Director’s Blog

You know what that’s like: when you’re used to being the odd person out, the one who just doesn’t fit, and then you get together with a group of people […]

Last May, I retired from being the director at the School for Young Children but I stayed on as a Program Consultant this year to support the new Co-Directors, Susan

Let’s all try to assume positive intent. Several years ago we had an in-house staff workshop which focused on the theme: Assume Positive Intent.  It really resonated with the staff

When I was in elementary school, my best friend and I often had sleepovers. The best part about  sleepovers at Krista’s house: raiding the fridge late at night (it was

What are they learning by pretending? Pretend play or imaginative dramatic play is the acting out of stories which involve multiple perspectives and the playful manipulation of ideas and emotions.

SYC teachers volunteered their last weeks of summer this year, to undertake a new project of organization.  After 46 years (SYC began in 1969) things began to accumulate.  It was

We hope you have been enjoying your summer and will continue to enjoy the remainder of it. The new school year will be here before we know it. This school year you

When I think about my time at SYC, it’s been so much more than a job. I started in 1975 as a parent who loved hanging around as a volunteer