The Georgia Preschool Association (GPA) is thrilled to announce a new multi-year partnership with The Junior League of Atlanta (JLA). 

"We are immensely grateful to the Junior League of Atlanta for their generous support of our Annual Conference and other training initiatives,” said Donna Moyer, President of the Georgia Preschool Association. “This partnership, born from a shared commitment to early childhood education and improving literacy outcomes for Georgia’s children, will provide significant opportunities for collaboration and create a lasting positive impact on the lives of young children in Georgia."

“As an organization, we continually align our volunteer and advocacy efforts where they are most needed. At this critical moment, we have chosen to focus our efforts on literacy in an effort to ensure that every child, in every family, from every neighborhood of Atlanta, has access to the language and literacy skills they need to learn to read, in order to empower their self determination,” said JLA President Chelsea Ulrich Tarnoff. “As we look to a brighter future for all Atlanta children and their access to quality reading resources, we are looking to work alongside partners, businesses, and organizations like the Georgia Preschool Association that are providing access to those resources so that we can continue to redefine the literacy landscape for all children.” 

About The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc. 

The Junior League of Atlanta is a volunteer-powered organization of women transforming the Atlanta community through our collective service. We serve as a catalyst for community change by empowering women bound by a single goal: to improve the health and well-being of women, children and families in our city. We educate and train our members on critical community issues to develop volunteer leaders who will make the largest impact and collaborate with partners through our unique and targeted service opportunities. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.  

About The Georgia Preschool Association: 

Georgia Preschool Association is a non-profit organization founded in 1958, actively committed to promoting quality care and education for children eight years and under. The first annual meeting was attended by 111 preschool teachers. Presently we serve over 1400 members throughout the state of Georgia. In order to help provide a vital early literacy resource to educators and families alike, the Georgia Preschool Association sponsored the development of a free “pre-phonics” curriculum, Developing Sound Sense. The program consists of 12 online modules with a total of 110 sequenced games and activities to develop all aspects of phonological awareness from listening to beginning reading. 

Learn about Our Partners

Georgia Lasagna Love is thrilled to be a resource to provide hearty lasagnas for preschool families throughout Georgia. We have 275 active volunteer chefs around the state who will welcome the opportunity to deliver your meal with a side of kindness. We do have areas in GA where we are still in need of volunteers. In those communities, we want to let you know that the delivery of your lasagna may take longer than expected. Thank you for your patience and understanding! Of course, we welcome parents and preschool staff members to join us as volunteers! We feed families, spread kindness and strengthen communities

Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities

Your membership in GPA has helped to sponsor a room at the Ronald McDonald House! Our support will maintain a room throughout the year by underwriting the costs of utilities, linens, cleaning, painting, carpet, repairs and more!

Look here for ways we can be even more involved in the future!

Click here to view a short video about the RMHC.

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Atlanta Speech School

A National leader in language and literacy, The Speech School effects transformative change in the lives of children and adults through literacy. The School applies research-based practices and innovation focusing on brain science and social science. Thank you to the Atlanta Speech School for your support and partnership with the Georgia Preschool Association! For opportunities for training please visit Read Right From The Start.

Get Georgia Reading

Two-thirds of Georgia’s third-graders are not reading on grade level, bringing long-term negative consequences to these children, their families, their communities, and our state. Unwilling to yield any longer to the unspeakable rate of illiteracy in Georgia, hundreds of public and private leaders from across the state and across sectors have come together to take on third-grade reading as an urgent priority for all who care about children’s health and well-being. Together, they developed a four-pillar framework outlining the conditions necessary for every child in Georgia to become a proficient reader by the end of third grade, paving the way to improved outcomes throughout school and life.

Sightwords.com

Sightwords.com is a comprehensive sequence of teaching activities, techniques, and materials for one of the building blocks of early child literacy. This collection of resources is designed to help teachers, parents, and caregivers teach a child how to read. Best of all it is completely FREE! They combine the latest literacy research with decades of teaching experience to bring you the best methods of instruction to make teaching easier, more effective, and more fun.