MCLB Barstow’s school-age children in for treat

Photo By Cpl. Samuel Ranney | (From left to right) Colonel Michael L. Scalise, commanding officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Isaac Thurston, 11, and Thomas Perez Jr., 5, children who attend School-Age Care here, and Carey Carr, the SAC and Child Development Center director, cut the ribbon to officially open the new SAC center, Feb. 5. The newly built SAC provides care before and after school to children while their parents are at work.  

BARSTOW, CA, UNITED STATES

02.12.2015

Story by Cpl. Samuel Ranney 

Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow

BARSTOW, Calif. - After more than a year of construction, a new and improved School-Age Care Center on Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., officially opened Feb. 5, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Children gave attendees a tour of their new facility and cut the celebratory cake with Col. Michael L. Scalise, commanding officer of MCLB Barstow.

Denise Niblack, Family Care branch manager here who helped design the facility, explained how excited parents are to have their children enrolled here. It has a training room, an art room, space for karate classes, a studio for dance, ballet and Zumba, and a quiet study room for children to do homework.

“The other facility was getting too old,” said Niblack. “It wasn’t meeting requirements ... this new facility will allow the staff to better accomplish the curriculum. The children will be in a better environment to (enhance) their learning.”

The SAC offers before and after school care and all-day care during the summer, she said. The programs are available to all children on base, not just the ones enrolled in the school-age care.

“It’s very well done,” said Scalise. “We will enjoy this building for many years to come.”

• Date Taken: 02.12.2015
• Date Posted: 02.12.2015 13:44
• Story ID: 154309
• Location: BARSTOW, CA, US