EnfieldKITE Meeting Schedule

KITE Collaborative MEETINGs

Are you looking for a way to get involved and make a real impact? Our monthly meetings provide just that opportunity! Come join us and learn more about the work we do and how you can get involved. We would love to have you with us and hear your perspectives and ideas. Bring your passion and drive and we'll be sure to create something great together.  

Annual Community Report

KITE's Annual Meeting in October is a special day, as it marks the release of our annual Community Report Video! Not only is this presentation a way to showcase the amazing work we do in Enfield, but it also serves as a way for the community to share in the celebration of successes achieved throughout the year. As members of the community narrate the stories, the impact of KITE is felt across the greater Enfield area. 

2024 Community Report#MOVINGmountains

2023 Community Report
#SeedsOfPossibility

2022 Community Report
#REimagine #OneCommunity

Annual Awards

Children's Champion Award

Children's Champion Award recognizes an individual who – in truth – represents the best in us all.  A person, whose work has inspired us, challenged us, and helped us to facilitate the lasting changes that our children and their families need and deserve.

           Erin Grimes
        Adrienne Snow 2022		Phyllis Phelan	2022 		Melissa Bednarz	2021 		Joyce Hall 2020		Chris Drezek 	2019 		Carol LaLiberte 2018 		Kristen Raiche 2017 		Lorena Cisneros 2016 		Karen Weseliza2015 		Pam Brown 2014		Dr. Gerald Calnen 2013 		Dr. Schumann 2012 		Dr. Gallagher 2011 	        Scott Kaupin & Brian Specht 
	Don Ellis & Jack Flanagan

Lisa Foy-Dupuis Award

The Lisa Foy-Dupuis Excellence in Early Childhood Award was established in 2021 to pay tribute to her legacy.  Lisa embodied what it means to be an early childhood educator. She had passion, patience, creativity, flexibility, and respect for all children and their families. She loved her job and showed up every day to do what was best for the children she taught. This award gives early educators in Enfield an opportunity to nominate a peer that exemplifies the
qualities that made Lisa a gifted early childhood 
educator. 

           Marlene Cianci
         Malissa Griffith2022		 Christine Nuzzolo
 Jaclyn Valley

Special Recognition Awards

From time to time, there are indivuduals that the Collaborative recognizes for unique contributions to the lives of children in Enfield.  These recognitions are unique to the indivucual honoree for their contribution to the collaborative. 

2019- Beth Buy, CT Commissioner of Early Childhood
2020 - Peg Oliviera, Dir Gesell Program in Early Childhood at Yale 
2020- Skip Kodak, Regional President, Americas at LEGO
2022 - LeAnn Beaulieu, Retired Educator EPS & Past KITE Chairperson