Historical November 1982 child-care guide. Original contacts, fees and program descriptions do not establish present availability, licensing or suitability; blank source cells are identified explicitly.
The editors of The Paper recognize the widespread need for quality day care and pre-school programs for working parents in our neighborhood.
While we applaud (and secretly envy, at times) parents who remain at home with their offspring in the early, formative years, we know that personal choice and hard necessity have made child care a part of many family routines.
And many of these parents, as well as their children, apparently find such arrangements not only convenient, but enriching experiences. Child care also affects the family budget, but costs vary greatly.
The Paper cannot endorse or recommend any provider or facility. Yet, in an effort to aid in our readers’ search for good and reasonable child care, we present this special Guide to Child Care for Skinker-DeBaliviere Neighbors. Debbie Gregg offers the advice of an experienced parent in determining your own priorities for evaluating the various sorts’of child care available.
The Paper’s editors have assembled a chart listing some of the institutional child care programs within a half-mile of our area. Licensed, private day care providers abound in the same geographic area, too many for us to list, much less describe. Those pictured here represent the range of home care available.
For the names of licensed providers in our area and an explanation of what licensing means, contact the Child Day Care Association, 241-3161, or the Missouri Division of Family Services, 444-7210
Institutional child-care programs — November 1982 comparison chart. Bracketed blank-cell notes below are archival annotations, not original wording.
Episcopal Neighborhood School, 854 Goodfellow at Cates; 361-0105
Description: Two classrooms, multipurpose room, kitchen, playground
Enrollment: 50
Staff: Two lay, two assistants, volunteers, student aides (10:1 ratio)
Hours: 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
Ages accepted: 3–5
Meals: Breakfast and lunch
Activities outside facility: Yes
Objectives: Develop language, social, physical skills
Cost: [Blank in printed chart; not supplied.]
Grace Pre-School, 6199 Waterman at Skinker; 863-1992
Description: Four rooms and playground at church building
Enrollment: 24
Staff: Two full-time; three part-time aides; one student
Hours: 9–12 noon
Ages accepted: 3–4
Meals: Snack
Activities outside facility: Yes
Objectives: Develop social, emotional and cognitive skills (reading readiness and vocabulary)
Cost: $60/month
Joint Community Program Pre-School, 826 Union at Delmar; 367-2112
Description: Two classrooms, indoor play area
Enrollment: 25
Staff: Two teachers, two volunteers
Hours: 8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Ages accepted: 3–5
Meals: Snacks
Activities outside facility: Yes
Objectives: Primarily socialization and preparation for kindergarten/first grade
Cost: $2.00/wk.
Jubilee School, 6003 Kingsbury at Des Peres; 721-4788
Description: Three classrooms and common room in Grace and Peace Church; play area across street
Enrollment: 55
Staff: Four teachers and a secretary
Hours: 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
Ages accepted: 3 years and up (through 4th grade)
Meals: [Blank in printed chart; not supplied.]
Activities outside facility: Yes
Objectives: Develop ability to care for self and others according to the gospels
Cost: Pre-school and kindergarten: $600/yr. (Will sponsor low-income children)
New City School, 5209 Waterman at Lake; 367-6411
Description: Several large classrooms, art room; other faculty and facilities of school shared with grades 1–6; preschool children involved in activities with older children, too
Enrollment: 20 (3–4 yrs.); 36 (4–5 yrs.); 39 (5–6 yrs.)
Staff: Two (3–4); Three (4–5); Three (5–6), plus other faculty and specialists
Hours: (3–4): 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m.; (4–5): 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.; 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m. available at extra cost; all-summer program available
Ages accepted: 3 years and up (through 6th gr.)
Meals: Snacks
Activities outside facility: Yes
Objectives: Socialization; development of independence, decision-making skills; pre-reading and pre-math skills; nutrition awareness
Cost: [Blank in printed chart; not supplied.]
The St. Michael School Child Care Center, 6345 Wydown; 721-1502
Description: Use church facilities; three carpeted classrooms, science area, two art areas
Enrollment: 130
Staff: 10 certified teachers; 7 aides; music teacher; science teacher (9:1 ratio)
Hours: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Ages accepted: 3 years and up (through 1st gr.)
Meals: Snacks
Activities outside facility: Yes
Objectives: Strong academic program with balance between structured and unstructured. Christian influence. Can give individual program for each child.
Cost: [Blank in printed chart; not supplied.]
Washington University Nursery School Kindergarten, Millbrook Square Apts. (between Skinker and Big Bend); 889-6689
Description: On Wash. U. campus in apartment complex; large classrooms opening on large playground
Enrollment: 60 in a.m.; 40 in p.m.
Staff: A.m. and p.m. staffs: 3 or more for each session, all with degrees; music teacher; science consultant
Hours: 9–11:45 a.m.; 12:30–3:15 p.m. (8-week summer session planned for ’83)
Ages accepted: 3–5
Meals: [Blank in printed chart; not supplied.]
Activities outside facility: Yes
Objectives: Develop each child’s personality, ability to learn and live with others, cognitive skills
Cost: ½ day Sept.–May: $765; full day: $1575 (takes about 1 year advance registration)
Original photograph caption
Original cover photograph introducing the neighborhood day-care feature. The child is not identified in the source. The Neighborhood Paper, November 1982, page 1. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Neighborhood Paper, November 1982.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Original source: SD_Times1982_11.pdf, printed page(s) 1, 4, 5, 6; PDF page(s) 1, 4, 5, 6.
