Brandon Beach Celebrates Georgia Pre-K Week

State Senator Brandon Beach (R- Alpharetta) read to a group of students at the Alpharetta Kids ‘R’ Kids Learning Academy in celebration of Georgia Pre-K Week.

This year’s fourth annual Georgia Pre-K Week runs from Monday, Oct. 6 to Friday, Oct. 10.

The senator visit the school on Monday, Oct. 6. While there, Beach participated in a reading activity with the children, took a tour of the facility, talked with the staff and got an up-close look at the many ways the center is supporting early learning.

“Pre-K week is a great opportunity for us, as legislators, to really submerge ourselves into the daily happenings of Pre-K’s across the state,” Beach said. “It was a great experience to see the smiling faces at Kids ‘R’ Kids and to observe the accredited teachers interact with the students. Facilities like this deserve our thanks for their hard work in preparing our children to take on the next step of life with confidence and knowledge.”

Sponsored by Voices for Georgia’s Children and Pre-K partners throughout the state, Georgia Pre-K Week focuses on the important role of Georgia’s Pre-K program on future academic achievement.

“Georgia’s nationally recognized Pre-K program supports a critical developmental milestone each year for 84,000 four-year-olds,” said Pat Willis, executive director of Voices for Georgia’s Children, a child advocacy organization. “Our state’s outstanding Pre-K program and other health and early learning programs work together to help children read to learn by third grade.”

Beach was one of nearly 150 state officials who visited some of the approximately 3,800 Pre-K classrooms located in all 159 counties across Georgia.

Photo credit: Georgia Senate Press Office