Parents can sometimes be surprised when we announce parent-teacher conferences. Some think it is only for elementary school children, others are surprised we hold them for infants and preschool alike. As a teacher, conferences were one of my favorite times of the...
Imagine you are almost four years old and fire trucks are your life. You love them. Your whole life is your family, your friends, and your school. Six months ago, you started at a new school called Celebree of Franklin Cool Springs. You have spent the last six months...
As both a school owner and a mom, nutrition is something I think about often. I also get asked a lot about why my school doesn’t provide lunches. When we opened Celebree School of Franklin–Cool Springs, one of the decisions I made early on was that families would...
We’ve all heard a variation of the idiom “When the cat’s away the mice will play.” And we have experienced a time when you could feel the energy at work shift because the boss was out of town. However, in the childcare industry, you can’t relax when the boss is away;...
As we continue to grow in our community, we’re grateful for the thoughtful questions families ask during tours… some of them even inspire these posts. Lately, we’ve had several conversations about socialization: When is the right time to start? How does our curriculum...
As we waited for our school to open, like kids the week before Christmas, our admin team would walk the length of our hallway. We’d look at the classrooms, talk with our soon-to-be founding teachers, and imagine all the things our school would one day be. As we...
