On Thursday, November 24, 2022, CBS2 partnered with CapEd Credit Union to highlight educators and organizations creating an impact in the early childhood sector across the state of Idaho.
DetailsLee Pesky Learning Center was named an Official Charity Partner for the 2022 TCS New York City Marathon, taking place on November 6. Lee Pesky Learning Center will be among the 500 official charity partners providing thousands of runners the opportunity to run in the world’s most popular marathon.
DetailsOn Friday, December 3, 2021, CBS2 featured Lee Pesky Learning Center as part of their Leaders in Learning series. The segment sheds light on the various ways that LPLC is supporting students in Idaho (and beyond) and how local community partners such as CapEd Credit Union are collaborating to strengthen early childhood learning in Idaho.
DetailsLee Pesky Learning Center welcomed a new board member to the table to help advance the mission—Nathan Katsuki. Currently a Brooklyn-based model, creative designer, and actor on the Netflix Show Kaleidoscope, Katsuki’s ties to supporting students with learning disabilities span well beyond the desire to ‘give back’. They are personal.
DetailsBoise, Idaho (May 2, 2022)—Lee Pesky Learning Center (LPLC) is accustomed to partnership. In fact, since its founding in 1997, LPLC–a non-profit dedicated to supporting students, families, and schools in overcoming obstacles to learning–has trained educators in 43 of 44 counties in the state of Idaho.
DetailsIt is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Bernice Stern, grandmother of Lee Pesky. Mrs. Stern passed away on Saturday, April 18 after 103 years of love, family and friends. Mrs. Stern and her late husband, Milton Stern, are the parents of Wendy Pesky, LPLC Co-Founder and Board member. Bernice and…
DetailsThe Lee Pesky Learning Center, a nonprofit organization that helps kids with learning differences, expanded their literacy programming services this fall to English learners in Blaine County after a large surge of Hispanic residents into the area over the past couple of years.
DetailsOn Nov. 29, Lee Pesky Learning Center received $15,000 in grant monies from CapEd Credit Union. This funding is part of a multi-year $45,000 grant poised to provide support to LPLC for early childhood programming from 2022-2024.
DetailsA number of districts and charters have started focusing on and offering dyslexia training. Organizations like Lee Pesky Learning Center (LPLC) have risen to meet the need with newly created, in-person hybrid and online classes designed for school staff. The strategies LPLC offers will help not just those with dyslexia, but all students, to learn to read. And that’s essential, because reading is the gateway to a lifetime of learning.
DetailsThe Lee Pesky Learning Center has received a $50,000 grant from the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, Inc., to create inclusive early childhood environments.
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