Building Hours:We have had a wonderful start to our school year here at the JCC. We are pleased to welcome Sarah Bergen to our school as our Head Teacher. Sarah is an alumna of Penn State University and the JCC itself. She attended preschool at the JCC as a child and is so excited to be back as a teacher. Sarah has a master’s degree in early childhood education and has been in the ECE field since her graduation.
Sarah will be mentoring and overseeing our upper school, which is composed of our young preschool, preschool, and pre-k classrooms, as well as helping our teachers implement our new HighScope curriculum. Sarah also has a deep love of creative movement and has taught dance to young learners in the past. She is excited at the prospect of teaching dance and creative movement to our early learners.
We are very excited to announce the opening of our young preschool classroom, which is the newest addition to our upper school. It serves children who do not make the September 1 cut off for preschool, but who are a bit too mature for our older toddler room.
At the JCC, we prioritize the developmental needs of all our children. In looking at our population, we recognized the need for a wider range of options for our older ages. We chose to open this classroom to meet the needs of our older two-year-olds who would eventually need to repeat either preschool or pre-k before going to kindergarten. By opening this classroom, we have ensured that our students will get a developmentally appropriate experience throughout their time at the
