The BJE Early Childhood Centers

The BJE Early Childhood Centers will directly impact the future of your child. We will reach him/her at a developmental age where lessons last a lifetime. We know you will be pleased with our preschool program as the beginning of your child’s educational and Jewish journey.

PHILOSPHY

We provide a rich, warm, supportive Jewish environment for your child, with the following goals to help parents lay the foundation for a healthy, successful, and enjoyable future education for your child:

• Provide children with a well-balanced program blending social and cognitive, creative and structured, individual and group activities.
• Teach children how to develop a positive self-image.
• Encourage children to be curious and explore freely.
• Guide children to master new learning concepts geared to their developmental level.
• Help children become comfortable interacting with peers and adults.

FAMILIES

BJE Early Childhood Centers are family oriented preschools. We welcome families from a wide spectrum of Jewish life, and encourage parents, grandparents, and other extended family members to participate in any and all of our family events. During the school year we sponsor: 

• Shabbat celebrations honoring each child and his family.
• Birthday celebrations for each child, including parent participation.
• Jewish holiday celebrations including the entire family.

In addition to regular contact with each child’s family, we schedule at least two full parent-teacher conferences and a telephone conference early in the year for each child in the pre-school. Of course, ongoing communication between parents and teachers is always encouraged.

STAFF

We maintain a ratio of seven children to one teacher. Only teachers who demonstrate warmth and caring for young children, as well as the ability and desire to work together with the parents for the over-all good of the child and family, are chosen to work as a staff member of the BJE Early Childhood Centers.

We are fortunate to have more than 50 nurturing and dedicated educational professionals in our employ. Keeping teachers current with the latest developments in early childhood education is one of the mandates of the BJE Early Childhood Centers. Our teachers are required to participate in an intensive, ongoing program of in-service education.

These programs are funded in part by grants from the Schorr-Lieberman Family Foundation.