Thank you for your interest in A Step Ahead
Learning Center.
A Step Ahead Learning
Center is an accredited site by NECPA
(National Early Childhood
Program Accreditation) since Feb. 2009.
Mission Statement:
We have
tried to develop a family atmosphere here. We hope that your child
will be comfortable in our
small and loving classrooms. We believe in helping your child
develop a positive self-esteem and
self-control. Our vision is to allow your child/children to
develop these aspects in order to help them become properly functioning adults that will
benefit their community. As John F. Kennedy stated
“It’s not what your country can do for you but what you can do for
your country.” Applying
this thought we hope that your support will help the success of
you and your child here at this
center. We are looking forward to meeting you and your child.
Statement of commitment:
We have been working with children since April 1986. The director
is committed to establishing a school
geared to the emotional and educational needs of children. The
center was built and started because
of the director’s experience with her own daughter during her
early years. The name A Step Ahead was
derived to give students a head start, the best first step that
could be provided. As a director/teacher the
director wants to provide an environment that enhances and
enlightens the child along with their families.
We are committed to creating an engaging, loving and family
oriented environment.
Purpose:
A Step Ahead Learning Center serves sixty-one children, ages two
through five
and an After School
Program age six through twelve. Our infant Center serves only nine
children. We are in the process of
expanding our toddler care, which will encompass eight more
students. We have tried to maintain a home
like atmosphere with school rules and regulations. Our
students are in a socially mixed milieu during indoor
(after 5:30 p.m.) and outdoor play. Our program tries to balance
the needs and interests of the individual child with those of the
group, and is intended to be
flexible so each child can grow at his/her own pace. Our primary objectives are to provide quality Day Care for
our infants, toddlers and a progressive school
for our older children allowing them to develop cognitively,
socially, physically and to promote each
child's self identity and self-esteem.
Program:
The program shall include opportunities for a child to have free
choice of activities to play alone or
with the group if desired, and is geared to the age levels and
developmental needs of each child served. This program
encompasses the emergent literacy practices. We offer a planned
program including Art, Science, Language Art, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Computer
Science, large and small motor
developmental activities that can be accomplished at each
child’s own pace. Our program is working
towards providing a dance and music program for students’
two years and up. There will be a balance of quiet, active play,
indoor and outdoor play daily. The
daily program shall be posted for parents to view and question. The infant program will vary and will be developed
by the parent and the director according to
each child’s need. The school will provide tutoring for the
after-schoolers. Our summer program will include
a time for academic enhancements. The night program will provide
dinner and a creative playtime before
tucking all children to bed by 9:30 P.M., pick up must be no
later than 11:00 P.M. All doors will be locked
for the evening by 12:30 P.M. Our staff, in terms of educational
background and staff-child ratio meets and in some cases exceeds current state licensing
standards.
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