Creative Tutors of Wake County, North Carolina
« Davis Drive Elementary Champions Communications Between Parents and Teachers :: Breakfast - Healthy, Easy, Grab and Go Ideas »Beginning the 2009-10 school year the State of North Carolina has made changes to the eligibility dates for children entering kindergarten. Children must be 5 years of age on or before August 31, 2009.
Preschool students who will be 4 years old by April 16th and demonstrate an extraordinary level of academic ability and maturity will be eligible for early entry. Find out more about eligibility at this link: http://www.wcpss.net/isd/elementary/lang arts/kindergarten/.
Parents of 4-year-olds who age qualify for early entry could benefit from working with Creative Tutors to prepare the child for the admissions test.
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Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.
Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." Mark Twain