Child & Parent Orientation

3RD Annual Outdoor Learning Summer Creative Arts and Literacy Workshop for children and families 2023 Parent Orientation for registered children and their families for information and preparation for a safe summer beginning June 12, 2023 to August 18, 2023. Early Bird Special until May 20, 2022 or families will be dropped from enrollment.

Parent Orientation Date & Time: TBA

Pick Up Backpacks & Supplies

Thanks to the St. John businesses and individuals who donated to purchase a sitting backpack, which will have an art journal, watercolor paint and brush, pencil sharpener, pencil, writing journal and pen, t-shirt, binoculars, hand sanitizer key-chain container children fill up every day as needed.

Questions and Answers

Parents get a chance to ask questions, set goals for their child or children (please complete the Parent Orientation Form) and make sure enter the date of these first goals. There will be another gathering of parents in the middle of the 8 weeks, so the 5th week of camp it will be called Progress Report for Parents to check-in on goals made and challenges of accomplishments then based on that new goals are created or previous goals adjusted. The final Progress Reports for Parents gathering will take place on August 5, 2022, which is the final day of this year's annual summer workshop. Students will present a work they created during the camp to share with family and friends. Parents are encouraged to bring pre-packaged goodies during this time.

Future is Here! (FIH)

New Non-Profit Seeking Board of Directors

MISSION STATEMENT

To provide services for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families through early childhood learning and care with developmentally appropriate outdoor play areas, fruit and vegetable gardens, and developmentally appropriate indoor classrooms for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, which meet all NAEYC ethics and standard as well as parenting classes for families to support them about how to help their child at home, school, and in the community through partnerships with other organizations in the community who work with children and families.

GOALS

Refurbish and build a center for children and families named after Huldah and VIctor Sewer. The specific goal is to seek financial donations from $10K and up towards a goal of $1Million Endowment. Donating will have donors' families' names honored as the founders of NEGUS Education World Child Development Center (NEW CDC) and will act as benefactors to support low-income children and families by creating a licensed, NAEYC-accredited child development center to fulfill the mission statement. A detailed goal statement is available to interested individuals seeking to be part of the Board of Directors of FUTURE IS HERE!, which will oversee this child and family center.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

There will be a board of directors composed of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. An Executive Director will report to the Board of Directors with monthly reports, however, the board only meets three times a year unless called for a Special Meeting of the Board to discuss immediate issues of operation or new funding. This nonprofit will own the rights to all curriculum, data, intellectual property, logo, buildings, and land for the development of places and spaces for the education of young children and the support of their parents and families. The management and organization of the Negus Education World Child Development Center (NEWCDC) will be based on a board of directors and three directors, the Executive Director, Center director, Fundraising and Marketing Director (Includes Federal Grant Manager and Local Grant Manager) and Financial Directors who will manage the operations of the child development center which is managed and organized by the nonprofit board of directors.

Do You Qualify?

Do you qualify to be a member of the board of directors for a new non profit organization on St. John? Do you have some free time you can donate three times a year. Do you have the ability to attract other supporters to create a $1 million dollar endowment to establish a child development center on St. John for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and beyond to learn developmentally appropriate instruction in a developmentally appropriate environment with structure?

Then complete this short application to become a member of the board of directors.

Application Form

Supporters Starting Something

Children learn in stages and learning these stages can support children's growth and development.

PRODUCTIVE SUPPORTER $2,500

We appreciate what you do for the island & its youth!

-Sherry Compton

"As part of that matching commitment we would like to make a personal donation of $2,500 to help support your summer programs" -David and Susan Silverman

Become a supporter

Supporting children and families to reach for the stars starts their lives off in the right way.

PROGRESSIVE SUPPORTER $500

PRODUCTIVE SUPPORTER $2,500

"From Alice by the Sea (that’s my house name on st. john and I LOVE supporting island initiatives - especially as they impact children ! i would love to meet and talk !"

-Lori Stevenson

- Anne Hill

- Andretti Samuel

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Let's build a place for children to learn. Negus Education World Specialists Child Development Ctr.

PLATINUM SUPPORTER $200

PRODUCTIVE SUPPORTER $2,500

PLATINUM SUPPORTER $200

"Love this plan. I hope your first summer is a great success!"

- Big Sky LLC

"Joe and I own Stone Post Estate and are so honored to contribute to St. John's youth".

- Lisa Alberino

- Anne Wirth

"I hope you get lots of donation today. You certainly try very hard to make it happen. All the best!!"

- Lisa Etre

"Thank you for all you do for the children".

- Shalanda Carter

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Horsebackriding is one activity that will benefit children with autism and behavioral challenges.

PREMIUM SUPPORTERS $300

SAPPHIRE CENTURY SUPPORTER $100

PLATINUM SUPPORTER $200

"For St John youth."

-Sharon Whitley

- Calis "Callie" Sewer

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Graduation from H.S. is the key for success of children and families.

SAPPHIRE CENTURY SUPPORTER $100

"Thank You!"

-Seaside Properties, LLC

"You are doing God's work!"

-Mrs. Myrah, Cruz Bay Meada's Plaza

-Andrea Leland Productions

-Adagio Digital Arts

-Amy Ramsdell

- Brenda Little

-Leanne DiGiacomo

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Gold supporters give to supporting children and families on St. John to have access to education.

GOLDEN JUBILEE SUPPORTER $50

SAPPHIRE CENTURY SUPPORTER $100

"Small donation but to a great cause. . . Every little bit helps. Thank you for all you do for our STJ Community!! Much Love ❤ "

- Nakira Nesbitt-Daniel

-Bonita A Corbeil

-Bonnie Williamson

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Ruby supporters are shining bright because they care enough to share their very best.

RUBY JUBILEE SUPPORTER $40

SILVER JUBILEE SUPPORTER $25 - 30

Be the first to donate and be a Ruby Jubilee Supporter!

Thank You!

- Eleanor Gibney

- Andrea Milam

- Jess Kimball

- Taima Williams

- Tanjiyah Potter

- Larita Carter

- Rose Elswick

-Candidad Chalres

-Chara Larsen

- Karris Moses

-Virgin Ts

- Hilary Turner

Become a supporter

Silver supporters raise the bar for all others to support the well being of children and families.

SILVER JUBILEE SUPPORTER $25 - 30

Thank you Amy Ramsdell for kicking off this Silver Jubilee Supporter Club! Join Amy and donate today!

Thank you Michaela Milligan and Ivan M Jacobs!

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SUPPORTERS begin NonProfit for negus!

PRODUCTIVE SUPPORTERS CLUB

PROGRESSIVE SUPPORTERS CLUB

$1K and up Club = Productive Supporters

(Name of choice on camp materials, t-shirts, etc. and all media marketing/advertising, NEGUS newsletter subscription, four times a year free parenting session or service given to a parent in need)

Productive Supporters are from major businesses on St. John who want to act as a major sponsor of a specific program or event. The 1st Annual Outdoor Learning Summer Creative Arts and aLiteracy Camp is the first program being supported by Beach Bar on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands who is also supporting the use of their benches for campers to explore the Cruz Bay beach and its history as being the home on the beach of Elaine I. Sprauve, fondly known as “Auntie Lane” who the public library is named after.

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PROGRESSIVE SUPPORTERS CLUB

$500 and up Club = Progressive Supporters

(Name of choice on camp materials, t-shirts, etc. and all media marketing/advertising, NEGUS newsletter subscription, Three times a year free parenting session or service)

Progressive supporters help with the big ticket items such as backpacks, t-shirts and other supplies offered for children and families, namely books and educational games and toys. The progressive supporters club also provides scholarships to children and families who may not be able to afford the services of summer care and after school care.

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PREMIUM SUPPORTERS CLUB

PROGRESSIVE SUPPORTERS CLUB

PLATINUM SUPPORTERS CLUB

$300 - $450 Club = Premium Supporters

(Subscription to NEGUS newsletter, Name of choice ONLY to the media, advertising, marketing, Two times a year free parenting session or service)

Premium Supporters help with paying for items such as educational/professional development fees associated with professional development as well as supplies for the annual outdoor learning summer creative arts and literacy camp for continual learning within the business to provide quality, up-to-date services for children and families.

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PLATINUM SUPPORTERS CLUB

SAPPHIRE CENTURY SUPPORTERS CLUB

PLATINUM SUPPORTERS CLUB

$200 - $250 Club = Platinum Supporters

(Subscription to NEGUS newsletter and name of choice to the media/advertising/marketing, One time a year free parenting session or service)

Platinum supporters help with supplies for the annual summer camp as well as other supplies to support services provided to children and families as well as support low-income families in need of services and not able to afford quality services for themselves and their children.

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SAPPHIRE CENTURY SUPPORTERS CLUB

$100 Club = Sapphire Century Supporters

(Subscription to NEGUS newsletter, T-shirt & two choices of items from online store)

Sapphire Century Supporters help with providing transportation to children to attend field trips and other events such as the first annual after school program starting in September every year and ending in May the following year.

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RUBY JUBILEE SUPPORTERS CLUB

SAPPHIRE CENTURY SUPPORTERS CLUB

$40 Club = Ruby Jubilee Supporters

(Subscription to NEGUS newsletter & T-shirt & one choice of item from online store)

Ruby Jubilee Supporters help with providing providing registration fees to children and families who are not able to afford registration fees for their child to attend the summer camp or after school program. Families with 2 or more children registering will only pay $20 per child, thus saving them. Your support helps support children and families get the opportunity to have quality services.

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GOLDEN JUBILEE SUPPORTERS CLUB

$50 Club = Golden Jubilee Supporters

(Subscription to NEGUS newsletter, T-shirt & Pen & Notebook)

Golden Jubilee Supporters help with printing and shipping supplies needed to operate the annual camp as well as the after school program, all of which requires items to be printed as well as supplies to be shipped. The cost of shipping to the island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, is hefty and the Golden Jubilee Supporters Club provides help with this much needed line item and keeps NEGUS Education World Specialists ordering children's books and educational resources for children and their families.

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SILVER JUBILEE SUPPORTERS CLUB

GOLDEN JUBILEE SUPPORTERS CLUB

$25 Club = Silver Jubilee Supporters

(Subscription to NEGUS newsletter and T-shirt & Pen)

Silver Jubilee Supporters help with purchasing items to giveaway such as the items sold in the online store, the proceeds of which goes to support the services provided to children and families on St. John and all over the world through virtual workshops, conferences, and literacy campaigns.

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More Information on Services

Supporting Parents and Students

Professional Development: Getting parents involved

Parents get one-on-one support on any issues with children and learning. Students get support one-on-one tutoring in any subject. One hour sessions available for parents together with their child or separate sessions for parents and children.

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Professional Development: Getting parents involved

Getting parents involved is a five part series to support teachers professional development supporting teachers learning how to include parents and family in the learning of students. Professional development is offered to early childcare workers and librarians.

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Everyone Engages Children and Families

Professional Development: Getting parents involved

Everyone Engages Children and Families

This is specifically for businesses seeking to specifically target a new market - children and families. NEGUS is ready to show businesses how to use specific marketing tools that will grab children's attention and keep them returning. Businesses can learn how to engage with families and increase their customer base using our technique.

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Grant Writing 5 Part Series

Speaking Engagements & Lectures

Everyone Engages Children and Families

Groups can sign up for this grant writing series, which is in five parts where participants complete real grant applications towards funding various programs, projects, scholarships, or government grants.

This series is open to individual artists, groups, businesses, nonprofits, or anyone seeking information on how to find grants, how to sign up for grants through the federal government using Sam.gov and getting a DUNS number. Learn how to research grants, collect data for your organization, and use that data to get grants!

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Library & School Services

Speaking Engagements & Lectures

Do you need library services such as weeding collections, shelving collections, circulation support? Find out how by contacting NEGUS. Does your school need support in the classroom? Contracts are a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 9 months.

Is your school or library interested in improving your collection of books and resources? Are you struggling to organize your library, or school library? Then contact NEGUS today to find out how you can begin on the road to success.

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Speaking Engagements & Lectures

Speaking engagements at your school, church, or organization on any topic dealing with children and families can be scheduled at a minimum of 2 hours and a maximum of 3 hours at $100/hr. Speaking engagements can be done virtually or face-to-face.

Lectures are a minimum of 3 days and a maximum of 5 days on a specific topic related to children and families as part of an ongoing class. Lectures come with professional lesson plans, engaging activity,, assessment, and evaluation of lecture.

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Family Financial Literacy

Resume Building & Editing Services

Family Creative Arts and Literacy

Virtual Session in the topic of financial planning for families. Learn how to create budgets for just about any financial goal. Learn to invest in stocks. Learn how to start your own family business.

Is your church, school, or organization interested in sharing information with your faculty, staff, and students about family financial planning, then join this series and learn how you can improve your financial future and become financially literate.

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Family Creative Arts and Literacy

Resume Building & Editing Services

Family Creative Arts and Literacy

This is an ongoing service for parents and families, as well as groups and organizations interested in learning more about increasing reading among struggling readers in a fun and innovative way. We can come to your school or join our virtual rooms and cut down on paper using our google shared drives for handouts and information on the creative arts and literacy.

Learn how to use the arts and literacy correctly to engage students write their own literary works.

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Resume Building & Editing Services

Resume building workshops is being offered at your school, church, or organization supporting individual and family employment. Editing services are available for student papers, student research, and individual writing projects.

Learn how to create the best resume on one page with the right words and the right style for the right job.

Learn how to write a novel, short story, play, screenplay, or poem with monthly sessions.

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Story Time Sessions

Resume Building & Editing Services

Learn how to read aloud to children the correct way using different techniques before you read, during the read aloud, and after the read aloud to give children an engaging story time session that can be extended into activities that further learning and growth among children of all ages. Reserve your spot now. Parents can sign up with or without their child, either virtual or face-to-face.

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Getting Parents Involved (5-Part Series)®

OVERVIEW

This is a parent involvement/family engagement training and workshop for teachers seeking professional development. This is a workshop and training service which requires a minimum of 3 days as an introductory session or 5 days of fun and intense training with opportunities to win prizes while earning education credits. Participants will be given a copyrighted participant manual goody bag on the first day of this workshop and training service that will include a pen, pencil, writing journal, sheet of labels with name for entering the raffles throughout the session. Activity sheets. Evaluation sheets (pre and post). Pre-evals will be turned in before the beginning session. Snacks and drinks will be provided during this time while completing Pre-evals, which may be done on their phones. (Your District, School, Classroom, Library, Community Center, Business, etc.)

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Grant Writing 5-Part Series®

OVERVIEW

This is a workshop and training service that begins with an introductory session in grants and grant writing giving the participant an opportunity to learn about what makes up a grant and why is it necessary to make a grant a grant! All series sessions are 3 hours a day for three days. Each series session costs $25/hr. @ 9 hours total equals $225 per participant. ($100 non-refundable deposit included and must be paid upon registration to hold a spot). A minimum of 10-25 participants is allowed. Personalized Goody canvas Bag with Names is distributed on the first day of the first series and will include a pen, pencil, writing pad or journal, sheet of labels with name for entering the raffles throughout the session. A total of 3% of the total grant received by participants in this series must be paid to NEWS, which will be deposited into a fund to support children’s writing and reading skills within the public schools.

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Family Financial Literacy Focus on the Future 5-Part Series®

OVERVIEW

This is a workshop and training series to educate educators how to teach families about financial literacy towards financial stability where money is not a barrier to achieving goals. This is a series for educators over a 5 day period of workshops and training along with guest speakers and raffle prizes throughout the sessions. Participants will receive a goody bag with pens, pencils, a label sheet with their names on them to enter them into the raffle prize for answering a question correctly. Each series session costs $25/hr. @ 9 hours total equals $225 per participant per series. A total of 5 series over 5 days will cost each participant a total of $1,125 ($125 non-refundable deposit included and must be paid upon registration to hold a spot). A minimum of 10-25 participants is allowed.

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Family Creative Arts & Literacy 5-Part Series®

OVERVIEW

This is a workshop and training series to educate educators how to teach literacy to children and involving their families in the learning is key to successful student outcomes. Educators get 5 days of fun-filled activities and information that can support their lesson planning, create events for families along the topic of reading books together and discuss them together. Educators get to learn how to engage their families in literacy events that make them want to participate in their child’s learning no matter how busy they may be because there are numerous ways to be involved and NEWS will share those and many more interesting techniques and strategies that will have families reading together and starting their own family book clubs. Each series session costs $25/hr. @ 9 hours total equals $225 per participant. ($100 non-refundable deposit included and must be paid upon registration to hold a spot). A minimum of 10-25 participants is allowed.

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Everyone Engages Children & Families®

OVERVIEW

This workshop and training is primarily for businesses whose customer base is mainly children and families, or who wants to seek out this new customer base and learn about how to successfully get children and families engaged at your place of business. Each series session costs $25/hr. @ 9 hours total equals $225 per participant. ($100 non-refundable deposit included and must be paid upon registration to hold a spot). A minimum of 10-25 participants is allowed.

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