Our Mission

The School for Young Children on Asylum Hill is a socially and economically integrated school serving urban and suburban children from birth through age 5. The family-centered School provides full-day, full-year programming and seamlessly integrates its state-of-the-art early childhood educational program, designed specifically to meet the needs of young children and provide support resources for parents.

Our Goals

• To serve families and children who reflect the cultural, racial, linguistic and socioeconomic diversity of our community
• To respond to a rising demand for quality early care and education in Connecticut
• To enroll children who have a broad range of learning abilities, needs and styles, and to meet these needs in a seamless, integrated manner that reflects best practices in early childhood education
• To strengthen the Asylum Hill neighborhood by enhancing the educational opportunities and services available to the children and families living there

Our Vision

• The School for Young Children on Asylum Hill is a model for socio-economically integrated education and for effective approaches to closing the “achievement gap.”
• The School for Young Children on Asylum Hill is a center where teachers model the best practices of early childhood education and internalize the importance and power of a positive and strong relationship with each child and family.
• The School is used as a learning laboratory for an active education research program that offers professional development resources for future teachers and enrichment resources for practicing teachers in the Capitol Region.