundation the new center will carry the name of The liThe George and Delores Dore Eccles Eccles Ec Ec- cles Early Childhood Development Lab School Under the direction of instructor instructor instructor in in- Wayne Poulson the construction trades students students students stu stu- dents will donate in labor Previous contributions were received from the Harriet Harriet Har Har- j. j riet net Travis Charitable Trust Fund 2000 and from 1 Mountain Bell On August 8 1989 the official official official of of- ground-breaking ground ceremony under the direction direction direction tion of Abraham Markosian president of the Foundation Foundation Foun Foun- dation was held at the the- construction construction con con- p site Guest speakers i consisted of Senator Orrin Hatch Utah R-Utah Dr O. O D. D Carnahan Carnahan Carr Car- Car r nahan president of and Ann Erickson academic vice president Senator Hatch presided r AM t over the actual ground breaking breaking breaking break break- ing in an un unusual sual manner Six children from the daycare daycare daycare day- day care center wore plastic hard v. v J 0 5 r V 4 W X i iii I I E EL L f J it T h n aw 6 l JI oS t w I fr I 4 J l ir 4 3 Hh Y t I i ij gj j ck y i k Lf Sw 4 rte 6 tf M Mr r y yA r 1 cam y w A specially trained construction crew breaks ground for new Early Childhood Developement Lab School hats and with five gold- gold painted junior size shovels did the honors while one of the children stood by with a small wheelbarrow Senator Hatch spoke of the critical need for qualified child-care child providers He said in this country there are five million to fifteen million latchkey children because their parents have to work moreover moreover there are children ages one to four who have no care during the daylight hours they hours they deserve better President Carnahan praised the progress of the new lab school He stated of Utah's school pre-school children of working and single parent mothers only are cared for in licensed facilities There is a demand for trained child-care child professionals Erickson stressed that we have the opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- op- op here to demonstrate what community colleges can cando do what do-what what the program is all about Originally located in the east cast lower level of the Construction Construction Construction Con Con- Trades building the center was subsequently moved to an old converted home on th the west boundary of the campus Despite its meager facilities has been used as a model both inside and outside of Utah resulting in a federal grant to offer offet the CD A child development development development develop develop- ment associate certificate in July 1986 The new lab scho school l is the only program in Utah that will teach infant care in a child-care child center It is expected expected ex ex- to be a regional model The target date for the facility completion is September Septem Septem- ber 1990 |
