Reading over the summer is incredibly important for students and their academic achievement. Keep kids engaged with the free activities listed on this link:  Books by the Bushel.  Besides the “10 Weeks of Summer Reading Activities,” you will also find summer coloring pages, a recipe for homemade ice cream, instructions for making your own sidewalk chalk […]

The third year of planting at the Mount Ayr Community Garden located at Trinity Lutheran Church has begun! Two more 4’ X 12’ boxes were added this spring with funding from a Hy-Vee One Step Garden Grant.  Students from Mount Ayr High School prepared the beds and planted the first seeds during the HELP Youth Pod clean-up […]

Parents as Teachers educators were on hand to provide developmental screenings for children age 2 months through age 5 1/2 years at the health fair sponsored by the Ringgold County Hospital on April 16.  A total of 15 children were screened by our staff.  Parents were given the opportunity to voice any concerns they had […]