News from Project Self-Sufficiency

Hilltop Country Day School Students   To honor the memory of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King recently, students from the Hilltop Country Day School preschool class participated in a service project designed to help local children in need.   The students created gift bags brimming with all the supplies needed for a festive birthday party and donated the Birthday Party Bags to the students at the Little Sprouts Early Learning Center, the early childhood development facility operated by Project Self-Sufficiency in Newton.   Hilltop Country Day School parents donated cake mix, icing, baking cups, sprinkles, candles, balloons, blank  birthday  cards and small  birthday  backpacks filled with coloring books, crayons, and playdoh.  Christine De Stefano, Hilltop Country Day School Preschool Teacher, explained, “We wanted the children to participate in a service project to honor the kindness and compassion of Dr. Martin Luther KIng, Jr. ...

Free preschool available to Newton NJ residents at Little Sprouts Early Learning Center Students ages 3 and 4 who reside in the Newton school district are invited to attend preschool at no cost at the Little Sprouts Early Learning Center.   An Open House will be held at the facility on Wednesday, August 14 th , 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.   In addition to daycare and preschool, the Little Sprouts Early Learning Center offers care for children before and after school, as well as during the summer.   Enrollment in the center’s daycare and preschool programs is currently underway.   Interested parents are invited to schedule a tour of the facility by calling Little Sprouts or by completing a form on the website, www.littlesproutsearlylearningcenter.org .   The Little Sprouts Early Learning Center is conveniently located on the campus of Project Self-Sufficiency , across from Sussex County Community College, at 127 Mill Street in Newton.   The Little Sprouts...

Excited parents, grandparents and siblings were on hand recently to celebrate the graduation of 11 students from the preschool class at the Little Sprouts Early Learning Center.   The milestone was marked with a festive gathering punctuated by a few tears, along with singing, snacks and a wee bit of pomp and circumstance.   Enrollment in the center’s daycare and preschool programs is currently underway. Little Sprouts Early Learning Center features separate classrooms for each age group, from infancy through preschool.   Fully-qualified teachers are available in each school room and the child-teacher ratio adheres to or exceeds state standards.   Each classroom has new equipment, as well as learning centers for dramatic play, computers, science, housekeeping, sand and water play, reading, and music.   The center also contains an all-purpose room for active indoor play and parent presentations, as well as a sick room for those children who may fall...