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SCCSD staff receive special training to help S.A.V.E. lives

On Monday, Sioux City Community School District staff were trained on what to do in the event of a crisis. Chad Sheehan is a former Sioux City police officer and the creator of the S.A.V.E training which stands for shelter in place, awareness, violence stops violence and evacuate. The goal of the program is to increase your chances of survival. Sheehan says, "I try to make people understand how the simple steps actually effectively make you a harder victim."

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Sioux City Schools introduces child literacy information campaign

The Sioux City School District says fewer than two in every five Sioux City preschoolers are academically ready for pre-k. That's a number that preschools can't raise on their own, so the school district is introducing something called "Prime Age to Engage." it's a program designed to encourage parents to become more involved in their child's education from the time they're born. Experts say 80% of a child's brain is developed by the time they're three years old. That jumps to 95% by the time they're six. Many parents don't take advantage of this highly developmental time in their child's life. The program says the four ways to introduce language to your before preschool-aged child is talk, play, read, and sing. These four methods combined will present a child with more opportunity to learn before they enter school.

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