Community Capacity to Promote Growth and Development of its Members
1. How does the community promote the growth of its members?
What educational programs are provided, eg, preschool, prekindergarten, kindergarten through 12th grade, and postsecondary education?
• Head Start is a preschool in North Judson, offers center-based preschool education and parent involvement activities to encourage parents to assume an active role and partner with parents to monitor the children 's health, nutritional, dental needs and developmental progress (Head Start). North Judson has one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school. This school system is unique because North Judson combined schools with the town of San Pierre to create the North Judson-San Pierre School District. Children from both North Judson and San Pierre attend these schools. North Judson-San Pierre Elementary School serves students in grades kindergarten to fifth grade. North Judson-San Pierre Middle School serves students in sixth to eighth grade. North Judson-San Pierre High School serves students in ninth to twelfth grade. They are all located in North Judson. All three schools are blocked together upon entering North Judson. North Judson has one private school, St. Peter Lutheran School. It consists of a group of believers dedicated to Christian education of children in preschool through eighth grade. There is no postsecondary education located in North Judson. To what extent are these educational opportunities accessible to all community members (eg, public versus private funding)? …show more content…
• North Judson-San Pierre School, including elementary, middle, high schools and Head Start are open to the public and accessible to all community members since they are public schools (personal communication, November 20, 2014) • St. Peter Lutheran School may not be accessible or affordable to all community members since the school is maintained through private funding and also require fees from students attend (personal communication, November 20, 2014) What continuing education opportunities are provided? • There is no postsecondary education in North Judson. The nearest colleges include: Ancilla College, 19 miles from North Judson center; Valparaiso University, 22 miles from North Judson center; Purdue University North Central Campus, 26 miles from North Judson center; and the closest community college is Ivy Tech Community College Northwest in Gary, Indiana at a distance of 36.7 miles from North Judson (Colleges near North Judson) 2. What supports exist in the community for recreational activities? Playgrounds with equipment, organized sports/fitness activities across the lifespan, hobby groups/classes, card clubs, etc, and facilities (eg, swimming pools, hockey rinks, tracks, tennis courts). • There are two parks in north Judson, Norwayne Park and North Judson Park. Both parks have swings, jungle gyms to climb, and slides for the children. • Kathy Lambert, an administrative assistant at St. Peter Lutheran School states that the school offers a variety of art, music, physical education, sewing and knitting classes that are offered to the students (personal communication, November 20, 2014). • The North Judson Erie Trail is a bike trail that occupies the rail banked right-of-way of the former JK Line Railroad, running nine miles from downtown North Judson southeast to US 35 near Bass Lake. The trail extends another seven miles to Monterey, where it will link with that town 's Monterey Erie Trail. The trail passes through a
1. How does the community promote the growth of its members?
What educational programs are provided, eg, preschool, prekindergarten, kindergarten through 12th grade, and postsecondary education?
• Head Start is a preschool in North Judson, offers center-based preschool education and parent involvement activities to encourage parents to assume an active role and partner with parents to monitor the children 's health, nutritional, dental needs and developmental progress (Head Start). North Judson has one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school. This school system is unique because North Judson combined schools with the town of San Pierre to create the North Judson-San Pierre School District. Children from both North Judson and San Pierre attend these schools. North Judson-San Pierre Elementary School serves students in grades kindergarten to fifth grade. North Judson-San Pierre Middle School serves students in sixth to eighth grade. North Judson-San Pierre High School serves students in ninth to twelfth grade. They are all located in North Judson. All three schools are blocked together upon entering North Judson. North Judson has one private school, St. Peter Lutheran School. It consists of a group of believers dedicated to Christian education of children in preschool through eighth grade. There is no postsecondary education located in North Judson. To what extent are these educational opportunities accessible to all community members (eg, public versus private funding)? …show more content…
• North Judson-San Pierre School, including elementary, middle, high schools and Head Start are open to the public and accessible to all community members since they are public schools (personal communication, November 20, 2014) • St. Peter Lutheran School may not be accessible or affordable to all community members since the school is maintained through private funding and also require fees from students attend (personal communication, November 20, 2014) What continuing education opportunities are provided? • There is no postsecondary education in North Judson. The nearest colleges include: Ancilla College, 19 miles from North Judson center; Valparaiso University, 22 miles from North Judson center; Purdue University North Central Campus, 26 miles from North Judson center; and the closest community college is Ivy Tech Community College Northwest in Gary, Indiana at a distance of 36.7 miles from North Judson (Colleges near North Judson) 2. What supports exist in the community for recreational activities? Playgrounds with equipment, organized sports/fitness activities across the lifespan, hobby groups/classes, card clubs, etc, and facilities (eg, swimming pools, hockey rinks, tracks, tennis courts). • There are two parks in north Judson, Norwayne Park and North Judson Park. Both parks have swings, jungle gyms to climb, and slides for the children. • Kathy Lambert, an administrative assistant at St. Peter Lutheran School states that the school offers a variety of art, music, physical education, sewing and knitting classes that are offered to the students (personal communication, November 20, 2014). • The North Judson Erie Trail is a bike trail that occupies the rail banked right-of-way of the former JK Line Railroad, running nine miles from downtown North Judson southeast to US 35 near Bass Lake. The trail extends another seven miles to Monterey, where it will link with that town 's Monterey Erie Trail. The trail passes through a