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Community-based Collaboration to ensure children excel by age 5

Community-based Collaboration to ensure children excel by age 5

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It Takes Us ALL to Have a “Child-Friendly” Community!

Excel By 5 is an innovative early childhood community certification process focusing on a community’s young children. It emphasizes the important roles parents and early childhood educators play in the lives of children during their most formative years – birth to age 5.

It Takes Us ALL to Have a “Child-Friendly” Community!

Excel By 5 is an innovative early childhood community certification process focusing on a community’s young children. It emphasizes the important roles parents and early childhood educators play in the lives of children during their most formative years – birth to age 5.

Our Story

Our journey began with a kindergarten teacher's passion for helping young children succeed in school.

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Our Community Partners

Locations throughout the State of Mississippi are mobilizing to ensure their children are better prepared for kindergarten and first grade.

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Resources

Find community resources to be actively engaged with your little scholar(s).

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Monthly Readiness Calendar

Activities you can do with your child, plus puzzles to help parents and your little scholars stay sharp!

LAUNCH to EXCELence Leadership Academy

The LAUNCH to EXCELence Leadership Academy equips leaders across Mississippi to connect early childhood, community engagement, and workforce development.

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Excel By 5 is challenging the entire community - parents, educators, and community members- to help each child in the area reach his or her potential. It isn't just one person's job to educate our youth. It's all of our job.

Become a Certified Partner

Join us in making a difference for our young children and community! Together, we can achieve Excel By 5 certification and create a brighter future for everyone.

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Join us in making a difference for our young children and community! Together, we can achieve Excel By 5 certification and create a brighter future for everyone.

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Latest news and Stories

Excel By 5 held first meeting of 2022 to discuss child development

February 10, 2022

The Hattiesburg Excel By 5 organization held its first meeting of the year to discuss the importance of child development.

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3rd annual Duck Derby set to sail on Saturday

August 2, 2021

One of the biggest fundraisers of the year by Excel By 5, the Duck Derby is set to kick-off for the third time.

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Excel By 5 kicks off ‘Readiness by Reading’ program

July 13, 2021

Excel By 5 kicked off its “Readiness by Reading” program Tuesday evening with a reading event held at Zaxby’s in Petal.

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Check out our mini-libraries across Mississippi!

Excel by 5, Jackson mini-library
Excel by 5, Tallahatchie mini-library
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What our Community Partners are saying!

Thank you to our partners

"Every child is a different kind of flower, and all together, they make this world a beautiful garden."
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