September 2010 -- School days are just around the corner!  

Our curriculum unit for the 2010-2011 school year will be FAMILY.  For all our new and returning families--we would really like a photograph of your child and your family.  Perhaps you visited grandparents and other family members this summer?  Bring in a photo--along with the names of the family members and their relationship to your child.  The photos will become part of our "Family Wall" for the upcoming school year.

Dates to Remember:

Thursday, September 2nd @ 7 PM -- New Parent Orientation (Manditory for New Parents)

Sunday, September 12th from 9-12 Noon -- Family Picnic (location TBA)

Monday, September 13th -- First Day of School

Monday, September 27th -- Scholastic Book Orders Due

"I think one of the greatest advances to child care was the creation of the NAEYC Accreditation system, which has helped so much to raise the quality of programs."

-T Berry Brazelton, M.D.
The Brazelton Institute
Children's Hospital Boston
Harvard Medical School

NAEYC has created 10 standards that measure the quality of early childhood programs. The standards were created by a blue-ribbon panel of early childhood experts and are based on the latest early childhood research.

Click here to learn more about NAEYC Accreditation.

NAEYC-accredited programs meet a higher standard:

• Promote positive relationships for all children and adults to encourage each child's sense of individual worth.
• Implement a curriculum that fosters all areas of child development: cognitive, emotional, language, physical, and social.
• Use developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate effective teaching approaches.
• Provide ongoing assessments of a child's learning and development and communicate the child's progress to the family.
• Promote the nutrition and health of children and protect children and staff from injury and illness.
• Employ a teaching staff that has the educational qualifications, knowledge, and professional commitment necessary to promote children's learning and development, and to support families' diverse needs and interests.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with each child's family.
• Establish relationships with and use the resources of the community to support the achievement of program goals.
• Provide a safe and healthy physical environment.
• Implement strong personnel, fiscal, and program management policies so that all children, families, and staff have high-quality experiences.

lf you are interested in applying: