The Growing Patch Learning Center

07/31/2024

We are beyond grateful for our center! Thank you to all of them. Hats off to early childhood. When you see this team out and about please take a minute and ask them about their accomplishments. Congratulations, Growing Patch.

Join us in celebrating the staff at Right Steps - Growing Patch for their hard work to become the first nationally accredited early care and education center in Jasper County!

In high-quality child care settings, children thrive while their health, safety, AND education needs are met!

At Right Steps, it's always our goal to achieve the highest level of quality early education in our centers. That means we are committed to reaching Level 4 in Paths to QUALITY and national accreditation through NAEYC!

Congratulations, team! We are proud of your dedication to children and their families!

05/29/2024

This sounds so fun for families!

It's June 1st! Correcting yesterday's post. Taco truck will be at the library on June 1st (not May 1st). Summer Reading kickoff is June 1st.

05/28/2024

We are thankful for this opportunity with the Jasper Newton Foundation! Please consider donating.

We're excited to announce a new $550,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support community projects!! 💵 ➡️ 🏘️

To begin, we've set aside $150,000 of the grant to support affordable childhood education through $1 to $1 matching! 🍎 🎒

Donate to Appleseed Childhood Education, The Growing Patch Learning Center, and the NC Early Childhood Education Fund (which supports Goodland Early Learning Center and Community Preschool in Roselawn), and we'll match your dollar up to $50,000 per center!

Help give our community's future the tools they need to succeed at www.jaspernewtonfoundation.org/product-category/1-for-1-match! 📈

05/24/2024

🍉🍉🍉SWEET SUMMER TIME 🍉🍉🍉

Looking for activities to do with your children this summer?

💦 visit your community pool or splash pad!

🛝 visit your community park! Have a picnic while you’re there!

🎲 play a board game outside!

🎨 create a beautiful outdoor masterpiece with chalk or paint!

05/22/2024

Looking for something to do close to home this summer? Checkout these awesome learning opportunities for your kiddos!

05/07/2024

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week! What a special week here at GPLC and all schools.

Please be sure to thank a teacher this week. They do so much for our kiddos! ♥️

04/26/2024

We are SO close to becoming Paths to Quality Level 4!!!

🎉So what does this mean for our center? 🎉

Level 4 programs are the highest rated programs and have demonstrated a commitment to the highest level of professionalism in high quality child care—achievement of a nationally recognized accreditation. Level 4 programs are managed by a provider or director who has volunteered to provide mentoring to others in the field.

04/17/2024

04/17/2024

Last Friday we celebrated with a family breakfast!

We are so thankful for our Growing Patch Learning Center families and the turnout we had. ♥️

04/11/2024

The Growing Patch Learning Center takes pride in being the place your children can PLAY, LEARN, and GROW ♥️

04/08/2024

Warmer weather is getting closer and we couldn’t be more thankful ☀️☀️☀️☀️

Ways to get that much needed outdoor time with your toddlers 👇

Blow bubbles
Draw with sidewalk chalk
Go for a walk
Create a scavenger hunt
Create an obstacle course
Use sensory bins

Let us know how you like to play outside in the comments!

03/27/2024

🧠You can be a brain-builder for young children! 🧠

JOIN OUR TEAM of educators who are committed to providing the highest-quality early education to children ages birth to five!

🍎Lead teacher, Assistant teacher, and other positions.
📅Full-time and part-time positions are available.
🦸‍♀️ An opportunity to be a mentor and hero for young children!

As a Right Steps employee, you'll enjoy:
- a 50% child care discount
- Teladoc
- paid time off*
- paid holidays*
- health, dental, and vision insurance*
- 401K and retirement plans*

*for full-time employees