The Children's Adventure Center Board of Directors:

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Board Chair: Jane Gadbut

Treasurer: Janice Butler

Secretary: Anna Wiedeman

Parent Group: Kristina van Heiningen

CAC Member: Anna Ruggiero

Additional Members: Jessica Briante, Marie Smith, & Tom Catalina​

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The Board 

Children's Adventure Center Board of Directors meets once a month. The board consists of CAC Executive Director, former parents, current parents, and community members.

 

Parent Group

Children's Adventure Center has a parent group, run by board member Kristina van Heiningen. Speakers, fundraisers, family field trips are just some of the events they sponsor. Meeting times will be posted on the school bulletin board, all parents/guardians are encouraged to attend!

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If you have any ideas for fundraising, events, or general questions/comments, please email Kristina van Heiningen at parentgroupcac@gmail.com.

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NAEYC Accreditation

CAC is accredited by NAEYC - the National Association for the Education for Young Children - a national organization whose goal is to raise the quality of Pre-school Education through a stringent accreditation process. CAC is also licensed by the State of Connecticut; Office of Early Childhood. The State Board of Education, Town of Newtown Health Department, State Fire Marshall and the Town Building Inspector. CAC is also accredited through CACFP, the Children and Families Food Program, DCF, The Department of Children’s and Families, State of Connecticut.

 

Our Philosophy

Our philosophy is that all children can learn and succeed; it is the charge of early childhood educators to provide the environment that fosters this growth. An environment that is engaging, creative, comfortable and inviting is a pre-requisite for learning to occur. We believe that the environment should also provide intellectually challenging activities that will spur exploration and discovery. We believe that through exploration and discovery, children will discover new and exciting skills within themselves; skills that will provide them with a sense of confidence and achievement. We want our children to possess a self confidence that will allow them to attack and complete new skills and activities, trusting in their ability to succeed. We believe that the environment should be open and inviting, allowing children to make choices and preferences. We believe that the teachers should be facilitators ~ to provide assistance, comfort and encouragement, skillfully introducing higher level intellectual skills into the children’s play environment.