The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard about some good things happening at Memorial School in Taylorville, at their weekly luncheon on Tuesday at the Taylorville Memorial Hospital auditorium.
Memorial principal Nancy Ganci told Kiwanis members that her school is the 3rd and 4th grade attendance center for the Taylorville school district, and that she's served there for some 13 years.  Ganci said there are many good things happening at Memorial, including the popular “Breakfast in the Classroom” where students get breakfast served to them right in their classroom. 

Ganci said serving breakfast in classrooms has actually had a calming effect for the students, and tardiness has also plummetted.
Another positive program at Memorial School is the Taylorville Christian Church “Back Pack for Kids”, a confidential program that fills back packs with food for needy kids.
Ganci also shared about how the school was improving the literacy of students by starting a reading program each morning before school, and another program that helps challenged readers to improve.
The public is reminded of the annual Kiwanis Peanut Days fund-raiser on the streets of Taylorville this Friday and Saturday, with proceeds benefitting local Kiwanis projects for children and youth.
The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Memorial Hospital auditorium.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.