What does it mean to be secure? Trusted, caring relationships and a safe, comfortable, interesting environment lay the foundation for our infants to enjoy new experiences and learn from our teachers.

Each infant’s care is structured based on daily communication with parents and the infant’s individual routine.  Through sensory and physical experiences both indoors and outdoors, our teachers stimulate and support each infant’s growth in laying a foundation of linguistic, cognitive, physical, social, and emotional skills at this critical stage of brain development.

What does it mean to be curious? The toddler years are a time of most dramatic and exciting growth in motor and language development.  These skills facilitate an eagerness to learn through new experiences while fostering a greater sense of self.

Our teachers feed our toddlers' natural curiosity by exposing them through their senses to new experiences and concepts.  Songs, stories, questions, descriptions and explanations – our toddlers are immersed in hearing language from their teachers while being encouraged and supported to use their own emerging skills.  Our curriculum and environment are designed to allow toddlers to explore their new physical capabilities while also providing structure and space for laying a foundation of social, intellectual, and creative skills.

What does it mean to be explorative? Looking, touching, moving, questioning, problem solving – preschoolers have the tools and skills to explore and discover things about themselves, their environment, and others.  As preschoolers develop a greater awareness of others and their thoughts, social play begins to emerge.

Our curriculum and environment not only introduces our preschoolers to new skills, but also supports them in gaining a level of proficiency that builds confidence.  Through large group, small group, and individual activities, our teachers support the individual needs of each child by further challenging areas of strengths and scaffolding areas of growth.

What does it mean to be a contributor?   Increasingly driven to be independent, our pre-kindergarteners are learning to cooperate, problem solve, and take on responsibilities as a member of their group.

Building on the base of knowledge learned during the preschool years, our pre-kindergarteners’ skills become enriched as our teachers support them in making connections between what they know and what they are learning.  Through games, stories, experimental observations, and self-guided learning, our teachers challenge our pre-kindergarteners physical and cognitive abilities in engaging hands on lessons.

The Morning Preschool and Pre-K Program serves children 2.9 to 5 years of age from 9:00am to 12:00pm Monday through Friday.

Looking, touching, moving, questioning, exploring – Our curriculum and environment not only introduces our preschoolers to new skills, but also supports them in gaining a level of proficiency that builds confidence.  Through large group, small group, and individual activities our teachers support the individual needs of each child by further challenging areas of strengths and scaffolding areas of growth.

Our teachers track our children’s progress within the domains of social-emotional, literacy, mathematics, artistic, and physical development through evidence-based portfolios received by the parents at the end of the year.  Home activities are given to reinforce and expand on classroom lessons and support the parents’ role in their child’s academic experience.  Throughout the year our parents are invited to attend performances and participate in events focused on specific skills being learned.

Our intimate personalized program set within our large school provides a wonderfully balanced experience for children attending school for the first time and their families with access to all our resources.

What does it mean to be independent? At the heart of the School Age Program is our Independence Program.  This program teaches social emotional skills such as cooperation, honesty, follow though, and self-control.

Through group and individual activities within the arts, sports, sciences, and more, our goal is to increase a child’s pride.  Pride is a product of mastering a skill that enhances a child’s independence or self worth.  This usually requires some form of self-discipline, effort and support.  MCC teachers guide children in a collaborative manner to foster and reinforce the continuous development of new skills within the social, intellectual, artistic, and physical domains.

We offer a before and after school program along with an all day summer camp for Kindergarteners through 5th graders.

Our heated in-ground custom designed pool of 25 x 40 feet is half 3 feet deep and gradually slopes to 6 feet at its deepest point.  Its size and shape supports appropriate learning goals for our youngest preschoolers to our school agers.

Lessons are taught in small classes in order to provide each child with individual support and guidance.  Safety, swim, and water play skills are learned through age appropriate songs, games, or challenges.

Enrollment is open to children who are age 2.9 years and fully toilet trained to age 14.  We offer two sessions during the months of July and August, each of which lasts 4 weeks and includes two 40-minute lessons per week.

Swimming Lessons are open to all families in the community.  Your child need not be enrolled in one of our Center’s other programs in order to participate.