The Charlotte Jewish News - August 2012 - Page 15
Schools
Looking at the Past; Planning for the Future
By Dedee Goldsmith, director,
Jewish Preschool on Sardis
The Jewish Presehool on Sardis
had an amazing summer. Four
weeks of eamp served nearly 50
ehildren with fun, sun, visitors and
ineredible staff With a summer
like that, it is hard to say good
bye. But with endings, eome new
beginnings and with the sehool
year just around the eomer, we say
“Hello 2012-2013 Sehool Year.”
lot about the feelings a ehild has
about her sehool when she wants
to eome baek to partieipate in the
program as a eounselor. The same
holds true to have former parents
inquire about staff positions avail
able to keep those warm feelings
and hold onto those ehild eentrie
ties a bit longer.
The foeus this year is to answer
some of those questions for
myself and for the Charlotte
Fun at JPS’s Summer Camp
Having a year at JPS under the
belt now, I’ve been able to experi-
enee and learn so mueh. With
learning, eomes questions. What is
the history of The Jewish
Presehool on Sardis? Who is a part
of that JPS history? What made
our program grow to where it is
now? How ean we keep that spe-
eial past and grow with it into the
future? This summer I was able to
see some of that JPS history eome
to life, in the eyes of an alumna
turned eamp eounselor. It says a
Jewish eommunity. We will look
at the past by talking to former
students, former parents, and for
mer staff. Our hope is to answer
some of the questions, one person
at a time. We would like to know
where our students go to sehool
eurrently, where their interests
have taken them, what they reeall
about their JPS experienee and
some of their favorite things they
remember about our sehool. By
exploring our past, we ean appre-
eiate our present and prepare for
our future. If you have a story to
share about your JPS experienee,
please share it with us at 704-364-
8395. Interested in hearing the sto
ries we find? Well, keep reading as
we will present some in future
Charlotte Jewish News artieles, as
well as post stories on our website
at www.jpsonsardis.org.
While digging around for
details on the past, I am also aware
that the present needs tending to as
well. Fall is a great time at The
Jewish Presehool on Sardis as we
weleome new families, greet
returning families and busily pre
pare with the staff for one ineredi
ble year. Our expanded hours are
helping families meet time eon-
straints, our enriehment programs
are enabling ehildren to find and
hone areas of interests, and our
Mommy and Me program is
warmly weleoming the youngest
JPS students.
I am so exeited about the 2012-
2013 sehool year. Watehing the
elassrooms fill with photos, toys,
eraft materials, I am filled with
antieipation for the busy ehildren
to reaequaint with familiar friends,
meet new friends, learn from new
teaehers, and eontinue developing
relationships as we pave the way
to the future of JPS. The Jewish
Presehool on Sardis has a 26-year-
old history in the Charlotte eom
munity and in this sehool year, we
are more eommitted than ever to
the mission of nurturing ehildren,
helping them develop into self
eonfident and sueeessful ehildren,
teens, and adults within the Jewish
eommunity and beyond.
For more information about our
various sehool programs, please
eontaet us at 704-364-8395. ^
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