NHA Schools Come Together for Household Fun at Cruisin’ Kids Fest

National Heritage Academies (NHA^®) hosted the Cruisin’ Kids Fest to offer households a front-row seat to the Telegraph Cruise and the prospect to attach with 4 faculties forward of the brand new 12 months.

The family-friendly occasion function car-themed actions to pair with one in all Taylor’s summer season traditions, the Telegraph Cruise. As classic automobiles rolled by, children made their very own “engine oil,” constructed their very own vehicles and examined them on ramps, took prepare rides round Taylor Preparatory High School, and extra.

Admissions Representative Shelby Gregory mentioned NHA needed to supply one thing for each member of the household on the Cruisin’ Kids Fest.

Taylor Exemplar Academy Principal Zemen Marrugi (left) and Second-Grade Teacher Charniece Taplin (proper) on the NHA Cruisin’ Kids Fest, which helped join households with 4 NHA faculties, together with Taylor Exemplar.

“We used this opportunity to create a family environment because a cruise is more typically for the adults,” Gregory mentioned. “So, we wanted to give the kids a place to come and hang out and have fun while everyone got to know our schools.”

While children had been designing their very own dream vehicles and assembly characters similar to Sonic, Stitch, Bluey, and Bingo, dad and mom had been connecting with faculty leaders and studying extra about what NHA has to supply. Gregory mentioned the occasion generated functions and one household already registered their pupil.

“Having these kind of family-focused activities and events that come at no cost to families has gone a long way to help us, too,” mentioned Manager of Admissions Angela Liegghio.

One of the actions accessible for teenagers was a face-painting station. Other actions featured a automobile theme to pair with the Telegraph Cruise.

Representatives from Taylor Exemplar Academy, Taylor Preparatory High School, Quest Charter Academy, and Metro Charter Academy attended to satisfy with dad and mom and college students. Giving households a one-stop-shop the place they may find out about every faculty helped them determine what’s greatest for them and launched them to what makes NHA faculties stand out.

Liegghio mentioned plenty of households will apply and register to a couple of faculty, so providing this connection level helps them determine which faculty is greatest primarily based on transportation, location, and different components essential to every particular person household.

“Hosting these events really reinforces the whole concept of what NHA offers,” Liegghio mentioned. “All of the things that make NHA’s educational experience, like Moral Focus™ and our curriculum, are on display, and they’re the same from school to school. So, it really reinforces that aspect, and it has helped us reduce the number of multiply applied and multiply registered families that we historically see.”

Kids might meet a few of their favourite characters similar to Sonic and Stitch whereas their dad and mom might study extra about NHA faculties within the space.

New households had been welcomed into the Cruisin’ Kids Fest and together with them creates a way of neighborhood earlier than the primary day of college. Feeling that sense of household helps dad and mom put their belief in NHA and every faculty.

“When we invite accepted parents to three events over the summer, they know our goal is to make these kids feel comfortable and confident before the first day of school,” Gregory mentioned. “They feel better instead of sending their baby into a school they’ve never been to. NHA cares that our kids are comfortable and competent for the first day.”

Great work, Angela and Shelby! Looking ahead to an incredible 12 months, Taylor Exemplar, Taylor Prep, Metro, and Quest.

NHA’s Cruisin’ Kids Fest helped generate extra functions and Admissions Representative Shelby Gregory mentioned one household already registered for his or her first day.

 

 

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National Heritage Academies (NHA^®) is a community of greater than 100 tuition-free, public constitution faculties throughout 9 states, serving greater than 65,000 college students in kindergarten via highschool. For extra info, go to nhaschools.com. To discover a constitution faculty close to you, use the NHA faculty finder.