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Welcome to West Hill Educare
Accepting new families year-round
Schedule a visit to meet our dedicated teachers, visit our engaging classroom and learn more about our multi-faceted program. Reach out to reserve a spot for your child or inquire about openings throughout the year.
At WHE, your family and child will benefit from:
- Experienced educators who integrate child development expertise and their own parenting experience
- Warm, reliable, relationship-based care for up to 9 children, between 2.5-5 years of age
- Child-led, play-based learning opportunities, integrating the Educaring® Approach and Montessori principles into a curriculum that focuses on kindness, passion and compassion for all. We are committed to justice, peace education, social learning and enhancing children's sense of wonder for the natural world
- A safe, home-based environment with a predictable schedule that provides the security needed to learn
- A program that values all families and recognizes all family structures, home languages and cultures
- A sense of belonging for both children and parents including, daily check-ins, a monthly newsletter and on-going parent support through bi-monthly parent support meetings, alternating with parent-coordinated bi-monthly family social time
- Year-round child care from 8:30-4:30 Monday-Friday, just a mile up from the inlet on west hill. We offer early care at 8:00 a.m., by arrangement and follow the Ithaca City School Distric calendar with a week off during the summer
If you are looking for a high-quality child care community that is designed to meet your child care and parent support needs, you’ve found it!
Review parent testimonials here.
Ready to join us?
Please complete our online enrollment
application or contact us to learn more about our tuition and enrollment policies.
Visit this page for a peek into our classroom: http://www.westhilleducare.com/classroom.html
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Jude Rose
M.A. Child Development
B.S.
Family & Welfare Policy
Founder, Director, Teacher, Caregiver
RIE® Associate
Graduate, Program for Infant Toddler Care (PITC)
Published AntiBias Early Childhood Photographer
Certified NYS Training and Technical Assistance Professional
Certified Montessori Primary Teacher
Certified Music Together® Teacher
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Land Acknowledgment West Hill Educare is located on the homelands of the Gayogo̱hó:no', members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. We acknowledge the painful history of dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó:no' people, to these lands and waters. WHE recognizes the Haudenosaunee flag as a symbol of unity and peace. |
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West Hill Educare is a Group Family Child Care program, licensed by the NY State Office of Children and Family Services. GFDC#889473 Jude Rose, M.A.,
Founder & Director |
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