Morning and Full-Day Options
Our “Play with a Purpose” Nursery School offers morning and full-day options for twos, threes and fours. We follow the Get Set for School® curriculum, which is part of Learning without Tears™. Our students love it!
Special Activities
Our Nursery School students enjoy learning to swim in our indoor heated pool, working off energy in our full-sized gymnasium, and climbing in our nursery school playground.
Nursery School families participate in our annual pajama party, art show, holiday parties, school visit day, and other fun events. They are also invited to share a Friday Shabbat with their child’s class.
Director
Caryn Symons, MSEd
In addition to 12 years as a teacher of all ages in the 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 Nursery School 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 and Camp.
White Plains Site Director
Deborah Cohen-Bahl
Debbie brings to the JCCMW a strong background in and deep passion for early and special education. She formerly worked as a preschool teacher at the Community Synagogue of Rye. She also served as a program coordinator at Camp Canadensis in Pennsylvania and taught at the Stephen Gaynor School, an independent, private school in Manhattan for children with special needs. In addition, she worked as a regulatory affairs coordinator at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Debbie holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the Ohio State University and an MS in Special Education from Hunter College.
A strong proponent of learning through play, Debbie advocates for hands-on, messy, sensory-based fun, and educational philosophies that meet the needs of different types of learners. She is thrilled to be part of the founding team at the JCCMW Nursery School at White Plains.
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