Jacob’s Learning Ladder

The children and staff at Jacob’s Learning Ladder (JLL) have had a busy spring. We had Ms. Amy Woolf share The Very Hungry Caterpillar story with each classroom. We had parent/teacher conferences and a successful Scholastic Book Fair. The children have been enjoying the nice weather and playing outside a lot, searching for bugs and planting our garden. We even squeezed in a couple of bike days before the rain!

Children and staff enjoyed our annual field trip to the Sedgwick ...

JLL has had a very busy summer! In June we had Water Day on the front lawn and participated in Vacation Bible School. In July we celebrated July Fourth with a parade around the building. We also took a Field Trip to Botanica to visit the “Washed Ashore” exhibit and to explore the gardens.

Summer is a good time for inside activities – we melted old crayons in a muffin tin to see what would happen! We also had a Drive-In ...

Our Jacob’s Learning Ladder (JLL) directors Emily Stoltz and Nancy Morrow have worked hard to apply for and receive multiple grants in the last 12 months.  These grants have allowed for upgrades to the JLL facilities.

Below are before and after pictures of classroom windows as well as children’s bathrooms. Teachers report that the new windows are not drafty, and it is fun to see outside. The bathroom sinks now have two sinks instead of one in each bathroom, and hand ...

Early in November, Jacob’s Learning Ladder children brought non-perishable food items to school to donate to the food bank. Items were collected and sent to HumanKind Ministries through Operation Holiday.

Our Thanksgiving Program looked very different this year. We filmed each class separately singing their songs. Clips were put together in one video and then shared with families through our YouTube page so we could celebrate Thanksgiving with our families safely.

Children have been busy in their classrooms: voting, making bird feeders, ...