Agency Details:

West End Day Nursery

The West End Day Nursery is a non profit tax-exempt charitable institution organized to provide proper care and supervision for needy children including family service, child development, education health, recreation and nutritional programs.The West End Day Nursery strives to encourage the children to work and play with each other constructively.The Dept of Early Education and Care sets the sliding fee tuition. All staff members are certified through the Dept of Early Education and Care. The Dept of Early Education and Care is a state run agency that sets the standard for all group child care centers.

Description:
We provide services for children from one month to thirteen years old.The children are enrolled on the basis of eligibility; parents must be employed or attending a formal learning institution.Our child care center is licensed by the Dept of Early Education and Care,Building Dept and Health Dept. We are also accredited by the National Association of Education of Young Children.The nursery works with the following agencies to assure that the children in our care grow and develop to their maximum potential. The New Bedford Public School System for referrals,Speech Therapist, Instructional Media, Early Childhood Office,Schwartz Rehabilitation Center, The Kennedy Donavan Center Early Intervention Program and the New Bedford Child and Family Services.Our program hours are 6am to 6pm Monday through Friday.Qualified staff members supervise all children. Our child care center which is educationally oriented focusing on every aspect of the child's total development and welfare. Each classroom bases its teaching and informal learning experiences on the age and developmental level of the children enrolled. The teaching goals are determined by the age of the children in the group. The activities and experiences your child is exposed to will be suited to his/her age and developmental level. A daily schedule of activities is posted outside the door of all of the classrooms. We always encourage parent participation in our child care program.

History:
Our organization was founded by Elnora Williams in 1941."Mothers in 1941 were being employed for the first time in large numbers in the defense industry and not only in New Bedford as many mothers were traveling to Newport,RI each morning to go to work. Grandmothers also were leaving the home for the industrial plant. This left many young children from 2-4 years of age locked out of the home and unattended in the yard. Their older brothers and sisters were in school.This evident social need was the reason for the nursery's beginning."

Contact person: Harold Morton, Program Director, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (508) 994-1020

Address:

170 Cedar St. New Bedford, MA 02740 (See a map)

Web Site: None specified

Directions:

Red brick building at the corner of Maxfield and Cedar St in the West End of New Bedford.

Last updated on March 5, 2009