JTown Academy and Child Care

We are so excited to share this news with our JTown Academy family and community! 🎉

Last September, while searching for every opportunity to strengthen our center and better serve our families, we applied for a pilot program with Thrive by 5 Louisville. After a very intensive application, interview process, and onsite visit, we are honored to share that we were selected as one of 26 centers out of more than 80 applicants across Louisville! It feels good to be acknowledged for our dedication to the success of our children and readiness for kindergarten!

Thrive by 5 Louisville is an early childhood initiative led by Mayor Craig Greenberg that partners with selected early learning centers to support educators, strengthen classrooms, and expand access to high-quality childcare for families.

Being chosen for this program is an incredible honor and a huge opportunity—not only for our center, but especially for our children and families. This is just the beginning, but it represents a powerful step toward a community where every child can thrive.

We are beyond grateful for this opportunity and so excited about what it means for our current students, future students, and our community. 💙

Thank you for being part of our JTA journey!

April 10th marked 8 years of JTown Academy! Woohoo!!! Thank you ALL for helping keep JTA strong. We have had some teachers from the beginning …. Margaret Krish Mills, Denise Villanova, Traci McDowell Cooley, and also so thankful for all that have followed! ❤️❤️❤️ Cindy Bowen Weir and I (Terri Stallcup) are so blessed!

JOIN US at JTA??

We are looking for a floater in the afternoons. Let’s talk and see what works. We can be flexible Happy Teacher … Happy Children …. Happy Center!!! Message us!!! ❤️❤️

✔️ Must be 18 with a high school diploma.

✔️ Provide a nurturing and safe environment for children from infants to five year olds to develop and reach age appropriate milestones.

✔️ Work with children and encourage them to discover the world through play.

✔️ Organize activities, play games, read aloud, encouraging interaction, serving snacks, and reporting to parents.

✔️ Verbally engage the children throughout the day in addition to incorporating play activities. Maintain feeding schedules.

✔️ Develop schedules/routines to ensure all have enough physical activity, rest, and playtime.

✔️ Keep records of children’s progress, routines, and interest.

Happy 7 years to JTA today!! 😳😳😳 Thank you for all that followed from day one until now … staff and families!!!! Can’t believe it’s been 7 years!!! Day one was just me, Cindy and Margaret and 4 kids. Haha. She-She (Denise) was there week two. Oh and Gabby was there too helping out. Each week we just kept adding. We are blessed!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Wanna share a “Coke” or “Diet Coke” with JTA Staff? Blessed with Traci, Margaret, Denise, Donna, Marria, Gabby, Alyson, Mia and Courtney. Missing a few.. Wendy, Laura and Ashley. ❤️❤️❤️

JOIN US at JTA??

We are looking for a Lead full time Teacher in August and a part time Floating Teacher. The Lead Teacher Position can be 4/10s with a day off during the week or part time and we can split the time between two Teachers. Let’s talk and see what works. Happy Teacher … Happy Children …. Happy Center!!!

Need childcare?
The Division of Child Care has announced in October you can apply to have your child care paid even if working part time. This is big news if you are needing child care.

✔️ Must be 18 with a high school diploma.

✔️ Provide a nurturing and safe environment for children from infants to five year olds to develop and reach age appropriate milestones.

✔️ Work with children and encourage them to discover the world through play.

✔️ Organize activities, play games, read aloud, encouraging interaction, serving snacks, and reporting to parents.

✔️ Verbally engage the children throughout the day in addition to incorporating play activities. Maintain feeding schedules.

✔️ Develop schedules/routines to ensure all have enough physical activity, rest, and playtime.

✔️ Keep records of children’s progress, routines, and interest.

Thank You to all Veterans near and far!!! Especially 2 of our JTA dads!

JOIN US??!! We are looking for a part time employee and can be very flexible with scheduling.

NEW!!!!!!
The Division of Child Care has announced in October you can apply to have your child care paid for if employed at a licensed center. This is big news if you are needing child care. We are still waiting for more details.

We are looking for someone to:

Provide a nurturing and safe environment for children from infants to five year olds to develop and reach age appropriate milestones.

Work with children and encourage them to discover the world through play.

Organize activities, play games, read aloud, encouraging interaction, serving snacks, and reporting to parents.

Verbally engage the children throughout the day in addition to incorporating play activities. Maintain feeding schedules.

Develop schedules/routines to ensure all have enough physical activity, rest, and playtime

Keep records of children’s progress, routines, and interest

Come visit us until 1 at Jta for trick or treating!!!

Provide a nurturing and safe environment for children from infants to five year olds to develop and reach age appropriate milestones.

Work with children and encourage them to discover the world through play.

Organize activities, play games, read aloud, encouraging interaction, serving snacks, and reporting to parents.

Verbally engage the children throughout the day in addition to incorporating play activities. Maintain feeding schedules.

Develop schedules/routines to ensure all have enough physical activity, rest, and playtime

Keep records of children’s progress, routines, and interest

🎃HAPPY HALLOWEEN🎃 from our JTA Family!!! Be safe!!!👻🕺🎃🕸🥰

We reopened this week. We had some very happy kiddos returning. It is great seeing them, but just odd we can’t love on them like we did. Hard they can’t see our smiles. We have to improvise with winks and silly voices. Never did we think something like this would happen to close JTA for 12 weeks. While we absolutely understand the importance of keeping our children safe, we have a ton of guidelines/regulations/restrictions that have made us have to increase staff hours all the while having less kids. We will get through this together. While other centers had struggles with staff returning, ours jumped right in. Thanks Margaret Krish Mills Amanda Cissell Traci Cooley Donna Carlsen Nitishin Denise Villanova Jane Stone Tabitha Shown, you are the best!

Doubly blessed with our families!!!! Everyone has been patient and understanding through this process. We so appreciate you! Renee Flaherty Scheckelhoff Mindy Hoffmann Jessica Whitlock Andrea Keene Sarah Shumway Schuble April Ravenscroft Jen Norman Cari Morris Elece Morris Diehlman Maria Jenkins Sara Cunningham Tinker Melissa O’Bryan Nancy Whitaker Tricia Dees Jordan Vance Jade Alexander Mary Sivado Melinda Recktenwald Amber Selby Vanessa Taylor Natalee Clark Jen Kitchen Whitney Cook Megan Berger Switzer Crystal Cosson Krystin Swindler Megan LaFollette Kathy Abell
AN Gia LE Do, Angie Adams!! ❤️❤️