DAYCARE * PRESCHOOL * AFTER-SCHOOL * ALL DAY SUMMER & HOLIDAYS
Preparation for College and Life
Balanced academics (lessons in science, math + human/social sciences important for life skills, business, professions & service economy, US’s largest sector)
Diverse classrooms help students live in a multi-cultural world
All-day, All-year
Continuous education infant to 12 years old gives students stability and roots
Every item and book in classrooms selected for specific educational value
Cross-Cultural Learning
Students speak 30+ languages representing 30+ cultures
We do cross-cultural bridge building that is beyond typical multicultural classrooms
Youngsters pick up new languages naturally, the younger the better; we start at infancy
Full-day preschool students go straight to regular public school classes (no bi-lingual needed)
We help/encourage students to maintain/improve their home language and zip through second-language classes in high school and college
We teach beyond big picture, global, cross-cultural view to empower your child in life
We believe commonalities more important than differences, personal confidence in life skills lessons more useful than divisive racial, ethnic, national pride lessons
Recreation and Play Goals
Balanced (with professional guided teaching and learning)
Balanced free choices of exploration/ interest areas (library, science, math, social studies, art, music, fine & gross motor, dramatic play areas in every classroom)
Beauty, helpfulness, kindness (gardening, dance, building, Good Samaritan activities)
Building communication, thinking, interpersonal, physical skills bringing us together (no distancing baseball)
Positive cooperation (not fun in defeating others)
Safety for children’s fragile brain and bodies (no football, etc.)
Life-long enjoyment (no spectator couch-potato sports)
All shapes, sizes, genders participate at one time (no basketball, football); all winners; no losers damaging young fragile egos
Convenience & Cost
Pick-up at local schools
Low fees for low income working parents
Open 7AM to 6PM for working parents
Closed only 7 holidays
Experience and Qualifications
40 years of teaching children
All lead teacher BA, MA or PhD with education credentials
13 years teaching cross-cultural bridge building in Goudy and McCutcheon Schools
Developed and run by top-notch educators with 30 to 50 years’ experience
All teachers specially trained in cross-cultural learning
Health and Safety
All staff and families fully COVID vaccinated
COVID measure taken in all classes: air purified, UVC (as hospitals use) lights kill germs at night, temperatures and oxygen levels of students taken daily, surfaces sterilized regularly, rooms oversize for number of students.
Food cooked on site; most foods fresh (not canned or packaged with harmful added ingredients); two lunch vegetables; limited red meat in favor of chicken, soy, or fish; whole grains preferred; rice limited (heavy metals harmful to children); salt, sugar, fat limited.
Diverse nutritious foods introduce children to good lifelong eating habits.
Staff and Facility
Teachers: above average pay, benefits and qualifications
Facilities: we restore buildings and neighborhood beauty
Broadway-Winona: Acclaimed Chicago-designated landmark with two preschool rooms, social service offices, adult day care, Golden Diners dining room, ESL classes, commercial kitchen
Broadway-Ainslie: 8 restored buildings include a teacher library and education resource center, commercial kitchen, two settlement houses for staff, school office; a beautifully landscaped permeable-paver environmentally-friendly parking lot is free for kiss-and-go parents taking el or working in neighborhood.
Foster E. of Broadway: restored site with slated mansard roofs and dormers across from Goudy School
If you would like a tour or would like to enroll our school office is at 1134 West Ainslie Street, 773 989-7433, or E-mail SEACchildcare@se-asiacenter.net.