Parents are welcome to participate in the classroom in many ways, including assisting on neighborhood walks, gardening in the large nature-infused outdoor environment, playing a musical instrument, reading or telling stories, painting, leading a cooking project, and sharing celebrations, food, and music from their culture.
Parents direct activities supporting community building by responding to our annual parent survey.
Biannual parent-teacher conferences are scheduled to share information on their child in the program and at school.
The Center welcomes parents to be present during each child’s first few days of enrollment.
Our annual back-to-school night orients parents to our programs and policies.
Parent Education seminars are held based on interests and needs. We host an annual two-part session on how children learn.
Childcare and dinner are provided any time we have evening activities for parents.

Our wellness program provides annual screenings for hearing, vision, speech, dental health, sensory-motor functioning.
Nutrition, gross and fine motor activities are integrated into daily routines.
Weekly Onsite Mental Health consultation funded by the Dept. of Health through UCSF’s Infant-Parent Program.
Dept. of Public Health Nurse consults as needed and regularly provides in-service training on a range of health-related topics.
Our Occupational Therapist conducts gross and fine motor screenings for the preschool aged children. Teachers are given guidance on how to adapt activities to strengthen their skills in these areas. Parents are informed of their child's development and, when needed, further assessments and referrals are arranged.
Logopedia is engaged to provide speech screening and training for Staff annually.