Muffins for Mom enables parents to stay informed about kids' school activities

YOUNGSTOWN

Jessica Saulsberry enjoyed a gathering of light food and beverages with many other adults and students, but she’s hoping the event that brought everyone together will be about much more than homemade muffins and beverages.

The mother of three hopes another key ingredient will be continued collaboration among those with a vested interest in the Youngstown City Schools’ welfare and recovery.

“I’m definitely trying to stay involved. I want to know everything that’s going on and to keep up with their teachers, grades and behaviors,” Saulsberry said, referring to daughters Alexys and Taliyah Wallace, who are Kirkmere Elementary School third- and fourth-graders, respectively.

Alexys and Taliyah were among the students who, along with their mothers, grandmothers, aunts and other relatives, came to Thursday morning’s second annual Muffins for Mom event the Discovery Program at Kirkmere hosted in the school, 2851 Kirk Road, on the West Side.

The Discovery effort gives students added opportunities to take part in a variety of specialties such as art, dance, vocal music, investigative sciences, engineering and communications, according to the YCS’ website.

The Muffins for Mom program was one in a series of many throughout the school year that provide a higher number of parents and guardians with opportunities to gain a greater sense of what’s going on in the school.

Read more about the event and the program in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.