Welcome to Educare of West DuPage
Educare of West DuPage is a full-day, high-quality early childhood center where children most at-risk for school failure can enter kindergarten engaged, healthy, eager to learn, and ready to succeed.
- A Place where early learning is nurtured
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Educare of West DuPage is a place that nurtures early learning, is a beacon of hope for the community and sends a firm message that we must invest in early childhood – because children are born learning.
A place where children will find a warm, healthy, caring environment that fosters learning.
A place where children and their families will see that they are valued in their community.
A place where community participants are welcomed for training and events.
- A Program that prepares at-risk children for success
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Educare of West DuPage is full-day, full-year program to prepare young, at-risk children for school by implementing the approaches and practices that science tells us are necessary to help young children grow up safe, healthy and eager to learn.
A program for children to experience, learn and grow in a nurturing, research-based educational environment.
A program preparing children to enter kindergarten engaged, healthy, and ready to succeed.
A program where families are valued and given the information and support they need to help their children succeed.
- A Partnership between the public and private sectors
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Educare of West DuPage is a partnership between the private and public sectors to create a high-quality, birth-to-five program that closes the achievement gap for at-risk children.
A partnership between the school district, community-based agencies, and private philanthropists.
A partnership bound by contract committing to joint governance, and long-term support.
A partnership with a vision to better prepare disadvantaged children to succeed in school and in life.
- A Platform for change in early education policy
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Educare of West DuPage is platform for change with each Educare center serving as a "showroom for quality" and a catalyst to drive broader policy and systems change at the state level and nationally.
An opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of the most vulnerable in our community.
An opportunity to mentor other communities on advancing quality, research-based early childhood education.
An opportunity to serve as a platform for policy change in Illinois and nationally.