IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT : In order to remain safe and set up proper protocol, we will not be holding our 2 week summer camp this summer. We apologize for this inconvenience and are looking forward to September!

If you have already made your payment for summer camp, please contact Anne at Nurseryschool@stjbabylon.org
  and let her know if you’d like a check refund or a credit towards your tuition for next year.

St. Joseph’s Nursery School
End of Year Celebrations
 June 2020

 
Dear families,
We cannot believe the year has come to a close and we are not able to be together.  We are as sad as you are to have to end the year in such an unusual way.  We have watched your children bloom and grow in so many ways, however the calendar tells us it is time to end the year.
 
We would like to invite all of our families to join us in the following celebrations.  You will receive a specific email this week regarding our procedures.  We ask everyone to follow these guidelines so that we can maintain the safety of all of you as well as our staff.
 
We truly hope to be back in school in September and so we are continuing with registration as usual.  If we are not able to proceed as usual in September, all tuition will be refunded.  Please watch our website as that will have the most up to date information.
 
For our Graduating families, it is with tears that we must say good bye. We so appreciate that you have entrusted us with your children for their first years of school. 
 
Please contact the office for any specific questions or concerns you may have over the summer.  We can be reached at 631-661-4559 or by email at Nurseryschool@stjbabylon.org 

April 20, 2020 

 Dear Families,
St. Joseph’s Nursery School staff is praying that you and your families have remained healthy through this historic pandemic.  Our greatest concern is the health of all of our students and families.   We greatly appreciate all of our parents who are First Responders, hospital personnel and all those that help with daily living. We realize how difficult this adjustment must be for everyone, especially for our young students who have no understanding of what is going on around them.  We pray for everyone’s safety and wellbeing.                                              

Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, at this time, we are unable to open school and instruct our students in person.  The teachers and staff at St. Joseph’s Nursery School have been working diligently to keep your children engaged in school activities while home with you. Our Daily Challenges and our weekly newsletters contain many activities, academic review, songs and links to books.  If you have not requested our newsletter, please email us at    Ms.Assante@gmail.com

We understand priorities have changed in everyone’s life.  As you know, St. Joseph’s Nursery School is a non-profit organization which relies on your tuition payments to meet our financial obligations. To be able to accomplish this, we ask all our families to please be sure you have made your tuition payments for September through March, a total of 7 payments.  We ask that you consider making the remaining payments as a donation to the school.

Many of you may have either paid in full or paid more than 7 payments, we ask if you would consider donating any or all of this prepaid tuition.  Together we can offset the losses we are experiencing as a non-profit nursery school.   If St. Joseph’s Nursery School has made a difference in your child’s life, we ask if you would consider making this donation to help us preserve the standard of education we have been providing to children for decades. No tuition adjustments will be made until we are back in the office.

We want to reassure our returning families that your child’s placement is secure for our coming school year.  You have all received your placement letters with your tuition schedule.  Some of you have made your payment in full with a 5% discount (which is still available) and others have chosen to pay according to our payment schedule.  It will be very important this year to make these payments on a timely basis. 
Our office is set up to receive our emails from home, to check our phone messages and to receive our mail. If you are experiencing difficulty due to this historic pandemic, please contact the nursery school at nurseryschool@stjbabylon.org

God Bless you,
Tricia Taggart                   Anne Tuffin                            Meghan Assante
Director                          Business Manager                    Assistant Director

       St. Joseph’s Nursery School families, your teachers have been missing you   all! We put together a little video to show you how much!

https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-zO_6JnBvA/?igshid=153mefuwog1lb

We are now registering for all 2, 3 and 4 year old classes for the 2020-21 school year.  

Come see what a day is like at St. Joseph's Nursery School.    
For a tour or more information, please 
call us at 631-661-4559.






 

 Dear Families,
It is hard to believe that we closed school on March 16th thinking it would be for a week or two.  We have been praying for all of our families, especially those of you on the front lines fighting the virus and helping our community.  We also include all of our Police Officers who are currently protecting us day and night.  These ceratinly are the most challenging times of our generation.  We are here to help.  If your child is struggling emotionally with all of this, please contact us.  We may have strategies and or  resources to assit you. 

We are thrilled that so many of you have taken advantage of our Home Newsletters.  The teachers and Para's have been very hard at work creating innovative and exciting activities for you to do with your children.  I would also like to Thank Ms. Assante for creating our Daily Challenges on Facebook and Instagram. Many of the staff submitted ideas, and Ms. Assante posted them in a fun and creative way each day.  Your responses were fabulous!

We are very excited to be able to offer all of students closure to the year. You should have received an email regarding details.  See our schedule at the top of this page for the Drive Bys and Graduations.

As stated, we will not open for Summer Camp.  The governor and CDC have yet to release specific protocol for Nursery Schools.  Our first priority is the safety of your children and our staff.  We will be taking the summer months to ensure that all of the guidlines are being followed and that we have proper protocol and cleaning procedures in place.  The most up to date information will be announced at the top of this page.  I hope to keep you as informed as possible.  As soon as we know the opening procedures for September, we will contact you. 

In the meantime, we wish you a safe and healthy summer.  We pray that we will all be together soon in our wonderful school!

Peace,
Tricia