Education

Providing early learning opportunities, youth mentoring programs, assistance in overcoming barriers to learning and
promoting literacy to span throughout adulthood.

Achievement in the Making (AIM) - Gallatin Shalom Zone
600 Small Street, Gallatin 37066
(615) 442-7575    http://www.gallatinshalomzone.org/
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Educates and develops leadership skills in students ages 11 to 15.  Provides homework assistance and mentors to children ages 1st thru 5th grades.  Educates students, ages 7-15, regarding future career choices.

Books from Birth of Middle Tennessee
3401 West End Avenue, Suite 460W, Nashville 37203
(615) 936-3554  
www.childrenshospital.vanderbilt.org/booksfrombirth
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Encourages early literacy, school readiness, and strengthening of family bonds, by providing age-appropriate books monthly to all local children, from birth up to age 5, at no cost to families. Additional program components include various family literacy initiatives, volunteer-driven story times (in clinic waiting rooms,) as well as operations in cooperation with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. 

Community Child Care Services
182 Executive Park Drive, Hendersonville 37075
(615) 824-5060
Hours: Monday - Friday, 6:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Offers an enrichment program and day care to preschool children of working low-income families. Tuition is based on a sliding scale.

Gallatin Day Care Center, Inc.
108 Southpark Circle, Gallatin 37066
(615) 452-2518
Hours: Monday - Friday, 6 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Offers an enrichment program and day care to preschool children of working low-income families. Tuition is based on a sliding scale.

Kids on the Block - STARS Nashville
1704 Charlotte Pike, Suite 200, Nashville 37203
(615) 279-0058   http://www.starsnashville.org/
Hours:  Monday - Friday 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Educates children and the community about health and social concerns using puppets and other teaching tools. Available in Sumner County schools.

Literacy Council of Sumner County
260 West Main Street, Suite 111C, Hendersonville 37075
(615) 822-8112   http://www.literacysumner.org/
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Provides a community learning and resource center for children and adults, offering consultation and one-to-one volunteer tutors in reading, math, ESL, GED preparation, grammar and writing. Also offers specialized programs for identifying and addressing more serious reading and perceptual problems.

Rainbow Early Intervention Program -  H.A.T.S.
545 Airport Road, Gallatin 37066
(615) 451-0974   http://www.hatstn.org/
Hours:  Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Provides services to children with physical, mental and emotional disabilities. The preschool program benefits children from birth to 3 years with a variety of developmental delays.  Home-based services are offered.

Sumner County Adult Education Advisory Council
695 East Main Street, Gallatin 37066
(615) 451-5415   www.sumnerschools.org (Navigate to: "Home">"Students & Families">"Adult Education")
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Provides literacy training, GED preparation, English as a Second Language, basic skills classes, workplace literacy programs and computer skills classes.

Sumner County 4-H
658 Hartsville Pike, Gallatin 37066
(615) 452-1423   
http://utextension.tennessee.edu/sumner
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Offers educational programs for ages 9-19. Programs are conducted primarily in schools to help youth learn skills in areas of citizenship, leadership, personal development, public speaking, agriculture and home economics.