Our Mission
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
The Shining Star Early Childhood Center is dedicated to creating an environment for learning which is based on providing appropriate opportunities that are real and meaningful, hands-on, sensory and fun. The school climate is one of mutual respect, recognizing individual differences and student needs. Children with different abilities will serve as models for each other.
Curriculum is designed to address learning in all areas of development – physical, social, emotional, cognitive and aesthetic. Classrooms provide an active learning environment through exploration, inquiry, problem solving, experiential, and associated learning opportunities embedded into the curriculum. Teacher strategies will include a multiple intelligence approach.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Milford Public School's Shining Star Early Childhood Center provides life experiences that allow children to develop to their fullest potential. We maintain a learning environment that encourages respect for the world we live in and for the others we share it with. We celebrate the diversity of our community by recognizing and promoting the unique abilities that each of us has to offer. We promote exploration as the foundation for learning and we accomplish all of this through a partnership with parents and community.
The Milford Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or religious creed, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, homelessness, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law in admission to, access to, employment in, or treatment in its programs and activities.
VISION STATEMENT
The Early Childhood Center seeks to intensify its impact on the education of our young children from birth to kindergarten. We look to enable parents to fulfill their role as primary teachers by working together with all the district's early childhood programs including Family and Community Network and Early Intervention. Our goal is to eventually unite all of these assets under one broad banner that is a true Early Childhood Center whose sole purpose is to set the foundation for our children's educational career through a consistent town wide approach to education and child development.
CORE VALUES
Respect- Our program establishes an environment where respect is modeled and encouraged.
Diversity- Our program is committed to recognizing the value of diversity as a means of accepting the uniqueness of each individual.
Partnership- Our program believes that the school environment is enriched by our partnerships with parents and community.
Exploration- Our program is committed to providing an environment that promotes exploration as a foundation for learning.