Hawthorn Circle Daycare recognizes the importance of play in the learning process for young children. Play is the basis for learning in our program. Hawthorn Circle Daycare works to empower children, promote individuality, and develop strong partnerships with families while creating an environment that helps young children attain physical, cognitive, social, and emotional achievements, preparing them for the next step in life. Each child brings to Hawthorn Circle Daycare a history of life experience and cultural heritage. Partnerships between families and Hawthorn Circle are essential to the growth and development of the individual child. We strive to create and promote these strong partnerships with families and create a sense of community that is thoughtful, warm and compassionate.

Our values are as follows:

We are child centered: Teachers facilitate each child’s development based on the child’s interests and individuality, helping learn about themselves and the world. We believe in community: Hawthorn Circle Daycare is rooted in and contributes to our neighborhood to help our children understand their community. We also foster community amongst families. We value health and well-being: Hawthorn Circle Daycare promotes healthy lifestyles through nutritious, homemade meals and active, eco-conscious programs. We love play: Play offers rich experiences in which staff nurtures each child’s cognitive, physical, social and emotional development, guiding and challenging each child to progress. We want to a partnerships with families: Hawthorn Circle Daycare is committed to working collaboratively with families to promote each child’s success. Partnerships with families provide us with invaluable information relating to cultural backgrounds and heritage. Staff strive to build relationships with families based on cooperation and a mutual respect for the reciprocal roles that each play in the lives of the child. Partnerships with families are developed through daily discussion, newsletters and meetings. Moreover, hawthorn Circle Daycare’s open door policy aims to facilitate and open flow of communication while maintaining confidentiality and respect of the privacy and wishes of each family, resulting in the highest levels of customer service. We have quality staff: Hawthorn Circle Daycare recognizes the importance of quality staff in all areas, and recruits, retains and supports highly qualified and skilled educators. Independent of the formal qualification in the field of early childhood that they hold, the staff are consistently developing and refining their professional practices, attending additional training to keep abreast with and effectively address evolving issues within the setting. All staff strictly abide by a specialized code of ethics, ensuring that duty of care is successfully honored at all times.