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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nLindsey Nowak<\/td>\n Michelle Ludwig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nProgram Director<\/td>\n Teacher Aide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nnowakl@bllakers.org<\/td>\n ludwigm@bllakers.org<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nFor Information and Registration call Crystal at 231.4864.3133 ext. 2131<\/div>\n*applications are also available in the Bear Lake front office.<\/em><\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Great Beginnings Child Development Center<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Managed by the Manistee County School Management Cooperative<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Located inside of Bear Lake School, 7748 Cody St. Bear Lake, MI 49614.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Director: Lindsey Nowak<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our mission:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- To ensure a solid foundation from which young minds embrace the lifelong learning experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Our goals are to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Provide safe, dependable, quality care for children.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Nurture, support, and personally interact with each child.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Provide activities for overall development of the child.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Develop the child\u2019s interests and talents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Provide a welcome, secure, comfortable and relaxed environment for the child.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Work together with parents, teachers, and families.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Recognize the importance of family to the child.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\nDaycare<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Faciliator: Lindsey Nowak<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Caregivers: Miss. Shari and Miss. Leslye<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Hours: 7:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Friday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Rates\n
\n- Half day \u2013 $17.50<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Whole day \u2013 $35.00<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Weekly \u2013 $130.00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Ages: birth through 12 years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Fully licensed childcare center.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Located inside of Bear Lake school with facilities that meet and exceed fire, health and daycare licensing regulations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- FIA approved.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Trained, caring staff with Infant\/Child CPR training.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Safe, fenced in play area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Preschool<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Teacher: Lindsey Nowak<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Hours: 8:00 am to 11:30 am Monday through Thursday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Rates\n
\n- 2 day \u2013 $26.00 per week.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 4 day \u2013 $52.00 per week.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Daycare discount for preschool students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Ages: 3 1\/2 to 5 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The preschool will have a structured curriculum that is educationally based and developmentally appropriate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Activities will stimulate the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical needs of preschool children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
After School Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Facilitator: Lindsey Nowak<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Caregiver: Emily Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Hours: 3:05 pm to 5:30 pm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Rates:\n
\n- First hour \u2013 $3.0o, then $0.75 for every 15 minutes after that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Children will have a snack, work on their homework, engage in organized activities, and interact with their friends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Held in the current preschool classroom located inside Bear Lake School.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The staff at Great Beginnings looks forward to the opportunity to share in your child\u2019s life. Please feel free to stop in to our center for a visit and registration information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
4-STAR Preschool Serving the Bear Lake and\u00a0Kaleva Norman Dickson School Districts Education for income eligible 4 year old students Monday – Thursday Located on the Brethren Campus Child must be 4 years old by September 1 of the current year Staff \u00a0 Lindsey Nowak Michelle Ludwig Program Director Teacher Aide nowakl@bllakers.org ludwigm@bllakers.org For Information and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1798","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bllakers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bllakers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bllakers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bllakers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bllakers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/bllakers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3871,"href":"https:\/\/bllakers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1798\/revisions\/3871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bllakers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
| <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lindsey Nowak<\/td>\n | Michelle Ludwig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Program Director<\/td>\n | Teacher Aide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| nowakl@bllakers.org<\/td>\n | ludwigm@bllakers.org<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n For Information and Registration call Crystal at 231.4864.3133 ext. 2131<\/div>\n *applications are also available in the Bear Lake front office.<\/em><\/div>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Great Beginnings Child Development Center<\/h1>\n\n\n\nManaged by the Manistee County School Management Cooperative<\/p>\n\n\n\n Located inside of Bear Lake School, 7748 Cody St. Bear Lake, MI 49614.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Lindsey Nowak<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our mission:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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