The Willows Child Learning Centers began in September 1969, with the opening of Willows/Arapaho-Hills at 5301 S. Lowell Boulevard. Willows Child Learning Center, which is also the business office, was completed in January 1977, and is located at 6865 S. Quebec Street.
Willows/Olde-Mill Child Learning Center was completed in September 1987, and is located at 6894 S. Homestead Parkway. Efforts are continuously made to add to the facilities, staff and materials of each center in an attempt to perfect the education and care provided for young children.
Each center provides full-day childcare, preschool, kindergarten, before and after school care for elementary children, a summer elementary program, and summer swimming lessons.
Kindergarten is a full-day program for children who are five by October 1.
Before and after school care and transportation are provided for elementary children who are in grades one through five.
A full-day summer program is also provided for this group.
The Willows Child Learning Centers to provide the best in early development and learning through a loving, stimulating environment for every child.
To this end children are placed in classrooms with teams of teachers according to age groupings.
Within an age group children are divided into small groups and belong to a certain teacher on the basis of an individual evaluation, which reveals the child's developmental level. Evaluation results are always shared in parent-teacher conferences.
We admit chldren 21/2 and fully potty trained through
kindergarten. We also have a summer program for children through
age 12, which includes swimming lessons, field trips, crafts and
much more.
The fallout of the economic and financial meltdown of 2009 was far reaching. Private schools did not escape the consequences either. But that may be a good thing for you.
At last we have a dedicated phone number for suicide and crisis support. The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is 988. More about it and suicide prevention here.
School shootings and other emergency situations won't happen in your school, right? Who knows! Better to put in place the steps necessary to protect the school community than to be caught unprepared.
