Staff Training

Good Afternoon Families,

I wanted to take a minute and share with you a little information about the WONDERFUL training that some BBL staff members recently participated in. As mentioned in the latest Executive Director's Newsletter, BBL has partnered with Center for Architecture Foundation for a two part staff training. This past Saturday, 10 BBL Staff members went to CFA in Manhattan the first half of the training. Our next session will be on June 9, 2012 right here in Hoboken, NJ.

It was absolutely incredible to see the Space Shuttle Enterprise fly over us as we held our annual “Week of The Young Child” parade.  What a wonderful parade it was! We started off the morning with marching band music in the classrooms to get ready for our parade.  Even my dog, Lag, wore a hat for the occasion.  The South location children chanted their schools cheer and banged instruments along the way.   The North location children sang songs while walking to the local TD Bank on Hudson and 14^thStreet.  They were welcomed inside the branch and given crayons and coloring books. 

One of the greatest task that I have as an Executive Director is reading every single one of the Parent Teacher conference forms that the teachers have created. It proves that a strong literacy based program coupled with sound developmental milestones results in competent children that relate, understand, and engage in meaningful experiences. Two of our great achievements this year included a greater immersion of Kings Supermarket and Rite Aid into our curriculum.

Welcoming our New Director

Many of you may have seen the cheerful smile and the warm, welcoming gestures of Ms. Jami while I was away in Alabama. Ms. Jami will assume the role as the first Director of BBL. She comes to us with over 12 years of relevant experience in the field of both elementary and early childhood education.

Prior to joining BBL, Ms. Jami was responsible for the management of multiple early childhood centers, and previously taught as an elementary school teacher. She has a Masters of Arts in Educational Leadership and Technology, with a Bachelor in Elementary Education. She will be joined by her daughter Siobhan who will be enrolled in the Orange Caterpillar room.