Shalom Corner Early Learning Center Blog

April 15, 2021
 
Dear friends, 
 
Thank you for your interest in Temple Beth David Shalom Corner Early Learning Center! I am Lynn Kaminski, the Director, and I am thrilled by the interest you have already shared about the opening of Shalom Corner next year. I am grateful to Rabbi Karen and to Lisa Altman, who have been responding to your many inquiries. I have started part time and look forward to moving to full time at Shalom Corner this summer. I am currently working with a dedicated team to manage the many moving pieces of opening a new center, and thought I would send out a brief message to update you on our progress.
 
As of this writing, we have done some construction in the building, removing two walls to provide more space and flexibility in our classrooms. I am ordering new furniture for these big, beautiful spaces. I am also working with our playground consultant to enhance our lovely playground with a few more features to support our new program.
 
We are interviewing for teachers and are eager to find those “just right” people who will build the relationships that mean everything to the children and parents in an early learning program. I am especially looking forward to meeting all of you and your children, and will organize some times to meet once I am available later this year.

I am sure that the most pressing question for many of you is “When can we enroll?” With two children of my own, I completely empathize with the stresses of waiting to hear about enrollment. As you already know, we cannot officially enroll children until we receive our EEC license. We are making great progress working closely with our licensor, and hope for a May/June time frame. Final steps include building inspections; finalizing policies and procedures; and having the furniture and materials in place, and the staff hired. Your receipt of this message means you are on our list and you will be contacted as soon as we have the go-ahead from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. Like you, we are eagerly awaiting that day! 

In the meantime, we look forward to sharing more images and virtual tours. Watch your email for those items in a few weeks! You can continue to check our website for other updates. I recently added more detailed curriculum information there.

I will have an individual director email address available soon. For now, you are welcome to continue to send questions to shalomcornerelc@templebethdavid.net. One of us will get back to you as soon as we can. 
 
I look forward to meeting you soon!
 
Warmly,                                                                 
Lynn

Lynn Kaminski (she/her)                                                
Director, Shalom Corner Early Learning Center
 
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