Wonders Mission Statement
To create and advance high quality, diverse educational communities that teach children the foundations of life-long learning and social responsibility.
Summer Camp 2013
Summer at Wonders is a time for adventure and exploration. Summer Camp 2013 is filled with a kaleidoscope of classes – an offering of our “best of's” from our previous summers in addition to new, in-depth exploration classes throughout the week and exciting new field trips in Rock Creek Park and around town.
Take a look at what we have to offer HERE, and then submit your Summer Camp Application - to reserve your spot TODAY.
For Summer Camp 2013 tuition rates, click here.
Wonders and Bright Horizons
We are happy to announce that Edgemoor Children’s Center and Leland Children’s Center have been accepted into the Bright Horizon’s Back Up Care Advantage Program. This employer sponsored benefit is designed to provide high quality care on a drop in basis to families whose primary care services are not available. The National Institutes of Health have extended this benefit to their employees and Wonders has been asked by Bright Horizons to be a part of the network. Welcome NIH employees!
News
The Wonders Board is delighted to announce the adoption of a three-year Strategic Plan for Wonders, which articulates a refined mission and vision for the organization, and sets a road map for the Board's work over the next several years.
Wonders' mission is to create and advance high quality, diverse educational communities that teach children the foundations of life-long learning and social responsibility.
We look forward to the work ahead!
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Leland Children's Center has both part-time and full-time spaces available in our 3 year old classroom and in our Pre-K room for the 2013-2014 school year. For more information visit http://bit.ly/13JDq23.
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Teacher Spotlight
Gerald Bolden
Gerald Bolden (pictured left), our Summer Camp 2013 leader, is our Program Director at Chevy Chase Elementary. Gerald has been a part of the Wonders family since 1998, and after a brief hiatus in 2003, he returned to Wonders and has been leading the Chevy Chase Extended Day since 2005.
Gerald leads by example and knows what is fun for kids. Most afternoons you can find him playing a ballgame on the playground, discussing the latest children's movie, or debating the plot line of a superhero comic book. While Gerald clearly gets kids, he also values his connections to their parents and the broader school community.
In addition to this role as Program Director, Gerald has been a Summer Camp coordinator since 2008 and is very excited to be leading this year's camp at our new site, the Edmund Burke School in NW, DC starting June 17, 2013.
Gerald and some of our other veteran leaders; Ebony Ellis, our Program Director at Somerset, John Martinez, our Assistant Director at Horace Mann, and Tasha Keifer group leader from our JAS Center all got a jump on summer when they attended this year's Tri-State Camp Conference in New Jersey. Here they are before they hit the road!.
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Teacher Spotlight
Gerald Bolden
Gerald Bolden (pictured left), our Summer Camp 2013 leader, is our Program Director at Chevy Chase Elementary. Gerald has been a part of the Wonders family since 1998, and after a brief hiatus in 2003, he returned to Wonders and has been leading the Chevy Chase Extended Day since 2005.
Gerald leads by example and knows what is fun for kids. Most afternoons you can find him playing a ballgame on the playground, discussing the latest children's movie, or debating the plot line of a superhero comic book. While Gerald clearly gets kids, he also values his connections to their parents and the broader school community.
In addition to this role as Program Director, Gerald has been a Summer Camp coordinator since 2008 and is very excited to be leading this year's camp at our new site, the Edmund Burke School in NW, DC starting June 17, 2013.
Gerald and some of our other veteran leaders; Ebony Ellis, our Program Director at Somerset, John Martinez, our Assistant Director at Horace Mann, and Tasha Keifer group leader from our JAS Center all got a jump on summer when they attended this year's Tri-State Camp Conference in New Jersey. Here they are before they hit the road!.
