117 receive NAEYC accreditation

               NAEYC accreditation bestowed on 117 Connecticut programs

Connecticut Charts-a-Course Accreditation Facilitation Project recently honored 117 Connecticut programs that achieved NAEYC over the past year. A reception was held at the end of September at the Crowne Plaza in Cromwell, and included Neil Newman, on behalf of the Department of Social Services and Patricia McIIveen, on behalf of the Connecticut Association for the Education of Young Children.

The AFP congratulates these programs and thanks them for their dedication to high quality programs for Connecticut's children. These programs are:

A Child's World Inc., Bridgeport; Ansonia Public Schools Pre-K, Ansonia; Apple Tree Children's Center, East Granby; Apple Tree Children's Center, Granby; Beatrice Fox Auerbach Early Childhood Center, West Hartford; Bethesda Nursery School, New Haven; Blackham School, Bridgeport; Bloomfield Early Learning Center, Inc., Bloomfield; Bright Horizons at ECT, Shelton and Bright Horizons Children's Center, Windsor.

Also: Carelot Children's Center, Waterford; Catholic Charities Room to Grow Preschool, Norwalk; Catholic Charities, Meriden; Child Works Preschool, New London; Children at Rectory, Pomfret; Christ & Holy Trinity Church Day School, Westport; Clark Early Learning Center, Hartford; Colchester Early Childhood Center, Colchester; Community Children's Center (CCC), Storrs; Community Renewal Team – Douglas Street, Hartford; Community Services Day Care Center, North Haven; Coventry Early Childhood Center, Coventry and Creative Arts Studio, Woodbury.

 Also: CRT – Early Care and Education, Idella Howell Child Development Center, Middletown; Cynthia White Children's Center, Lakeville; Derby Day Care Center, Inc., Derby; Enfield Child Development Center, Enfield; Enfield Head Start, Enfield; Farnam Neighborhood House, Inc., New Haven; First Church Early Learning Center, Windsor; First Congregational Church Nursery School, Bloomfield; First Congregational Church Nursery School, Meriden; Gaffney Preschool Program, New Britain; Gateway Community College, Early Learning Center, New Haven; Great Beginnings, Plainville; Groton/Mystic Early Childhood Development Center, Groton; Guilford Center for Children, Guilford; Hampton Elementary Preschool, Hampton and Helen King Reynolds Private School, Stratford.

 Also: Honey Bear Learning Center, Inc., Stratford; Hyland Early Learning Center, Hartford; Kangaroos Korner, Inc., Watertown; Kids Town, LLC., Waterbury; Killingly Family Resource Center – Educare, Rogers; Kingdom's Little Ones Academy, Bridgeport; Lisbon School Readiness, Lisbon; Litchfield County Head Start Forest Court Site, Torrington; Maple Avenue Nursery School, Inc., Clinton; Masonic Child Development Center, Wallingford; Meriden Child Care Center, Meriden; Middlesex Community College Childcare and Preschool Center, Middletown; Middletown Public Schools Wilbert Snow School Preschool, Middletown; Milford Cooperative Preschool Learning Center, Milford; Milford Preschool, Milford and Mill Ridge School Readiness, Danbury.

 Also: Mitchell College Children's Learning Center, New London; Mother Goose Children's Center, Inc., South Windsor; Mount Olive Child Development Center, Inc., Warburton Day Care, Hartford; Muriel H. Moore Child Development Center, Waterbury; Naugatuck Day Care Inc., Naugatuck; Naugatuck Valley Community Child Development Center, Waterbury; New Canaan Community Nursery School, New Canaan; New Haven YMCA Youth Center, New Haven; New London Early Care and Education/Head Start Center, New London; Northwest Children's Center, Inc., Cromwell; Norwalk Community College Development Lab School, Norwalk; Norwich Public Schools School Readiness Program, Norwich and Our Savior Preschool and Child Care, South Windsor.

 Also: PALS Program, Meriden; Paraíso Infantil, Hartford; Penny's Playground of Discovery, Milldale; Plymouth FRC Preschool, Plymouth; Pooh Corner Preschool Learning Center, Inc., Norwich; Precious Memories Childcare Center, Inc., Bridgeport; Prince of Peace Nursery School, Brookfield; Saint Saviour's Church Nursery School, Old Greenwich; Smith Preschool, New Britain; Somers Cooperative Preschool, Inc., Somers; Somers Early Head Start Preschool, Somers; Sprague Public School Pre-School, Baltic; St. Mark's Nursery School, New Canaan; St. Mary's Hospital Child Development Center, Waterbury; Stamford Day Care Program Family Resource Center, Stamford; Stratford YMCA Child Care Program @ Stratford Academy and Johnson House, Stratford.

 Also: The Children's Playhouse, Inc., Norwalk; The Children's Preschool, Inc., New Haven; The Family Resource Center Preschool, East Haven; The Green's Farms Nursery School, LLC., Westport; The Learning Community, Westport; The Norwich Family Resource Center, Norwich; The Riverfront Children's Center, Inc., Groton;  The Salvation Army: The Right Place School Readiness Center, Meriden; The School for Young Children, West Hartford; Trinity College Community Child Center, Hartford; Trinity Nursery School, Collinsville; UBS Child Development Center, Stamford; United Methodist Church Nursery School, New Canaan; University of Connecticut Child Development Laboratories, Storrs and Village Pre-School, Bethel.

Also: Waterbury Youth Service System, Inc., Waterbury; WCSU Child Care Center, Danbury; West Hartford Methodist Nursery School, West Hartford; West Haven Head Start, West Haven; West Stafford School Early Education Program, Stafford Springs; Westport Community Nursery School, Westport; Westport Weston Cooperative Nursery School, Inc., Westport; Westville Community Nursery School, Inc., New Haven; WFC Dooley Child Development Center, Meriden; William Pitt Child Development Center, Stamford; Windham Willimantic Child Care and Family Development Program, Willimantic; Windsor Discovery Center and Montessori School, Windsor and Winsted Area Child Care Center, Inc., Winsted.