enrollment options:
full-time:
part-time:
5 days per week (monday - friday)
3 days per week (monday - wednesday)
2 days per week (thursday - friday)
program hours:
full day
9:00 am arrival
4:00 pm departure
extended hours:
early drop-off: 8:00am - 9:00am
extended day: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
12 students per class
teaching teams of 2 lead teachers, 1 assistant teacher
student-teacher ratio: 4:1
classroom age range:
21 months to 4 years old
mixed age classes
class composition:
daily schedule:
8:00 am early drop-off
9:00 am all students arrive, free play and table stations
9:45 am circle time, yoga practice
10:00 am music/movement and group imaginative play
10:15 am story time (curriculum-based)
10:30 am snack time, outside playtime in backyard
11:30 am art or small group activity time
12:00 pm lunch time
12:30 pm wind-down and independent reading time
1:00 pm nap/rest time
3:00 pm end of nap/rest time, free play and table stations
4:00 pm end of regular day
5:00 pm end of extended day
2023-24 school year calendar:
Wed, Sept 6
Mon, Sept 25
Mon, Oct 9
Tue, Nov 7
Thu, Nov 23 - Fri, Nov 24
Thu, Dec 21 - Mon, Jan 1
Tue, Jan 2
Mon, Jan 15
Mon, Feb 19 - Fri, Feb 23
Fri, Mar 29 - Mon, Apr 1
Wed, Apr 10
Mon, Apr 22 - Tue, Apr 30
Mon, May 27
Thu, Jun 6
Mon, Jun 17
Wed, Jun 19
Tue, Jun 25
school year begins, staggered start dates
closed for Yom Kippur
closed for Indigenous Peoples' Day
closed for Election Day
closed for Thanksgiving Break
closed for Winter Break
staff workday- no students in attendance
closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
closed for Mid-Winter Break
closed for Easter Weekend
closed for Eid al-Fitr
closed for Spring Break
closed for Memorial Day
closed for Brooklyn-Queens Day
closed for Eid al-Adha
closed for Juneteenth
last day of the school year