Past inductees from Carter County schools have been Margaret Broome, Kate Ensor, Janice Willette Ericson, Helen Finney, John Hyder, Newland Hyder, James G. When the teachers are chosen, we only use the applications that were sent in that year.” “We don’t keep the applications from the year before. She did encourage people to reapply if a teacher who had been submitted before had not been chosen for the Hall of Fame.

We need to get that back up.”ĭuncan pointed out that once a teacher has been inducted, he or she cannot be chosen again. “It seems to have dropped off over the years. “When we started, we received a lot more nominations than we do now,” Duncan said. Imagination Library Chairwoman Lilo Duncan urged board members to share the applications and encourage people who seemed interested to submit an application. Tailored to meet the specific needs of each community, we invest in early education, literacy, health and family support so that our children are ready to succeed, lead productive lives and contribute to a strong, vibrant North Carolina.Each year, two retired educators - one living and one deceased - from each system are inducted into the Hall of Fame. Our network of early childhood partnerships provide expertise, guidance and infrastructure to ensure North Carolina children receive the care and nurturing they need to thrive. Smart Start is a nationally recognized leader in early childhood and healthy development. Moreover, she could ensure that every child would have books, regardless of their family’s income. By mailing high quality, age-appropriate books directly to their homes, she wanted children to be excited about books and to feel the magic that books can create.

Dolly’s vision was to foster a love of reading among her county’s preschool children and their families by providing them with the gift of a specially selected book each month. In 1995, Dolly Parton launched an exciting new effort, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, to benefit the children of her home county in East Tennessee, USA. You may sign up to receive our emails separately at the bottom of the page.Ībove you will see all of the books a child will receive if they apply at birth and continue with the Imagination Library program till age 5! About the Imagination Library You will not be solicited or contacted for any other reason if you sign up for this service.

Your contact information will not be used for anything other than this program. It will ask that you fill out a short survey, so we can understand how this program is utilized. If you would like to sign your child up for this fabulous program, please click on the link above! It will take you to the Smart Start – Dolly Parton Imagination Library Sign Up – Landing Page. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is available to children ages birth to age 5 to Craven County!Ĭraven Smart Start is implementing the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and will begin delivering books to children in Craven County ages 0-5 soon.

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