United Way of Southwestern Indiana is expanding its partnership with
the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation to provide kindergarten readiness
camps at more EVSC schools.
The K-Camp program has been offered at Caze, Lodge, and Evans Elementary Schools, but will
now add Delaware, Fairlawn, Lincoln, and Tekoppel to its list of sites.
K-Camp is designed to help children who have had little or no preschool experience develop the
skills needed to be ready to enter kindergarten in the fall. Licensed teachers use fun, engaging
activities to help students gain confidence and learn social-emotional skills like taking turns,
sharing, and following directions. Campers also boost literacy skills such as reading, counting,
and writing their name. In fact, 95% of last year’s K-Campers demonstrated improvement on
literacy assessment tests.
The free, half-day program runs from June 5 – June 30. Breakfast and lunch are provided. Bus
transportation is available to and from camp, but students must be registered by May 15th to
qualify for the service. Interested families can visit unitedwayswi.org/k-camp to apply or
call 812-421-7477.
