JESSE LEE DAY SCHOOL
Jesse Lee Day School is a Ridgefield, CT preschool offering 2-year-old, 3-year-old, 4-year-old, mixed 3s/4s, and transitional kindergarten options. Children take part in play and teacher-directed activities, daily music exposure, art, movement, special events, and small classes that exceed state staff-child ratio requirements.
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License
Active license
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Licensed size
134 children, including up to 17 under age 3
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Location
- Current license runs through October 31, 2029.
- Licensed under this number since March 21, 1969.
- Ages on the state record: 18 months to 6 years.
- Licensed for 134 children, including up to 17 under age 3.
Search license number DCCC.12891 to see the current license status.
2-1-1 Child Care licensing informationState details from CT Office of Early Childhood open data, checked October 1, 2026.
Program details
A Ridgefield preschool with 2s, 3s, 4s, mixed-age, and transitional kindergarten classes, built around curiosity, hands-on experiences, social skills, and kindergarten readiness.
Programs
Programs include 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, a mixed Threes/Fours class, and Transitional Kindergarten.
Two-year-olds
The 2s program helps children transition from toddler sensory-motor exploration into a more social preschool setting, with play, teacher-directed activities, language development, self-expression, and social skills.
Three-year-olds
The 3s program emphasizes character development, respect, cooperation, sharing, patience, friendship, decision-making, self-help skills, science projects, art, dramatic play, and stories.
Four-year-olds
The 4s program focuses on academic, social, and emotional development for kindergarten readiness, including math and language concepts, science, art, and music.
Transitional Kindergarten
Transitional Kindergarten runs Monday through Friday from 8:45 AM to 1:00 PM and is language-arts based, with rhyme, song, poetry, reading, writing, speaking, listening, and literacy woven into circle, art, science, math, and social studies.
Daily experience
The school day includes independent center time, activity time, music, stories, science, cooperative projects, enrichments, art, movement, indoor play, and outdoor play.
Staffing
Class sizes are limited to 14 to 16 children, with one teacher for every 7 or 8 children; JLDS reports teachers average 10 years of teaching experience and 10 years of service.
Location
Located at 207 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877. Phone: 203-438-9204.
Program details can change, so ask about current openings, exact age cutoffs, class-day options, extended-day availability, tuition and fees, calendar details, and tour availability before making plans.
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