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San Francisco, CA
JCC- Helen Diller Family Preschool
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neighborhood: Laurel Heights/Jordan Park · Telephone: (415) 292-1288 · Website: www.jccsf.org
Home-School Connection
| OVERALL RATING (4.3) | 
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| Conducts an open house at start of school year | 
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| Conducts a parent-teacher meeting at start of school year |
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| Conducts regular parent teacher conferences |
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| Provides summary of child’s learning at end of year |
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| Provides guidance on developmental goals for the following year |
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| Provides guidance on best Kindergarten and elementary schools |
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Separation
| OVERALL RATING (4.2) |
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Beginning of the year separation is handled through:
- Pre-entry meetings with parents at school
- Extra staff dedicated to handle separation
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Parents' Comments
Parent #1
While the JCC is a play-based preschool, which ascribes to the Reggio teaching method, my child's teachers describe his growth in terms of general developmental milestones that are appropriate for that age. My child's teachers frequently provide me with observations and insights that I find invaluable. Since my child has not started the kindergarten admissions process, I can not say how helpful the school will be in recommending specific schools or they will be helpful in securing a spot for my child.
Parent #2
We are provided with journals that are a collection of our children's work throughout the year, which also chronicles their progress..
Parent #3
They have a one size fits all policy to separation, which doesn't seem to work for most families.
Parent Community
| COHESIVENESS RATING (4.0) |
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Parents:
- Hold social events at the school to build community
- Fundraise
- Are able to visit the school anytime we want
- Go on field trips
- Receive newsletters
- Hold social events outside of the school (with and/or without children)
- Encourage play dates out of school
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Parents' Comments
Parent #1
Volunteer in the many classroom and school events that come up throughout the year; give financially.
Parent #2
Attend Shabbat every other week.
Parent #3
Participate in bi-weekly Shabbat in class with the children.
Parent #4
Get access to parent education classes; attend class socials to meet other parents
Parent #5
Both my husband and I work full time in fairly demanding jobs. That said, we try to drop off or pick up our son as much as possible and on occassion have stayed around to observe and spend time with our son. In addition, we plan to volunteer for some 'fun' activities for the kids such as a cooking class (my husband has a restaurant).
Parent #6
There were many ways to get to know one another--especially every Friday we were invited to come to Shabbat (Jewish tradition of, more or less, breaking bread)
Modes of Communication Between School and Home
- Notes
- Phone Calls
- Voice Mail
- Special Meetings
- Two or More Regular Conferences
- Drop-Off
- Pick-Up
- Regular newsletter/printed updates circulated to the whole school
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Parents' Comments
Parent #1
Weekly written updates provided by the teacher.
Parent #2
Weekly updates.
Parent #3
Weekly digest and weekly photos for his class only.
Parent #4
JCC - Diller provides tons of opportunities for parents to interact with teachers, above and beyond regularly-scheduled teacher-parent meetings. I just e-mailed my son's teachers a question and three of them responded by email while I ran into another on the bus and talked to her in person. In addition, I talked with the site director on the phone about his question (whether my son should change from the afternoon to the morning session). In addition, I had seen the JCC Preschool Director and Diller Preschool Director at a party over the weekend and also ran into one of our son's teachers at the swimming pool over the weekend. All this to say - the teachers are really involved, concerned and out there in the community.
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