Activity Guides 2020 Winter Spring Activity Guide | Page 8

Preschool
The Dora L. Lewis Family & Child Development Center offers fully licensed preschool and childcare programs serving
children ages 2 –5. The preschool has been accredited by NAEYC since 1987. Preschool classes meet 2, 3 or 5 days per
week for two-year-olds, and 5 days per week for children 3 – 5 years old. Childcare programs are available 1 – 5 days weekly.
For information or to get involved, contact Donna Peters, Early Childhood Director, at 804-545-8617 or [e-mail].
Mark Your Calendar for these
fun winter/spring Preschool
Family events!
 Preschool Family Model Shabbat
Dinner, Thursday, February 20
 The Hamataschen Café,
March 3 - March 10 (closed 3/7)
(see page 32 for details)
Parents Get Involved
Members of the Early Childhood Committee
(ECC) are parents of preschoolers and help
guide the school in making policy decisions
and in planning special events. The Early
Childhood Committee meets once a month
in the evening. The Preschool’s Parent
Group Association (PGA) is the branch of
the ECC responsible for early childhood
fundraising and community service projects
that raise funds to enhance the preschool,
the playground and programming. The ECC
is comprised of parents of preschoolers and
the Early Childhood Directors.
An Ethical Start –
Value Based Teaching
The preschool program provides a unique
curriculum for the teaching of ethics to
young children. An Ethical Start™ is based
on the text of Pirkei Avot, Ethics of the
Fathers, a tractate on the classic Jewish text
on ethics. Through study of the text, teachers
find ways to weave lessons on responsibility,
dignity, kindness, community, tradition and
respect throughout each child’s day.
2020-21 Preschool
Registration Schedule
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Inspiration from the Reggio Emilia approach
enhances the very heart of our programs,
which provides an experience that shapes not
only children’s knowledge and skill, but also
their attitudes about learning and intellectual
curiosity. This is a journey that the children
and teachers take together, requiring the
teachers to connect with their children’s
interests and follow their lead as they explore
the world around them indoors and outdoors.
Session A (March 2-March 13)
Registration opens for children currently enrolled in Preschool and to their siblings.
Session B (March 16-March 20)
Registration is open to new students whose siblings are “graduates” of the Preschool, children
eligible during Session A, new students whose families are Weinstein JCC members as of September
2019, children of Great Beginnings who have been enrolled since September 2019, and those
currently enrolled in Camp Ganim, 2020.
Session C (Monday, March 23)
Registration begins for all students who are NEW to our program.
Open and Diverse Community
Even though we follow Jewish tradition,
families of all faiths and backgrounds are
welcome in our preschool and community.
Classrooms Alive with
Investigation, Collaboration
and Creativity
The Weinstein JCC Early Childhood program is supported in part by:
The Edward J. Becker Family Preschool Children’s Endowment Fund
Margarete Hirsch & Suzanne Hirt Preschool Children’s Endowment Fund
Dora L. Lewis Child Development Fund
Weinstein JCC | 2020 Winter - Spring Activity Guide