Welcome to SKCDC
🎉 What a wonderful Open House we had on September 3rd! 🍂
This center-wide event at our Gardiner Center welcomed families from our Part Day and Full Day Head Start classrooms as well as Early Head Start, and it was especially exciting to have our Part Day classroom back with us after a long summer break!
Thank you to all the families who came out to explore the classrooms, meet the teachers, and get a feel for the year ahead. Seeing our kiddos dive right into centers, science exploration, and dramatic play was the best part of the day. 💛
Here's to a great year ahead!
Our Gardiner Center provides Head Start Preschool and subsidized childcare for
children ages 3-5.
We also have an Early Head Start classroom for children ages 6 weeks - 3yrs old.
To learn more about our Gardiner Center or other SKCDC centers, and child care subsidies, contact our Enrollment Manager at 207-582-3110 ext. 111 or visit our website at www.skcdc.org
Join our SKCDC family...you belong here! All eligible SKCDC sites hold level 5 Rising Stars for ME certificates from DHHS.
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🎉 Preservice Training Week at SKCDC! 🎉
Before our classrooms fill with little learners, our staff spent time filling their own cups. This week's preservice training included a session on Kind Mind, giving our team tools to build compassion and social emotional skills in the classroom. We also took a break for some adult recess, because taking care of ourselves helps us better take care of our friends.
We were also so grateful to welcome our friends from Community Dental, who reviewed the Maine Dental Connection program with our staff and shared a wonderful new resource called "The Night Before the Virtual Dentist," a book designed to help children and families feel confident and prepared for virtual dentist visits.
This year is extra special, as SKCDC celebrates 60 years of Head Start. Stay tuned throughout the rest of 2026 as we look back on six decades of serving children and families in our community.
What is one thing that helps you recharge before a busy season? Share with us in the comments!
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🦋 A Special Surprise at Chelsea Pre-K! 🦋
Our friends arrived at school to a wonderful surprise, a newly hatched monarch butterfly waiting to greet them. With help from our school secretary, the class gathered outside to release the butterfly and watch it take its first flight into the world.
Now we are keeping a close eye out, anxiously awaiting the arrival of a second butterfly ready to emerge. There is nothing quite like watching curiosity and wonder take over as our little learners witness nature in action.
What is your child's favorite part about learning about bugs and butterflies? Tell us in the comments!
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