What hours are you open?
JDN is open from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. There is an additional fee for the 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. hour.

What is your tuition?
The tuition for the school year 2008-2009 is $925 per month for the full day preschool and Young Fives programs and $1,025 per month for the toddler program. There are no additional fees.

At what age can my child start?
JDN has Toddler, Preschool, and Kindergarten programs for children 18 months to six years old.

How do I register my child?
Simply call the Director at 216/320-8489 for a personal tour of the school.

When do I register my child?
You may register any time of the year. However, spaces do fill up quickly and the best times to call are between December and February. June and July are also popular times to start at JDN.

What is your teacher: child ratio?
Our preschool groups have up to 10 children and one teacher. Our toddler groups have 6 children and 1 teacher or 12 children and two teachers. In addition to our classroom teachers, we have two “floating” teachers and an Assistant Director. Therefore, built in to our program, we have three teachers who can substitute as needed. Thus, children will always have someone they know. If no teacher is out sick, they function as additional teachers in the classrooms. We also have several wonderful volunteers with regular hours in the classrooms.

What are the qualifications of your teachers?
Our teachers all have Bachelors or Masters Degrees in Early Childhood Education or a related field. We have a low teacher turnover rate. Our teachers have been with us an average of ten years.

Do you serve meals?
We serve a nutritious, kosher breakfast and afternoon snack from our on-premise kitchen. Children eat “family-style” with their teacher and friends in their classroom. The cost of meals is included in your fee.

Are you open in the summer?
JDN is a year-round program. We close for one and a half weeks in August. During the summer, we enjoy spending more time on our very large, beautiful playground, with our very own spray park.

Do you take field trips?
Our Kindergarteners take field trips once a month during the school year, and three times a week in the summer. Our Preschoolers do not take field trips. The JDN teachers and specialists offer a fun curriculum that is highly enriching, challenging and interesting. Field trips can be difficult for some young children, because the preschool child feels most comfortable and secure in their familiar environment.

Do you have specialists or enrichment programs?
We have four wonderful specialists that enhance our program. Our Music Specialist works once a week with each class. She comes to us from the Beck Center for the Arts. She uses singing, movement, orchestral instruments and children’s instruments. She is a masterful teacher. Our Naturalist offers an outstanding natural science program. She works with each class in their room and on our park-like playground, investigating the nature all around us — birds; seeds and nuts; animal tracks; weather; bugs; mammals and more – sparking the children’s curiosity. Our Spanish Specialist offers weekly hands-on, interactive Spanish instruction. Our Shaker Heights Librarian visits each class for interesting, fun-filled story times.


To learn more, call JDN Early Childhood Center at Bellefaire JCB.
Cleveland area: 216-320-8489