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Early Childhood Education at JCCMW

During their nursery school years, children learn the basics of language, physical skills, and social interactions. At our nursery schools, our trained, caring staff helps your child achieve healthy physical, social, emotional and cognitive growth.

We are welcoming and genuinely inclusive. Working parents, stay-at-home parents, caregivers, and multicultural and multiracial families will feel like a part of our family.

At the JCCMW, we are proud to offer our original nursery school at our main site, a new satellite location in White Plains, Toward Tomorrow Preschool for children with special needs, and Universal Pre-K for New Rochelle residents.

With the expansion of the nursery school program to White Plains, the JCCMW's high-quality early childhood education adds capacity and becomes convenient to parents and children in a wider area.

Although there are differences in the specific ages served and the facilities available, the White Plains programs follow the same curriculum and philosophy as the main site. You can rely on JCCMW's great reputation for caring, supportive teachers and rich activity offerings. Your child will thrive at either location!

Students sing, dance, color, build, and explore as they develop age-appropriate knowledge that prepares them for kindergarten.

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Meet Our Director

JCCMW Nursery School Director

Caryn Symons, MSEd​

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In addition to 12 years as a teacher of all ages at the JCCMW Nursery School, Caryn was a head counselor at Camp Gadol for four years before becoming summer camps director in 2010 and nursery school director in 2015.

She brings a love of children and her own brand of creativity, enthusiasm, and community spirit that enriches each child’s experience. Caryn received her master's in Education from Queens College and was an award-winning high-school guidance counselor before raising her two sons, who are both alumni of the JCCMW Nursery School at Scarsdale and Summer Days at the J camp.

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