Downtown Portland KinderCare
Our staff would like to welcome you to visit our center.
The staff takes pride in keeping up to date with the latest trends in Early Childhood Education.
Ongoing training is offered to the staff during the year at the center and through the various training opportunities in the community.
Quick Stats (2021)
- School Type: Early Childhood / Day Care
- Grades: Nursery/Preschool-Prekindergarten
- Application Deadline: None / Rolling
School Overview
School Type
Grades Offered
Grades Nursery/Preschool-Prekindergarten
Year Founded
2001
Student Body
Total Students
n/a
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
School Notes
- Welcome to Downtown KinderCare! We look forward to meeting you and your family to show you our curriculum and enrichment programs! We are confident that once you visit you will love our educated, warm and nurturing staff! Our experts designed our classrooms '” and every activity and lesson '” to help prepare your child for success in school and beyond. With designated learning centers such as dramatic play and blocks in every classroom, children have the opportunity for rich social play and child-initiated discovery. You'll also find that our classrooms feature a print-rich environment full of carefully selected materials, written charts and labels, and children's literature. By helping your child connect spoken words and print, we're helping develop early literacy and writing skills. Whether your child has first words or first grade on the horizon, we're excited to show you how everything in our center is designed for learning!
- Our center has a keypad entry that allows parents entrance to the center. Any one new picking up a child must be on the parent pick up list and must present a current identification. Our playground is secured by a locked fence. All of our staff has CPR and First Aid certification. Our center is also state certified.
- Hours Of Operation: 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM, M-F
- Languages Spoken: American_sign_langugage, French, Mandarin, Spanish
- None - Call Center Director
Nearby Private Schools
The nearest high school to Downtown Portland KinderCare is St. Mary's Academy (0.1 miles away)
The nearest elementary school is Northwest Academy (0.4 miles away)
The nearest preschool is St. James Child Development Center (0.2 miles away)
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School
Location
Miles
Grades
Students
Grades: 9-12 | 670 students 0.1 miles 1615 SW 5th Ave
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 228-8306
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 228-8306
0.1
9-12
670
St. James Child Development Center
Alternative School
Grades: PK-K | 144 students 0.2 miles 1315 Sw Park Ave
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 227-2439
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 227-2439
0.2
PK-K
144
Urban Ed Alternative School Outside In School
Alternative School
Grades: 12 | 50 students 0.3 miles 1195 Sw 11th Ave
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 445-0976
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 445-0976
0.3
12
50
Helen Gordon Child Development Center- Psu
Daycare / Preschool
Grades: PK-K | 125 students 0.4 miles 1609 SW 12th Avenue
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 725-3092
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 725-3092
0.4
PK-K
125
Grades: 6-12 | 254 students 0.4 miles 1130 SW Main
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 223-3367
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 223-3367
0.4
6-12
254
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