HOWDY FAMILIES AND FRIENDS! We are happy to see returning families and welcome new families this fall semester! The children are beginning to acclimate to their new environments and build strong relationships with their teachers and peers. With the start of a new year, we have many fun events planned throughout the [...]
Howdy Families and Friends, This time of year, I find myself reflecting on the growth we have seen in the children. Our littlest Aggies in Howdy, Gig ’Em and Century Tree who began the year walking tentatively into the building, now run in and out with confidence. They have [...]
BGCC Center Spotlight Research provides us with evidence of the importance of play for young children. I encourage you to read an article published by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2018: The Power of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young Children ”Children need to develop a [...]
Howdy Families and Friends! May brings the end of the spring semester and it is a great time to celebrate so many people who make our program the best it can be. We celebrated 40 amazing children who will be moving on to kindergarten in August with a wonderful graduation [...]
HOWDY FAMILIES AND FRIENDS! The theme for May seems to be CELEBRATE! Celebrate… our graduates! We have a lot to celebrate in May, not the least of which are 39 pre-kindergarten children who are excited to graduate! We hope you can join us on Friday, May 3 at 7:00 in Bethancourt [...]
Howdy Families! There is so much going on it is hard to keep up with it all; everyone at BGCC has been very busy! With the spring weather, if the children are not Walking Across Texas, they are prepping garden beds for spring planting. If they are not creating masterpieces in [...]
Center Spotlight: Kitchen Assistants The third week of March is National Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Week. The CACFP brings healthy food to children and adults across the nation in childcare centers, homes and afterschool programs. Our goal at BGCC is to provide nutritious meals to children that [...]
Center Spotlight: A Huge Milestone for Mrs. Martey Mrs. Martey is an original employee of the Texas A&M University Children’s Center (now known as the Becky Gates Children’s Center). For 23 out of the 25 years, she has been a toddler teacher working in the Toddler 2 wing. Martey is [...]
Center Spotlight: Welcoming 2024 We are here to welcome another year! It is very exciting to see what the future has in store for us. We thought it would be fun to hear from some of our PreK students about their favorite moments of 2023 and what they are excited [...]
Center Spotlight: A Year in Review Wow, we cannot believe we made it around the sun another year, and what an eventful year it has been! We welcomed new families, celebrated holidays and special days making many wonderful memories along the way. This time of year, we enjoy looking back [...]
Center Spotlight: Learning About Liz As the administrative coordinator at BGCC since 2022, Liz Schulze knew she found her passion at Texas A&M. She graduated from Texas A&M University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication. In her role as administrative coordinator, she hopes to continue building [...]
Center Spotlight: Healthy Eating The Becky Gates Children’s Center participates in a federal program, Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), that provides monthly reimbursement for healthy meals and snacks that are served to children and adults. This program works to provide nutritious meals to children which helps each child [...]
Center Spotlight: Our Dedicated Directors Erica found her way to Aggieland seven years ago. Prior to joining Texas A&M University, she was raised in Missouri. She earned her Master of Education in Early Childhood Education and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from New Mexico State University. Erica is [...]
Center Spotlight: Cheers to 25 Years!! The Becky Gates Children’s Center is turning 25 this month and we will be celebrating in October! Save the date for October 27, 2023! The Texas A&M Children’s Center was established in 1998 as a university childcare program serving 158 young children. Today, the [...]
Center Spotlight: Mrs. Andrea & Mrs. Kay Mrs. Andrea Powers will retire from the Becky Gates Children’s Center on August 31, 2023 after 25 years of service. Mrs. Andrea knew from a young age that she would pursue a career in teaching through babysitting and her passion of working with [...]
Center Spotlight: Summer School Age Program A summer program was initiated at the Becky Gates Children’s Center during Covid to provide care for school age children. There has been a continued interest from students, faculty and staff so we have continued to offer this program. This summer we have an [...]
Center Spotlight: Graduation! It is time to Celebrate!! The month of May is a busy and exciting time at Becky Gates Children’s Center, and we have much to celebrate! With pre-K graduation coming up, we decided to ask a few of our graduates what it means to graduate. A [...]
Center Spotlight: Learn, Grow, Eat & GO! This month, classrooms will begin the Learn, Grow, Eat & GO! (LGEG) Junior Master Gardener program - a hands-on, evidence-based, and academically rich curriculum that is designed to improve the health and wellness of our children, families, and the entire school community. This [...]
Center Spotlight: MP Building This month, we are shining the spotlight on our revamped MP Building! While still a work in progress, we have added a lot of value to this space and transformed it into an environment where children will have the opportunity to explore their creativity in new [...]
Center Spotlight: Idalia and Marcie: BGCC Interns Recently, Idalia and Marcie, two of our front desk office assistants have taken on internship roles here at the center. They are both majoring in Human Resources Development and are required to complete a 400-hour internship during their final semester, but weren’t ready [...]
Center Spotlight: Krista Van De Flier as Instructional Coach This month we are highlighting Krista Van De Flier. Krista originally had a nursing background. However, she changed career paths in 2001 when she volunteered at her daughter's Child Development Center and realized her passion for early childhood education. She moved [...]
Center Spotlight: Cultural Celebrations and Holidays at BGCC With the end of the year approaching, our December center spotlight is to share all of the holidays and cultural events that are celebrated around the center and at home by all of our BGCC families and everyone in our community. We [...]
Center Spotlight: Blinn Graduates We are proud to spotlight our hardworking teachers who are recent and soon to be Blinn College Graduates. Congratulations to Christy Widener, Zulieka Rodriguez, and Erika Rodriguez! Read below to hear each of their stories on the motivation behind earning their degree. Christy graduated in Spring [...]
Center Spotlight: Edwinna Ferguson This month we wanted to highlight Edwinna Ferguson, our center kitchen manager, and her devotion to maintain a clean and healthy work environment for the safety of our children. The Health Department Food Establishment Inspection was passed with a perfect score of 100%, she has done [...]
Center Spotlight: New Co-Teachers This Fall we are happy to welcome some new faces to our center. We have two new Co-Teachers, Allison Charernsook in Reveille and Natalie Tate in Kyle Field! They are excited to help plan fun activities and lessons for their classes to have a great year. [...]
Center Spotlight: Sadie Shrestha Sadie is our new Front Desk Student worker and we are excited to bring her on board. Here is a little bit more to get to know Sadie. "Howdy! I am from Groves, Texas and this Fall will start my sophomore year here at Texas A&M. [...]
Center Spotlight: Mandy McCann '23 For the month of July, our center spotlight shines on Mandy McCann for a warm welcome to the Becky Gates Children's Center. I am serving as our new Marketing Assistant Student Worker. I am now officially on board with the team to work with our [...]
Center Spotlight: Summer School Age Program This Summer we are enjoying having some former students back at our center for our school age program. The program is lead by some of our amazing teaching assistants; Megan Walla, Meredith Sizer, Kaylin Wright, and Grace Callen. They have planned endless fun activities and [...]
Center Spotlight: Student Worker Graduates May's Center Spotlight shines on a few of our student workers we will be saying goodbye to this upcoming semester. We are so proud of all their years of hard academic work and it has finally paid off! We will miss seeing them at the center [...]
Center Spotlight: Liz Schulze '19 For the month of April, our center spotlight shines on our Administrative Coordinator, Liz Schulze. Liz began working on the admin team last month and we are so happy to have her apart of our team. Liz is from Brenham Texas, "home of Blue Bell Ice [...]
Center Spotlight: Susie Burke '22 For the month of March, our center spotlight shines on our resource auditor, Susie Burke. Susie has been working in our MP building cleaning, organizing, and auditing our books and resources. Her main goal is organizing all of our resources and classroom tools so they are [...]
Center Spotlight: Music Student Worker This month's center spotlight shines on our new student music teacher. We are so excited to welcome Mikayla into the BGCC family! Mikayla is a junior from Mesquite Texas. "I grew up anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour away from downtown Dallas. (Depending on traffic)." [...]
Center Spotlight: Winter Celebration Gallery Over the past month at our center, our students have enjoyed countless winter activities. From ice fishing to rides on the polar express, our center was truly transformed into a winter wonderland. Please enjoy some of these sweet moments captured over the last few weeks. [...]
Center Spotlight: Student Worker Graduates and Farewells December's Center Spotlight shines on a few of our student workers we will be saying goodbye to this upcoming semester. December graduates, those beginning student teaching, and some moving on to higher educational programs! We are so proud of all their years of hard [...]
Center Spotlight: Classroom Activities This month's center spotlight shines on some special activities going on in our classrooms. In our center this past month, we celebrated Spanish Heritage Month. This is an annual celebration for the history and culture of U.S. Latinx and Hispanic communities. Our classrooms always foster a learning [...]
Center Spotlight: Music and Marketing Staff This month's center spotlight shines on our Music and Marketing student workers. In March of 2020, our music program was put on hold due to COVID 19, however we will be starting up the program again next week! We have many new updates to our [...]
Center Spotlight: Front Desk Staff This month's center spotlight shines on our front desk staff. We have many new faces at the front and are excited for all our families to get to know them! Taylor McKenzie, Class of 2023, is a Honors Human Resource and Development major from Houston Tx. [...]
Center Spotlight: New Teaching Staff Members This center spotlight shines on our new Teaching Staff Members. Jana Lenderman and Rachel Jordan recently joined our team at BGCC , so it was perfect timing to learn a little bit more about them as we approach the new school year. Jana will be [...]
Center Spotlight: Summer School Age Program This Summer we are loving having some friendly faces back at the center. In our summer program we have some new faces along with some who attended Becky Gates Children’s Center during their Pre-K years. Our teachers love seeing these kids back up at the [...]
Center Spotlight: Kitchen Staff This month we are highlighting our amazing kitchen staff! They are such a vital part of our team and provide the students and staff with nutritious and tasty meals everyday! Mrs. Edwinna is from Dallas Texas and is our head cook at the center. She has worked [...]
Center Spotlight: Our Student Worker Class of 2021 May's Center Spotlight shines on our graduating student workers! Meaghan Scales, Reagan Endler, Cassidy Shelton, Brooklyn Giddings, Megan Godfrey, Melissa Anda Vargas, Victoria Dowdy, and Maegan Burrier are proud members of the Fightin' Aggie Class of 2021. Also members of the Class of [...]
Center Spotlight: Mrs. Bertha This month we thought it was perfect timing to spotlight our custodial staff member, Mrs. Bertha. Mrs. Bertha is coming up on her one year mark of joining us at Becky Gates Children's Center. Mrs. Bertha is at the center every day cleaning the classrooms, offices, and [...]
Center Spotlight: Front Desk Staff March's Center Spotlight shines on the front desk staff! Victoria, Maegan, and Courtney greet the children when they enter the center and are the first point of contact for anyone who calls the center. If you have a question about BGCC, odds are, they can answer [...]
Center Spotlight: Administration Our February spotlight shines on our Administration team. Erica Ritter, Deborah Alamand, Krista Van De Flier, Flora Harmon, and Edwinna Ferguson work hard to ensure our teaching staff has the knowledge, skills, and materials necessary to provide the best educational experiences. Erica Ritter, Director Erica [...]
Center Spotlight: Jungle Wing Teachers January's Center Spotlight shines on the Jungle Wing Teachers! The Jungle Wing is lead by Kay Myers, who was featured in September’s Center Spotlight on the Team Lead Teachers. The Jungle Wing is comprised of three classrooms, the Panthers, the Jaguars, and the Tigers. The classes are taught by Khali [...]
Center Spotlight: Sea Wing Teachers December's Center Spotlight shines on the Sea Wing Teachers! The Sea Wing is lead by Mable Mulenga, who was featured in September’s Center Spotlight on the Team Lead Teachers. The Sea Wing is comprised of three classrooms, the Seahorses, the Whales, and the Seals. The classes [...]
Center Spotlight: Bird Wing Teachers November's Center Spotlight shines on the Bird Wing Teachers! The Bird Wing is lead by Martey Heard, who was featured in September’s Center Spotlight on the Team Lead Teachers. The Bird Wing is comprised of three classrooms, the Blue Jays, the Hummingbirds, and the Robins. The [...]
Center Spotlight: Insect Wing Teachers October's Center Spotlight shines on the teachers of the insect wing! The insect wing is lead by Andrea Powers, who was featured in last month's Center Spotlight on the Lead Teachers. The Insect Wing is comprised of three infant classrooms, the Bumblebees, the Butterflies, and the [...]
Center Spotlight: BGCC Team Leads Our September spotlight shines on our amazing BGCC team lead teachers. Kay Myers, Mable Mulenga, Martey Heard, and Andrea Powers lead the Rainforest, Sea, Bird, and Insect wings respectively. All of the team leads have been at Becky Gates Children's Center for at least five years [...]
This month's spotlight shines on our nursing student workers who have helped us out all summer. They have been making sure everyone is well here at Becky Gates Children's Center. The students gained critical healthcare experience while also keeping our children and faculty safe from the spread of coronavirus. They [...]
