Partners

Hatch is an exclusive reseller of SMART™ products to the early childhood and special education markets. Most of the Hatch technology solutions come complete with SMART™ multi-touch technology in addition to educational content. Digital portfolios, progress monitoring, lesson planning, scaffolded lessons and engaging math and literacy content makes SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard and SMART Table™ classroom technology smarter! Hatch Inc. and SMART Technologies Inc. have collaborated to release CoreFocus by Hatch, which is a content package for interactive whiteboards with more than 2,500 research-based activities..

SMART™ Technologies products include SMART™ interactive multi-touch systems, which connect to a computer while allowing the user to control computer applications with a touch of the display. SMART™ Notebook software that offers users tools and digital resources for presentations and enables usersto create interactive content and manage work. Founded in 1987, SMART™ is headquartered in Calgary, Canada with additional offices in Germany, Japan, and China, as well as New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois; and Washington D.C.

Early Childhood Investigations Webinars is a series of free online professional development sessions for early education professionals. The series is produced, hosted and promoted by Engagement Strategies, LLC., presented by many of the brightest experts and strongest leaders in the field of early care and education, and sponsored by Robert-Leslie Publishing. The partners who help bring ECI Webinars to the field, including Hatch and Susan Gunnewig, know preschool administrators and teachers have limited time and money to spare for training. We use our collective strengths to help these dedicated professionals overcome the typical obstacles to participating in conference-quality professional development seminars.

Hatch is a Gold Partner of Microsoft, working together to bring customers the latest Microsoft products. All Hatch Computer Learning Centers are equipped with the Microsoft^® Windows operating system as well as premium Microsoft^® Office and Utility products. Microsoft Corporate provides software and hardware products and solutions worldwide, working across multiple segments (Client, Server and Tools, Online Services, Business Solutions, and Entertainment and Devices Division). The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Hatch is a Platinum Partner of Intel. This alliance ensures that both organizations work together extensively to find the best processor and circuit components for Hatch Computer Learning Centers. Intel Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. It offers microprocessor products used in notebooks, netbooks, desktops, servers, workstations, storage products, embedded applications, communications products, consumer electronics devices and handhelds. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

Partnering with MyPyramid provides an opportunity for different communities and different organizations to join together with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in helping promote the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

The USDA has endorsed the Fit 4 You™ kit from Hatch and named Hatch a partner in the 'Partnering with MyPyramid: Corporate Challenge' program. Hatch is part of a 3-pronged movement where government, industry, and education are taking aim at transforming the way America eats. Fit 4 You™ provides early childhood teachers with ideas for classroom activities that help to combat childhood obesity by increasing children’s physical activity and teaching them how to plan meals by making healthy food choices based on the USDA’s MyPyramid guidelines.

BCI Burke Company has always been known for quality playground equipment, personal service and a commitment to safety. Since 1920, Burke has been leading the way with exciting and innovative playgrounds, park and site amenities and sport products. Burke is a family owned business operating with optimum efficiency, current technology and the following set of core values to give their customers the best Total Cost of Ownership Package™ possible for playgrounds.

Hatch partners with BCI Burke in a reciprocal relationship where each company refers customers to the other in the case that the customer requires products that extend beyond the product line available from either Hatch or Burke.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. The Make-A-Wish Foundation’s primary charitable purpose is to grant the wish of each child who has reached the age of 2½ years and is under age 18 and who has a life-threatening medical condition, i.e., a progressive, degenerative or malignant medical condition that has placed the child’s life in jeopardy. Hatch and the Make a Wish Foundation join forces to raise awareness and grant funds annually through joint promotion and funding raising efforts.

A non-profit organization, founded in 1970 to support families by helping them meet the developmental needs of their children from infancy through school-age. Northwest Child Development Centers (NWCDC) is governed by a voluntary Board of Directors that consist of private and public citizens and parents of four counties, Forsyth, Davie, Davidson & Stokes. Northwest has the capacity to service 700 children and families in community child care centers.

In early September of 2008, Hatch and NWCDC had announced their corporate partnership. The partnership between NWCDC and Hatch is built on realizing the vision of creating a "model childcare center" where children will have access to the most developmentally stimulating classrooms using innovative and cutting edge technology and top of the line exciting learning resources provided by Hatch.