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Where the Journey Begins: Building a Future, One Child at a Time

At Our Lady of Fatima Day Care Center, our mission is to provide a safe, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate environment for children aged 12 months to 5 years. We believe in fostering a community of active learners, prepared for future academic success. Guided by a philosophy that values every child’s uniqueness and needs, we strive to create a space where children feel loved, respected, and secure.

Our goal is to offer a creative and stimulating environment, where children can grow emotionally, socially, physically, and cognitively. We believe that the key to success lies in the partnership between our center and families, working together to ensure the best start in life for every child.

With core values that respect diversity, individuality, and the importance of family connections, we are committed to providing an environment where children thrive in a relationship of trust and respect.

Everything You Need to Know!

Our Family Handbook has all the important details about our programs, policies, and how we partner with families for your child’s success.

Mission Statement

To provide developmentally appropriate childcare and education within a safe and nurturing environment for children 12 months to 5 years along with support for families. We strive to create a community of active learners who are well prepared to achieve future academic success.

Philosophy

We believe that a full life means feeling valued and respected as a person and being secure in the knowledge that we are loved. We believe that children will treat others as they themselves are treated. The best start in life requires children’s physical, social, emotional, and cognitive needs to be met. Our Center recognizes each child as an individual and our teachers strive daily to meet each child’s basic needs in a supportive, non-competitive atmosphere.

We believe that working with families we can enhance experiences and prepare children for success in school and in life.

Statement of Goals

Our goal is to provide a safe, healthy, nurturing environment for children.  The teaching staff promotes security and feelings of belonging by accepting each child as a unique and important member of their center’s community. 

Daily indoor and outdoor activities are part of a plan that promotes positive emotional, social, physical and cognitive development. The program provides a creative and stimulating environment that allows each child to learn by interaction between their thoughts and experiences with materials, ideas, and people.  Play is valued for its important role in early childhood development.

We believe that successful early childhood education is a partnership between the center and the family for the benefit of the child.  We invite you to be an active participant in your child’s school experience.

When appropriate, our program offers a bi-lingual program to integrate the home culture and native language with an introduction of English to prepare children for success in an English–speaking society.

Core Values

Standards of ethical behavior in early childhood care and education are based on commitment to the following core values that are deeply rooted in the history of the field of early childhood care and education. We have made a commitment to:

Appreciate childhood as a unique and valuable stage of the human life cycle

Base our work on knowledge of how children develop and learn

Appreciate and support the bond between the child and family

Recognize that children are best understood and supported in the context of family, culture *, community, and society

Respect the dignity, worth, and uniqueness of each individual (child, family member, and colleagues)

Respect diversity in children, families, and colleagues

Recognize diversity in children, families, and colleagues

Recognize that children and adults achieve their full potential in the context of relationships that are based on trust and respect

* culture includes ethnicity, racial identity, economic level, family structure, language, and religious and political beliefs, which profoundly influence each child’s development and relationship to the world.

Everything You Need to Know!

Our Family Handbook has all the important details about our programs, policies, and how we partner with families for your child’s success.

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