Richland Community College invested in the education of children recently and pleased to announce the opening of their expanded facility.

The RCC Children's Education Center recently remodeled their facilities in order to serve greater numbers children throughout the day. Kim Brummet with the Education Center, says exciting features of the new facility includes new gym equipment which provides students with esthetics activities during the day.

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The Center is dedicated to providing children ages 2-5 with the necessary skills to succeed during their school years. According to Brummet, they provide their students with the opportunity to earn classroom teaching experience in order to prepare them for careers in teaching.

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The expansion has allowed them to increase their enrollment into their programs. Brummet believes the space is user friendly and gives kids the opportunities to explore while learning.

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The newly expanded center opened in October, but January marked its first full semester of operation.

There is a great deal of enrollment flexibility for parents and it is not necessary for your to be a student at Richland to enroll your kids into the program.

For more information on the facility or enrollment, you can visit the Center's page at www.richland.edu or call 217-875-7211 ext. 319.