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Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · 5d

TY Washtenaw Area Council for Children for a great event celebrating 50 years of your work in supporting children and families! I was so proud to learn about your special award winners!! 🫶🏻Thank you WACC! #TeamWISD #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · 12d

TY Michigan Head Start Association for planning and hosting the 2025 Fall Assembly this week! It was great to learn together and also to host Dr. Larry Schweinhart who helped to study the Perry Preschool Project with HighScope! As always let’s continue to make #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost !! #TeamWISD

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · 12d

It has been a week since the Fall 2025 MASA Conference, but I wanted to lift up how great the opportunity was to make 3 presentations with partners from MiLEAP, MAISA, NHSA, and HighScope!! Together we make #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost !! TY SETSEG for the 5K Fun Run as well! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · 22d

Great @michleague.bsky.social Champions for Kids luncheon today!! We also held key legislative visits today to advocate for PreK for All, Head Start and the budget! TY @jasonmorganmi.bsky.social Reps. Miller, Wilson Jr., Foreman and Senator Shink for meeting with us! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

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Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · 29d

12th and Final Run for the #RunUnited2025 @unitedwaysem.bsky.social Virtual Marathon! I competed all 26.2 miles! Battled through a left calf issue and made it!! I also reached my fundraising goal today of raising $500 for STEAM $$ for kids!! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

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Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Sep 9

On the way back from Lexington, had to stop in Cincy at #skylinechili for lunch! Special shout out to my “college chili son” David G.! @skylinechilli.bsky.social

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Sep 9

TY Rece and Taylor for a beautiful wedding spent in Lexington! We had a wonderful time sharing in your special night! Congrats! 🍾 💒 ❤️

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Sep 5

11th morning run for #RunUnited2025 Virtual Marathon! 2.6 miles today for a total of 24.2 miles! Almost there! Chasing the sun today on a chilling crisp late Summer morning! 🌞 #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Sep 4

10th Morning Run for #RunUnited2025 virtual marathon! Added 2.4 miles so now I have a total of 21.6 miles! Not much left to go!! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd If you want to contribute to my fundraising for STEAM $$ for kids please do it here: p2p.onecause.com/rununited25/...

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Sep 2

9th Morning #RunUnited2025 @unitedwaysem Virtual Marathon Run! 2.4 miles now for a total of 19.2 miles! Chasing the sun this morning! 🌞 Also, thank you to all of my donors! I have raised $385 of my $500! Only $115 more to go! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 29

Happy beginning of the school year @whitlkpublicschools Excited to visit the PreK for All and Head Start spaces with their amazing Director Sue! TY for showing me around the new spaces! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 28

Run #8 for #RunUnited2025 Virtual Marathon! I have now completed 16.8 miles of the 26.2 miles! We have now raised $350 of my $500. The EC Dept. Team is a top 5 of all the teams! Please contribute to reach our goal! p2p.onecause.com/rununited25/... #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 26

Run #7 for #RunUnited2025 virtual marathon today! Completed 2.2 miles for a total of 14.6 miles! Over 1/2 way there!! Today we had the Why I Run postcard activity! Photo 2 shares why I run! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 25

Day 6 for #RunUnited2025 Virtual Marathon! Almost 1/2 way there in completing my 26.2 miles. I have 12.4 now after my morning run yesterday in Iowa! I surprised my older brother with a visit to celebrate his 55th birthday!! Chasing the sun! 🌞 😊 #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 22

Run #5 for #RunUnited2025 Virtual Marathon this morning! 10.4 of the 26.2 miles done! Please continue to contribute to my goal! p2p.onecause.com/rununited25/... I have $200 more to go! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 22

TY to Dr. Nneka McGee for keynote presenting for Day 2 of our WISD EC Conference! We had such a great day of learning! TY to all to the #TeamWISD staff and the participants for making this be a tremendous success! We had 326 participants for Day 2! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 21

What a difference a day makes! Thank you to everyone for showing up for the WISD Day 1 Early Childhood Conference! Wow! 😳 363 participants!! TY @danwuori.bsky.social for being our keynote speaker! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

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Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 20

So excited for our 11th Annual Early Childhood conference today! TY @danwouri.sky.social for joining us as Day 1 keynote speaker! Also, thank you to all of our presenters, participants, sponsors, volunteers for making this happen! #EarlyChildhoodmattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 19

Great #TeamWISD Opening events!! TY Dr. Emdin for being with us! You brought the 🔥🙌🏻 Also, so great to have a twist with our Late Night line up!! Watching “Counted Out” was powerful too! Up next the 11th Annual Conference Aug. 20 & 21! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #WISDECC2025

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 19

Day 4 of #RunUnited2025 @unitedwaysem Virtual marathon done! 8.4 miles down! TY to everyone who contribute thus far! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 14

Run #3 today for @unitedwaysem.bsky.social #RunUnited2025 Virtual marathon! 2.0 miles for a total of 6.4 miles! Thank you to all of my sponsors! Together we will make a difference for STEAM programs in classrooms! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 13

Day 2 of #RunUnited2025 @unitedwaysem Virtual Marathon! 4.4 miles down! Thanks to all who have contributed! 40% of the way there! Also, great to have a #TeamWISD join! TY Tiffany! Please consider either a) joining the WISD EC team or b) donating Visit my page here: p2p.onecause.com/rununited25/...

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hi everyone! I am excited once again to be doing the @unitedwaysem #RunUnites2025 Virtual Marathon. This morning I had my Kick-Off run of 2.2 miles, only 24 miles to go! If you would like to donate please do so here: p2p.onecause.com/rununited25/... This runs through Sept. 14,2025.

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Aug 1

Yesterday #TeamWISD Early Childhood Department held our 4th Annual Early Head Start/Early On Ice Cream Social and BLOCKfest(c) event! It was AMAZING! Thank you to WISD team member Bahjee Chea for organizing this!! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd

Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · Jul 19

Fun this morning at the @mytecumseh downtown Pet Parade! Molly was a star! ⭐️ 🤩 So proud of our rescue pup! Thank you Donte for getting a ready for our moment of stardom! Donte is the owner of Supreme K9 Skool! #mytecumseh #ilovemyrescuedog