enrollment options:
full-time:
part-time:
5 days per week (monday - friday)
3 days per week (m-w) (m,th-f) (tu,th-f) or (w-f)
2 days per week (thursdays & fridays)
program hours:
full day
8:30-9:30 am arrival
3:30-4:30 pm departure
staggered arrival/departure times:
to allow for appropriate social distancing in the current health climate
staggered arrival/departure times are assigned for each family
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:
8:30 am arrivals begin, free play
9:30 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
3:30 pm departures begin, free play, afternoon story time
4:30 pm end of school day
2020-21 school year calendar:
Tue, Sep 8
Fri, Sep 18
Mon, Sep 28
Mon, Oct 12
Tue, Nov 3
Wed, Nov 11
Thu, Nov 26 - Fri, Nov 27
Wed, Dec 23 - Fri, Jan 1
Mon, Jan 18
Fri, Feb 12
Mon, Feb 15 - Fri, Feb 19
Mon, Mar 29 - Fri, Apr 2
Mon, May 31
Thu, Jun 3
Fri, Jun 25
school year begins, staggered start dates
closed for Rosh Hashanah
closed for Yom Kippur
closed for Indigenous People's Day
closed for Election Day
closed for Veterans Day
closed for Thanksgiving Break
closed for Winter Break
closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
closed for Lunar New Year
closed for Mid-Winter Break
closed for Spring Break
closed for Memorial Day
closed for Brooklyn Queens Day
last day of the school year