Har Zion Early Childhood Program
Har Zion Early Childhood Center
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At Har Zion Early Childhood Center, we believe that children thrive when families partner with professional educators to create a lifelong love of learning through exploration, creativity, collaboration and Jewish tradition. We welcome children at two years of age and hope they will stay with us until they leave for kindergarten!
Being Jewish is not a requirement to attend Har Zion Early Childhood Center. We model and integrate the values that are common across religions - being a good person, sportsmanship, “random acts of kindness,” social action, and care of the earth. Children of diverse faiths and cultures participate in our programs and are exposed to Jewish and Israeli culture.
We are very proud of our Reggio Emilia inspired program and invite you and your children to join our preschool family. In our mixed age classrooms, laughter is key to joyful learning!
Please contact Director of Early Childhood Education, at 708-366-9000 or preschool@wsthz.org to schedule a virtual tour.
What do our families say about our program?
"He is THRIVING and we love seeing his growth. He loves going to school and seeing his teachers and friends every day. We will be forever grateful for this community and how much they have helped him grow..." - CM
"I think you all are doing an amazing job during difficult times. We appreciate all the love, kindness and patience that you all are showing to us and our children and the wonderful learning that they are getting." - SA
"We are so extremely happy at Har Zion. We adore the teachers, director, education received and the efforts to ensure that our daughter and her classmates are safe/healthy." - KM
"Thank you for being so wonderful to William and our family. It has helped our transition to Oak Park tremendously to feel like we have a community." - EP
What's Going on at Early Childhood Education Now?
The ECE calendar along with the current Family Fun/Kef Mishpatchi events:
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Monday ,
JunJune 5 , 2023Preschool Summer Camp Zion, Session 1
Monday, Jun 5th (All day)
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Monday ,
JulJuly 3 , 2023Preschool Closed
Monday, Jul 3rd (All day)
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Wednesday ,
JulJuly 5 , 2023Preschool Summer Camp Zion, Session 2
Wednesday, Jul 5th (All day)
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Friday ,
JulJuly 7 , 2023Ta’am Shel Shabbat/ Taste of Shabbat
Friday, Jul 7th 5:30p to 7:00p
A Shabbat service for Families of Young Children, ages 1-7, followed by a child friendly meal -
Monday ,
JulJuly 31 , 2023Preschool Summer Camp Zion, Session 3
Monday, Jul 31st (All day)
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Monday ,
AugAugust 21 , 2023Preschool Summer Camp Zion, Session 4
Monday, Aug 21st (All day)
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Friday ,
AugAugust 25 , 2023Ta’am Shel Shabbat/ Taste of Shabbat
Friday, Aug 25th 5:30p to 7:00p
A Shabbat service for Families of Young Children, ages 1-7, followed by a child friendly meal -
Monday ,
AugAugust 28 , 2023Preschool Closed
Monday, Aug 28th (All day)
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Monday ,
AugAugust 28 , 2023ECE Preschool Closed
Monday, Aug 28th (All day)
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Wednesday ,
AugAugust 30 , 2023ECE Preschool Orientation (Adults only)
Wednesday, Aug 30th 7:00p to 8:30p
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Monday ,
SepSeptember 4 , 2023ECE Preschool Closed
Monday, Sep 4th (All day)
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Tuesday ,
SepSeptember 5 , 2023First Day of ECE Preschool
Tuesday, Sep 5th (All day)
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Monday ,
SepSeptember 25 , 2023ECE Preschool Closed
Monday, Sep 25th (All day)
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Tuesday ,
OctOctober 17 , 2023Preschool Parent.Teacher Conferences
Tuesday, Oct 17th 3:30p to 6:00p
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Wednesday ,
OctOctober 18 , 2023Preschool Parent.Teacher Conferences
Wednesday, Oct 18th 3:30p to 6:00p
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Friday ,
OctOctober 27 , 2023Ta’am Shel Shabbat/ Taste of Shabbat
Friday, Oct 27th 5:30p to 7:00p
A Shabbat service for Families of Young Children, ages 1-7, followed by a child friendly meal -
Friday ,
NovNovember 10 , 2023Preschool Annual Family Shabbat and Dinner
Friday, Nov 10th 5:30p to 7:30p
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Wednesday ,
NovNovember 22 , 2023Preschool A Taste of Thanksgiving
Wednesday, Nov 22nd 10:30a to 11:30a
Families are encouraged to join us! -
Wednesday ,
NovNovember 22 , 2023ECE Preschool Early Closing
Wednesday, Nov 22nd 11:30a
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Thursday ,
NovNovember 23 , 2023ECE Preschool Closed
Thursday, Nov 23rd (All day)