HHS/ED Children's Center

Welcome the HHS/ED Children's Center!

DID YOU KNOW...?

We are looking for new board members! Help improve your child's school experience by becoming a board member, officer or fundraising lead. If you've already attended a board meeting and would like to join, fill out a New Board Member form on the Documents page and drop it off in the center director's office. If you have not been to a meeting, please do so! The meetings are always open to all parents and is usually the first Thursday of each month. Check Upcoming Events for the date, time and location of the next meeting.

A little bit about the center...

The HHS/ED Children's Center has contracted Georgetown Hill Early Childhood Center to be the childcare/preschool provider. Georgetown Hill Early Childhood Center is a non-for-profit school founded in 1980 in Montgomery County, Maryland. In August 1999, Georgetown Hill became the childcare provider for the HHS/ED Children’s Center in Washington, DC. In March 2009 the center re-located back to its original location in the Switzer building at 3rd & C Sts, SW. The center offers a whole-child approach to early education, emphasizing play, learning, the arts and nurturing. Georgetown Hill is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The center is open year-round from 7:00am-6:00pm. We accept children ages’ 3 months through pre-k. Our program features the following;

Loving, trained teachers with continuing education in the field;

A beautiful facility and new playground;
A quality curriculum based on developmentally appropriate practice, multiple intelligences and whole-child learning;
Field trips once a month for the four’s;
Music for the two’s, three’s and four’s;
Sports and Art for the three’s and four’s;
Catered lunch, morning and afternoon snacks included.

A $50 non-refundable waitlist/registration fee is required. Tuition may be paid on a monthly or semi-monthly basis by check or credit card. Priority of enrollment is given to Department of Education and Health and Human Services employees. For information on tuition assistance programs, please see the Director.