The Children's Center At Purchase College, Inc.
The Children's Center at Purchase College is a not-for-profit, full-time childcare center on the SUNY Purchase College campus, serving children ages 18 months to 5 years across toddler, preschool, and Pre-K classrooms. It runs Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:15pm, eleven months a year on the college calendar, with full-day attendance available two, three, or five days a week. Families from the college and the surrounding community both enroll.
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A campus-based, NAEYC-accredited childcare center serving children 18 months to 5 years with toddler, preschool, and Pre-K programs and flexible weekly schedules, with details families can confirm before enrollment.
Age range
The center serves children ages 18 months to 5 years.
Programs
Programs include toddler, preschool, and Pre-K classrooms, across four classrooms total.
Hours
The center is open Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:15pm.
Months open
The center operates eleven months a year, following the Purchase College calendar.
Schedule options
Full-day attendance is available two, three, or five days a week. Three calendar choices are offered: academic (32 weeks until the end of the academic year), modified (42 weeks through the end of June), and extended (47 weeks through the last week of July).
Staffing
Each class includes one head teacher and two assistant teachers.
Approach
The program works to develop a positive self-concept and to support each child's social, emotional, physical, and cognitive growth. Children with special needs such as speech delays and developmental lags take part in all classroom activities with help from teachers and therapists.
Accreditation
The center earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) in 1992.
History
Founded in 1973, it is the oldest not-for-profit full-time campus childcare facility in Westchester County.
Campus role
The center also serves as a laboratory for college students performing internships or practicums observing young children in connection with coursework.
Capacity
Licensed capacity is 59 children: 21 toddlers and 38 preschoolers.
Location
The center is at 735 Anderson Hill Road in Purchase, NY, on the SUNY Purchase College campus.
Program details can change, so ask about current tuition and fees, exact age placement and classroom openings, calendar option (academic, modified, or extended) for your start date, enrollment and waitlist process, health and weather-closing policies, inspection-history details, and current licensing status before making plans.
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