1st Source grant to provide Outdoor Learning Center at Westville Little School
1st Source Bank has awarded a $22,864 grant to provide an
outdoor learning center at Westville Little School. The new 1st Source Bank Outdoor
Learning Center will be an extension of the indoor classroom further enhancing
the growth and development of the young students. The space will include a
xylophone, rain barrel, large drums, log fort, balance beams, stepping stumps
and other engaging activities.
1st Source Regional President Matt Vessely recently visited
the Westville Little School to present the donation to Dunebrook Executive
Director Jeanne Ann Cannon. Joining them were Dr. Curtiss Streitelmeiter,
Superintendent of Schools at MSD of New Durham Township; Deb Pratt, Professor
of Early Education at Purdue North Central; and Westville Little School
teachers Erin Foust and Jamie Sales.
“1st Source Bank is pleased to partner with Dunebrook,
Westville Schools and Purdue North Central to bring an Outdoor Learning Center
to the Westville Little School,” said Vessely. “The new outdoor space will
enhance learning opportunities for the children so they are better prepared for
Kindergarten and have a strong foundation for the future.”
“We are so appreciative of 1st Source Bank’s generous
contribution to Westville Little School,” said Cannon. “1st Source and their
support is another example of when talent and expertise from a variety of a
community resources, such as business, education and social services
significantly increase the success of our children, academically, behaviorally
and physically. The physical play that 1st Source has provided will play an
important role in the holistic development and success of Westville Little
Schools’ unique curriculum.”