Connections Child Care & Learning Center

09/21/2026

Happy to be a part of the community that supports our schools.

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❤️ Thank you to our amazing business community for your incredible support! ❤️

Because of your generosity, every AHPS school’s teachers’ lounge is sponsored for the year! 🎉 Your kindness shows our teachers and staff that they are appreciated.

A special thank you to Brent Hershey of State Farm Insurance for the idea and encouragement that sparked this effort! 🙌 And thank you to DeAnn Stull for organizing and helping bring this initiative to life in the Alleghany Highlands.

At Alleghany Highlands Public Schools, we are working with you to put Unity in Community! 🤝❤️

Together, we are making a difference for our teachers, staff, and students! 🏫

🐾 Cougar Paws to our amazing business community! 🐾

08/27/2026

Supporting the people who support our kids. ❤️

We’re happy to join other local businesses to help keep our teachers fueled by stocking the teachers’ lounge with a few snacks and treats. It’s a small gesture of appreciation for the people who give so much of themselves to their students every day.

We hope it makes a busy school day just a little bit better! 🍎✏️📚

08/11/2026

A big hug and special “THANK YOU” to Fincastle Baptist Church and Ms Danielle Black who has so faithfully come each week for the past TWO YEARS to share Jesus with our students! She stopped by today with a special gift for those heading to Kindergarten tomorrow! ❤

Thank you for your servant’s heart and love for these little ones and pouring in to them!! ❤

08/06/2026

Please apply at:

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07/15/2026

Ms Daphne’s class recently took a field trip down to our neighbor business— Domino’s Pizza in Covington!

What a fun day seeing how pizza is made, trying on an apron and making our own pizzas to eat!

Thanks to everyone who made this such a fun day!

07/04/2026

04/15/2026

Partnering with Integrated Behavior Services in April for Autism Awareness Month and FREE BOOK giveaway!

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April is Autism Awareness Month!

When we teach our children to be aware of the special strengths and challenges of an autistic person, we can also learn!

When we model kindness and caring to individuals who may have sensory or social interactions that may be unexpected, everyone benefits!

A GREAT way to LEARN is by reading! As we read--especially a story written by someone who can relay first hand what an autistic person experiences--the impact can be tremendous.

As part of Autism Awareness Month, Integrated Behavior Services would like to give away a copy of the book, "The Reason I Jump" written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism. This book is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine.

To win:

(1) "Like" this post
(2) "Share" the post on your page. (Please set your "share" privacy to "public" so that we can see that you shared it!)
(3) "Like" and follow our FB page!

A winner will be announced at the end of the month!

04/03/2026

Celebrating Easter!

Connections Child Care and Integrated Behavior Services created Easter gift bags filled with candy and specially selected items for memory care patients at Alleghany Health & Rehab Center in Clifton Forge.

The gift bags were personally delivered by owner/director Mindy Hemp-Gardzinski and daughter Bayley Gardzinski ❤

03/07/2026

"Unless someone like you... cares a whole awful lot... nothing is going to get better... It's not."

Ending Dr. Seuss week with "The Lorax" who even made a special appearance :) Can you find him???

Kids were encouraged to dress in yellow and orange to celebrate!

Don't have "The Lorax" in your collection?? Use code SEUSSAPALOOZA26 @ Thriftbooks and get great used books for $2.50 when you buy 4 or more thru March 16