Historical May 1983 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Stella Maris Child Center is opening its doors on the corner of Delmar and DeBaliviere in June.
The Center at 5654 Delmar will provide high quality day care from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will accept children from 6 weeks to pre-kindergarten and kindergarten age.
The staff is well qualified and the ratio of teacher to child ensures the best possible care available.
With the help of Pantheon, Inc., a beautiful facility is being made ready in an architecturally significant building in the heart of the Pershing Redevelopment area and only five blocks from its old location. Opening the new Center is another in a long series of responses by Stella Maris to changing community needs and standards.
In 1943 it came into existence to meet working women’s needs.
In 1951, long before non-discrimination was required by law, Stella Maris accepted its first minority child.
In the ’60s and ’70s, in recognition of the growing body of knowledge in early childhood education, this agency continually upgraded its programs and staff and promoted high quality care through its memberships in the Child Day Care Association and the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Now infant care and programs for school age children are needed: improved preschool and kindergarten programs are called for. So, unable to expand capacity or to launch new programs at its present site, Stella Maris is moving.
The new facility features spacious classrooms and outdoor play in a courtyard. Children as young as six weeks of age can be accepted for care and the programs for preschoolers, including a certified kindergarten, are characterized by a strong academic component and low teacher-child ratio.
Before and after school programs and a summer program for young school-age children will be available as well as special scheduling for children of area hospital personnel.
As Stella Maris is a service agency under the United Way, all fees will be kept reasonable; a subsidized care plan under Title XX will also be maintained.
For more information about the Stella Maris Child Center contact the executive director, Dennis Shaughessy, at 367-7950.
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The first floor of the Shenk Building at Delmar and DeBaliviere, renovated for new commercial use, will house the Stella Maris Child Center. The Center will have a capacity for 140 children from infants through Kindergarten. Original caption, The Paper, May 1983, page 5. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Paper, May 1983.
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