Daycares and Pre-K Programs serving Intown Atlanta  

Weinberg Early Learning Center and Camp Minimac at The Temple
We are located near the intersection of Peachtree and Spring Streets
1589 Peachtree St, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
www.the-temple.org
404-872-8668
welc@the-temple.orgThe Weinberg Early Learning Center (WELC) provides a warm, supportive, and inspiring learning environment for every child. Our teaching staff are among the most creative and dedicated early childhood educators in the city, and many of them began with us when the school first opened in 2004.
Children leave the WELC with a strong foundation of learning from both our secular and Judaic curricula. Many of our graduates choose public school, while others find their fit in our local private school. When your child graduates from the WELC, your family will have made new friends, experienced learning on new levels, and connected with one of the leading preschools in Atlanta.
The school year follows an August – May calendar.  Camp Minimac is offered each summer with weekly sessions in June and July.  There’s no better place for your children to enjoy their summer months. Children get to enjoy Sonia’s Playground – complete with an amazing spray ground!
We offer Half Day and Extended Day programs for children ages 12 months through 5 years.  We are open Monday-Friday from 7:30am-6:00pm.  Temple membership is not required for families to enroll their children.
If you have questions or interest in the WELC, we encourage you to reach out to Edye Summerfield, WELC Director. She would be happy to provide you with a tour.
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Edye Summerfield | Director
Weinberg Early Learning Center and Camp Minimac at The Temple
1589 Peachtree St, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
p 404-872-8668 | f 404-892-5922
www.the-temple.org

INTERNATIONAL PRESCHOOLS
743 Virginia Ave NE
Atlanta, GA  30306
404-897-7197
www.internationalpreschools.comEnrollment for the 2011-12 School Year and Preschool and School Age Summer Camps 2011 is now open. At International Preschools, our approach to education is anything but typical. From the exceptionally low teacher to student ratios to the various languages and cultures present in our is Kate Elkins and I am the preschool director of a new preschool at Redeemer Lutheran in Midtown (on Ptree and 4th).  We are planning to open this fall.  I have the registration materials mostly ready and was wondering how to go about connecting us and marketing through the Midtown Neighbors’ Association.

We are also offering some Parent Day Out events (April 20, May 18, and June 15) to the public to create interest and awareness of our new programclassrooms, we are teaching kids to appreciate the world and each other. Our goal is to not only prepare our students for future academic success, but to make a more sizable, even global, impact in our young students’ lives. Our little learners benefit from direct instruction in Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese, while interacting with multilingual teachers and classmates who, in total, speak over 14 different languages.

Each week of our Summer Camps features an exciting topic that we use to integrate all of the academic goals for each student. Our camps are open to students through 3rd grade, and work from the Georgia Performance Standards for the upcoming school year. In addition to content-rich music, art, and kinesthetic learning every day, students in our summer camps delve into the fun of reading, math, science, and social studies related to the summer camp theme.

Our Virginia-Highland campus is located at 743 Virginia Ave NE in Atlanta. Email the director or call 404-897-7197to schedule a tour of the school.

Our new Morningside campus is located at 504 Amsterdam Ave NE in Atlanta. Email the director or call 678-705-8355 to schedule a tour.

The Goddard School:  Preschool – 12 years old
In 2013, Midtown will add another school as building renovations are currently underway for The Goddard School to open at 1080 Spring Street. The Goddard School has locations throughout the metro area but this will be its first in Midtown. It offers a child care programs for ages six weeks to 12-years-old provided by dedicated teachers in a private preschool setting.

Midtown Lutheran Preschool
www.midtownlutheranpreschool.org
Mission: Midtown Lutheran Preschool nurtures and educates children to be wholehearted, compassionate, principled individuals who contribute positively to the world community.  We offer an emergent play-based curriculum with dual-language bilingual German-English classrooms.  We are a half-day program for ages 12 months through pre-K age located at the corner of 4th and Peachtree Streets in Midtown Atlanta.  Contact: Email preschool@redeemer.org or Phone 404-600-4321.

Carlisle Montessori Preschool
AMI Accredited Montessori Pre School located in Atlanta, Georgia; educating students 2 1/2 – 6 years of age. International progressive education with exceptional staff and materials. A rich academic curriculum that nurtures the development of the whole child. Located 5 minutes from both downtown Atlanta and Buckhead.
For a tour contact Gina Ward
www.carlislemontessori.com
1036 Lindbergh Drive Atlanta Georgia 30324
404-949-0053
Enrolling Now!

Beacon Of Hope
120 Renaissance Parkway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 876-1779
www.renaissancelearningctr.org
Beacon of Hope, Inc.’s Renaissance Learning Center has been in operation at 120 Renaissance Parkway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30308 since 2004. We are a non-profit community outreach and educational organization. Our learning center serves infants through Pre-K, and provides after-school programs and summer programs for children ages 5 -14. We are NAEYC accredited, and a Bright from the Start ‘Center of Distinction’. A 2nd location for our after-school program opened this month (January 2012) at the Intown Academy at 386 Pine Street, Atlanta, GA 30308.

Children’s Choice Learning Center
100 Alabama Street,
Room GR 50,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 562-0158
http://www.childrenschoice.com/centers#statedetail-Georgia
CCLC is located in the Atlanta Federal Center at 100 Alabama Street. There is an entrance from the old Rich’s building and on Forsyth street, with drop-off/pick up parking. This is a great location for anyone who works downtown and it is easy to get to from Midtown. They have a day care (6 wks to 5 yrs) as well as two lottery funded pre-k classes. Pre-K registration will be starting shortly. Contact Ms. Debbie Barth at 404-562-0158. Both daughters have been at CCLC and love it. Emma’s kindergarten teacher said she was well prepared for Kindergarten.

Rock Spring Preschool
1824 Piedmont Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
(404)875-8270 office
(404)436-4477 mobile
Director@RockSpringPreschool.com
www.RockSpringPreschool.com
A great place for a Kid’s day out for over 40 years!
Toddlers though pre-K (5/6 transition)
First Presbyterian Preschool:
Laurie Campbell, Director,
1328 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
404-228-7722
www.firstprespreschoolatl.org
Next door to the High Museum. Now accepting enrollment applications for the 2011-2012 school year.  The preschool was founded in 1946 and is the oldest, continuously operating preschool in the state of Georgia.  Our school also offers a challenging kindergarten for children who are academically and socially ready.   First Presbyterian Preschool began collaborating with the Adaptive Learning Center (ALC) in 2006 to provide an Inclusive Preschool Program. Through this collaboration, the Preschool serves children with disabilities and special needs in our classrooms.  To learn more about First Presbyterian Preschool, please visit our website at www.firstprespreschoolatl.org.  You may apply for admission one of two ways: online- http://fs21.formsite.com/lauriehcampbell/form2010/index.htmlor you may print an application and mail or drop it off along with the application fee.  Printable application: http://firstprespreschoolatl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011-2012-application-form.pdf.

Epworth Day School @ Candler Park
(Ages 1-5, including a private Pre-K)
1561 McLendon Avenue
Atlanta Ga 30307
director@epworthdayschool.com
www.epworthdayschool.com
404-525-4749

Premier Academy, Inc.

Angier Ave. Child Development Center

444 Angier Avenue N.E. 30308

404-875-9668

Premier Academy, Inc. is a non-profit corporation organized for the primary purpose of providing a comprehensive developmentally appropriate pre-school program for young children, as well as needed additional services. Our Educational Services Include: Year round Educational Child-Care Program, Pre-Kindergarten Program, Parenting Workshops, Referrals and Professional Assessment.

Hours of Care: 6:30 am – 6:00 pm – Age of Care: 6 weeks to 5 years of age

The new  director just completed her Montessori teacher training.  Garrison Afterschool Program is located in the Church of our Saviour,  opposite the fire station on N.Highland.
http://www.garrisonafterschool.org/index.htmlA letter from the new teaching director of the afterschool  program, Augusta McDonald:
Our aim is to provide quality, homestyle aftercare for the children from  Morningside, Spark, Mary Lin, and Montessori Intown.

Bus transportation is provided from school, the children have half an hour outside (weather permitting) hopscotch, skipping, chatting with each  other,they need some unstructured time right after school to decompress! They then set out at tables a healthy snack that we provide, when everyone is served they all eat together. Attention to “Grace and Courtesy” in the
Montessori tradition is given here.   There is a wonderful very qualified woman that helps with homework so that is not only completed but understood – what a relief! (As numbers grow an  additional teacher would be hired. We also have a pool of volunteers from the church as well as colleges.)   As the children finish homework I will be available to provide enrichment,
my aim is to link each child or small group of children with something that really interests and excites them.   We will take our time exploring all of the fascinating possibilities in their world. We will start with the Greek myths.  So to sum up our aim is to recreate what could happen in an “ideal”home with patient, inspired, energetic parents with no time constraints!