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The Nurturing Place/york Stree

81 York Street, Jersey City, NJ, 07302-0730 -

School Notes Overview:

At The Nurturing Place, children are given the chance to grow through patience, love and professionalism. The Nurturing Place is a nationally recognized Early Childhood Development Center for children living in St. Joseph's Home or attending Kenmare High School. It is not day care, but rather, a place where disadvantaged children are taught through play and experiential learning. Because children are the future, the key to breaking the chains of poverty, The Nurturing Place is, in many ways the heart and soul of the York Street Project. It is an unfortunate fact that too many of the children at The Nurturing Place have spent a part of their lives in homeless shelters, or at best in dysfunctional family environments. They are the innocent victims of poverty. Instability and deprivation have stolen their childhood -- and The Nurturing Place works to win it back. At The Nurturing Place, infants through seven-year-olds are observed and placed into developmentally and age-appropriate environments. Under the instruction and supervision of a professional staff, children are taught in comfortable, loving and secure surroundings....

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School Overview:

	The Nurturing Place/york Stree
School Type	Early Childhood / Day Care
School Membership(s)	European Council for International Schools
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Nursery/Preschool - Prekindergarten
County	Hudson County, NJ
Student Body
Total Students	12 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(NJ) School Avg.
% Students of Color	100%	32%
Students by Grade
	Pre-K - 7 students
	Kind - 5 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	1 teachers
	This School	(NJ) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:12	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	n/a	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	10 hours	6 hours

School Notes:

At The Nurturing Place, children are given the chance to grow through patience, love and professionalism. The Nurturing Place is a nationally recognized Early Childhood Development Center for children living in St. Joseph's Home or attending Kenmare High School. It is not day care, but rather, a place where disadvantaged children are taught through play and experiential learning. Because children are the future, the key to breaking the chains of poverty, The Nurturing Place is, in many ways the heart and soul of the York Street Project. It is an unfortunate fact that too many of the children at The Nurturing Place have spent a part of their lives in homeless shelters, or at best in dysfunctional family environments. They are the innocent victims of poverty. Instability and deprivation have stolen their childhood -- and The Nurturing Place works to win it back. At The Nurturing Place, infants through seven-year-olds are observed and placed into developmentally and age-appropriate environments. Under the instruction and supervision of a professional staff, children are taught in comfortable, loving and secure surroundings.
Profile last updated: 02/21/2007

School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (07302)	School Zip (07302)	(NJ) State Average
Population (Approximate)	31,769 people	8,413,990 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	47%	36%
Population Average Age	33 years old	36 years old
Average Household size	2.2 persons	2.7 persons
Median Household Income	$45,223	$57,061
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	3.6 rooms	5.6 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	61 years old	46 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	20% / 80%	62% / 38%