Department for Children and Families  
Bright Futures
Child Care Information System
 
Skip the Navigation
Home Child Care Benefits Find a Provider Become a Provider Resources Contact

Provider: Spring Hill School   Provider ID: 3282
IMPORTANT NOTE: The program submitted the information on this page to the Child Development Division. If a program has not updated the information, then some of it may not be up to date or accurate at this time. You are encouraged to contact the program directly to verify the information and to obtain more specific information about the program. You may also contact your local child care referral specialist for additional information about programs in your community and possible child care openings. The program's profile is shared with you only for the purposes of your child care search and does not represent a recommendation by the Child Development Division. Contact information for your local child care referral agencies is available at http://dcf.vermont.gov/partners/cccsa.
    :
   63 Spring Hill Road
Waitsfield, VT 05673
City: Waitsfield		       :
   (802)496-2139
    :
   shskira@madriver.com       :
   www.springhillschoolvt.org
    :
   09/30/2005       :
   Center Based Child Care and Preschool Program
    :
         :
   Kira Harris
   
          :
   27
 
Page Help Vacancy and Capacity Information
    :
   02/09/2024      
   
    :
   0       :
   0
    :
   0       :
   0
    :
   36       :
   0
    :
   0       :
   0
    :
   36       :
   0
 
 
Program Information
    :
   Discipline should direct children towards positive behavior. It should never shame or humiliate. We praise positive behavior and help redirect disruptive behavior. Our goal is to guide children as they make positive choices about their behavior. Teachers at Spring Hill focus on preventative discipline, which involves clear expectations and rule setting (children usually participate in the establishment of rules), informing children of consequences, follow-through, proactive planning, consistency, encouragement, humor and redirection. Children are encouraged to talk through their problems with a conflict arises, with the other child or children involved, with a teacher acting as mediator rather than problem solver. We provide acceptable outlets for anger, excessive energy and frustration. We believe that the major social task of a preschool child is learning to interact appropriately with peers and to function joyfully in a community of children and adults.       :
   The purpose of the school is to provide a high-quality early education program for the families of the Mad River Valley, which fosters the cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and creative development of each child through meaningful relationships and rich experiences. Children are seen as competent and powerful. The teachers at Spring Hill School embrace "the rights of children" as expressed by the Reggio Emilia approach. Children learn about their world by participating in in-depth projects. Teachers share a sense of wonderment and discovery with the children as they explore theories and questions in a meaningful and dynamic context. Children learn through play. The curriculum emerges according to the interests and the needs of the children and/or teachers. Children develop pre-kindergarten literacy, math, cognitive and social and emotional skills through rich collaborative experiences within the framework of meaningful projects. Caring, respect, and sensitivity for oneself and others is modeled and nurtured. Children are seen as connected to each other, their families and their teachers. Indvidual differences and similarities are discussed and celebrated. The classroom environment is regarded as the third teacher. It is designed to be rich and inviting, comfortable and safe, aesthetically pleasing and stimulating. It is set up in ways that encourage small groups of children to play together. The outdoor environment serves as an extended classroom. All of these elements come together to create a positive school experience where children are learning the pleasure of learning, thereby creating a strong foundation to be life-long learners. An ongoing dialogue is maintained with parents, who are respected as the child's foremost teachers. Curriculum includes art or craft activities, circle time, daily outside play, dramatic play, regular daily routines, part day preschool program, private school, sand and water play, songs or music activities, story time and literacy activities.
    :
   Preschool       :
    
    :
   Yes       :
   No
    :
   Yes       :
   Yes
    :
   Fenced Yard, Smoke Free       :
   House
    :
   Other Non-Furry Animal    
 
Provider Schedule and Services
    :
   Daytime, Full-Time, Part-Time       :
   English
    :
   School Year Only       :
   07:45:00 to 17:00:00
    :
   Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday       :
   School Bus Route
    :
   Waitsfield Elementary School       :
   Allergy Awareness, Special Diets
 
Achievement and Accreditations
    :     5 Star
    :    
Accreditation or approved prequalified preschool program Start Date Expiration Date Certificate Date
NAEYC 11/01/1995 03/31/2013 11/01/1995
NAEYC 04/01/2013 04/01/2018 04/01/2013
Prequalified PreK Program - Privately Operated 07/31/2015 05/22/2018 07/31/2015
Prequalified PreK Program - Privately Operated 07/01/2021 06/30/2024 04/02/2021
Prequalified PreK Program - Privately Operated 05/23/2018 06/30/2021 05/23/2018
NAEYC 04/01/2018 04/01/2023 04/01/2018
Prequalified PreK Program - Privately Operated 04/08/2024 06/30/2027 04/02/2021
NAEYC 03/01/2023 04/01/2028 03/01/2023
 
Site Visits
Site visit means: any visit where someone physically visited the site, this may or may not mean that there are violations.
Displaying 1-5 of 5 Items  
Site Visit Date
12/08/2023
01/27/2023
02/08/2022
03/04/2020
02/14/2019
 
 
  
 

Copyright ©2002-2005 MAXIMUS, Inc. All rights reserved.Page ID: RR0035 / Version: V1.95  Privacy Policy