Frazer Center

We love our teachers every day! It's #TeacherAppreciationWeek, and we are so grateful to have such an amazing, dedicated, love-filled early education team. Thanks to all the parents who are showing some extra love to our teachers this week!

Now through Monday, be a Citizen Scientist by joining in the Atlanta City Nature Challenge, led locally by Fernbank Museum. More details at: https://www.frazercenter.org//n/city-nature-challenge-2021... #CityNatureChallenge2021

Let the global competition begin! Hey, Atlantans: 1) Go out into nature (including your backyard!) 2) Photograph nature 3) Upload to iNaturalist 4) Claim your status as Citizen Scientist for helping put Atlanta on the geo-map!... #CityNatureChallenge2021 is led locally by our friends at Fernbank Museum, TODAY through Monday, May 3. https://www.frazercenter.org//n/city-nature-challenge-2021

This Friday through Monday is the City Nature Challenge, led locally by our friends at Fernbank Museum. Help put Atlanta on the geo-map! It's as easy as going outside, photographing flora, fauna, or fungi, and uploading to the iNaturalist.org app. Thanks, Citizen Scientist! #CityNatureChallenge2021

Our neighbors and friends at the Olmsted Linear Park Alliance are hosting a webinar about the first and last neighborhoods designed by Frederick Law OlmstedChicago’s Village of Riverside and Atlanta’s Historic Druid Hills. Check it out:

WE'RE HIRING! What makes Frazer Center such a unique work environment for Early Childhood Education professionals? Watch the video to get a glimpse. Find Frazer Center job postings at: Indeed.com/cmp/The-Frazer-Center/jobs... https://youtu.be/XcLTzuQi4Bw

Accessible COVID-19 resources from our friends at Georgia Tech. Braille resources, accessible and easy-to-read documents. ASL resources coming soon. Thank you, Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation! #inclusionmatters https://cidi.gatech.edu/covid

THANK YOU to our volunteers from North Highland!! We can't do what we do without volunteers who help us maintain our old-growth outdoor classroom, Frazer Forest. A thousand times THANKS!

Remembering Dr. King. May we all work towards his vision. #blacklivesmatter #inclusionmatters

Our holiday performances are an annual favorite day at Frazer. We miss being able to gather with our families and friends in the atrium for some holiday fun. And we sure miss having the Seed & Feed Marching Abominable band opening up the festivities. In lieu of thathere is one minute of festive funnies from Frazer’s Adult Program. Featuring Michael, Bill, Sarah, and Rocia. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

The halls are decked! Here’s more festive fun from Spirit WeekPJ Day!

More SPIRIT WEEK FUN with holiday characters and mustachioed masks!

Let's do this! #VOTE #nothingaboutuswithoutus #inclusionmatters

We've got some fall fun with arts & crafts! #inclusionmatters #artmatters

We're going on a squirrel hunt! Or actually, a data hunt.* One of our pre-k citizen scientists recorded seeing FIFTY squirrels in Frazer Forest! *No creatures were harmed in the hunting of this data. #forestcurriculum #naturebasedlearning #outdoorclassroom

Hiring people with disabilities isn't charity. It's good business. October = National Disabilities Employment Awareness Month. #NDEAM2020 #supportedemploymentworks https://youtu.be/VpQESU3MEdo

Our staff decorated their face shields which were donated by our amazing PTAC. PLEASE VOTE for your favorites with your "likes." Prizes are at stake!

Catherine "Tee" Porter took center stage as we honored her SIX DECADES of service to the Frazer Center. Friends, family, and colleagues gathered on Zoom as we paid tribute to this "gracious Southern lady," this "grand dame" who knows how to get things donewith humor and grace. Through her work with Frazer, she has impacted countless families. Tee is a true inspiration. WE LOVE YOU, Tee Porter! https://youtu.be/ouSadXIu-cc

Shout out to Decatur City Church for all their hard work on Saturday. Frazer Forest never looked better!

Any Georgians still not registered to vote? DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS THIS MONDAY, OCTOBER 5. Click here to register online: https://registertovote.sos.ga.gov/GAOLVR/welcometoga.do

Not just for kids! Anyone need a pick-me-up from our clown friends at Humorology Atlanta? They are sharing their antics and wanted the Frazer community to know. Schedule a "nose to nose" virtual visit. Normally, these amazing folks are found entertaining children at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. But they've got some extra time on their hands these days. Check 'em out!

Right on, Zoom! #inclusionmatters https://mashable.com/art/zoom-video-accessibility-features/

Help us keep children, adults and Frazer staff safe! Frazer Center will spend $20,000 in the coming year on PPE and additional health and safety protocols. We do all this so that Frazer Center remains a safe place for families to send their loved ones. Help us by giving today!!! www.frazercenter.org/give

Got Netflix? Check out the series BOOKMARKS. "Celebrity readers share children's books by Black authors to spark kid-friendly conversations about empathy, equality, self-love and antiracism." https://www.netflix.com/title/81303906

It's National Voter Registration Day. Are you registered?? #nothingaboutuswithoutus #PwD https://www.wsbtv.com//nation/7XZH7K7RLNE6VGZTXZAQUCGWV4/

Our volunteer extraordinaire, Jim Pruckler, led a tour of the gardens for his fellow North Georgia Camellia Society members. Jim has brought a lot of winter beauty into Cator Woolford Gardens with his camellia plantings. Thank you, Jim!