The Charlotte Jewish News - October 2001 - Page 15
Day Care Option at Charlotte Jewish Preschool
By Liz Wahls, parent
My family is delighted with the
quality of care our children have
received at the Charlotte Jewish
Preschool. As a family where both
parents work outside the
home, we need full-day child
care. And Charlotte Jewish
Preschool has a great pro
gram that meets the needs of
the whole child in a Jewish
environment. CJP is located
in Shalom Park and is jointly
sponsored by Temple Israel
and Temple Beth El.
Our children love CJP.
They love their teachers and
their teachers love them.
They have learned a love of
Judaism and a love for learn
ing itself. The developmental
approach used at CJP has been
wonderful for our children. CJP
has provided them with a wide
range of experiences so they learn
by doing, not by being lectured to.
Last year, our oldest “graduated”
from CJP and was very well pre
pared for kindergarten.
Our children arrive around 7
AM and are greeted warmly by
their teacher. They eat their break
fast with their friends and then
play in one of the centers in the
classroom or the teacher involves
them in one of several activities
she has set out. They participate in
the 9 AM to 1 PM preschool pro
gram but then stay on for nap time
and “after care” which is open
Carol Klein teaches her pre-K class to listen.
until 6 PM. In the after
noons, the children go
out to the playground,
have a snack, and do an
art project, listen to a
story or play in one of
the classroom centers.
Compared with the
two other daycare cen
ters that we have used,
CJP has better qualified
teachers, a more devel-
opmentally appropriate
curriculum, and a lower
A joint venture of
Temble Beth El and
Temple Israel
teacher-student ratio. Also, there
is a lot more opportunity for par
ents to get involved. While it is
difficult as a “working parent” to
find time to come into the class
room, my husband and I have
truly found it worthwhile to do
this. Our sons are so delighted
to have one of us visit their
classroom to read stories, to
help out with a model Seder or
to go on a field trip. And we
get a much clearer picture of
what their days are like, so we
can talk with them more coher
ently about their experiences at
school.
An added benefit of our
association with CJP has been
meeting other Jewish families
in Charlotte with young chil
dren. We have made
strong friendships here,
as have our children.
We did not find this
sense of community at
the other daycare cen
ters.
For more informa
tion about preschool
and full-day care, con
tact the CJP office at
944-6776.
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CAJE Funding
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ly education programs represented
another 12%. The remainder was
in special education, professional
development, and teacher recruit
ment. CAJE is enthusiastic about
this year’s response and hopes to
double the number of applicants
next year.
“This year’s experiment in
increasing CAJE Grants taught us
an important lesson-namely, that
more is more,” says Alan Wiener,
CAJE Chair. “Increasing the
amount of money available per
CAJE Grant to $10,000 (nearly ten
times the previous amount) result
ed in more competition, more
applications, more collaboration,
more time and talent for creative
educational programming, more
concentration, and more interest
within and outside CAJE in build
ing concrete steps toward more
creativity in Jewish education.”
For 26 years, the organization
has been providing a variety of ser
vices that include advocacy, cur
riculum, and conferences, as well
as personal and professional devel
opment, to over 4000 members.
CAJE, which sponsors the annual
Conference on Alternatives in
Jewish Education, has brought new
respect to “alternative” education,
ranging from new ideas within the
traditional classroom setting to
family education, adult learning,
and informal education. The inno
vative approaches that their mem
bers have introduced are now very
much the established way to teach.
CAJE members span the religious
and ideological spectrum and
encompass a wide range of profes
sional designations, including
teachers, principals, rabbis, infor
mal educators, communal profes
sionals, and lay leaders.
Point of View
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