CCDC Kicks Off the WOYC at GOAEYC Conference

On Saturday, April 2, 2022, CCDC was among five early childhood program featured on the Annual Wheels on the Bus Tour sponsored by GoAEYC, an affiliate of the National Association for the Education.

Our own, Melissa DeLosSantos, Curriculum Coordinator, provided a virtual ride through our NAEYC accredited center, highlighting best practice in outdoor and indoor curriculum, with learning activities that encourage risk taking, experimenting, and persistence in problem solving. This educational approach is often referred to as STEAM, using Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics to guide young learners.

Kudos to our preschool teachers, Nicole Politis and Dariana Ramirez, who served as guest panelists at the virtual conference. Job well done!

Dariana Ramirez, Melissa DeLosSantos, and Nicole Politis, are featured Panelists presenting at GOAEYC.

CCDC Proud Sponsor of Lincolnwood Turkey Trot

It was great fun cheering on our CCDC friends and alumni at the Lincolnwood Turkey Trot! CCDC is proud to be community sponsor for this annual family event kicking off the Thanksgiving holiday! Happy Thanksgiving to all !🍁

Go TEAM USA! 🏅 Go Jewell Loyd!

LIncolnwood’s own and CCDC alumni, Jewell Lloyd will play for the GOLD MEDAL on TEAM USA WOMEN’s BASKETBALL!

Name: Jewell Loyd

Position: Guard

Sport: Basketball

Event(s): Women's 5x5

Height: 5'11''

DOB: 10/5/1993

Hometown: Lincolnwood, Ill.

High School: Niles West High School (Skokie, Ill.)

College: University of Notre Dame '15

Team/Club: Seattle Storm

Coach(es): Noelle Quinn

Olympic Experience

One-time Olympian (2020)

Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Personal: Born in Lincolnwood, Illinois...Daughter of Gwendolyn Davis-Loyd and Calvin Loyd…Has one older brother, Jarryd, who played basketball at Valparaiso University and professionally overseas…Two-time WNBA Champion (2018, 2020), two-time WNBA All-Star selection (2018, 2019) and was named the WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2015... Has dyslexia and is dedicated to improving the lives of kids with learning disabilities. Partnered with nationally recognized organizations, The Dyslexic Advantage and Eye to Eye, to support the delivery of mentoring and other resources and promote full inclusion for people with learning disabilities…Nicknamed Gold Mamba by Kobe Bryant.

CCDC Center-Wide Project: Hearts for Haiti

Working together, the children put their math skills to work.

Sharing is caring is a lesson we teach every day at CCDC. So when we invited our families to bring essential items to prepare Health Care Packets for our school nurse, Sue Walsh, to bring to Haiti, they responded! Our center-wide project, Hearts for Haiti, provided dozens of boxes of bandaids and toothpaste for our preschoolers to sort, count and tally. Working in pairs, the children sorted all the different items by size, brand, and color. They patiently counted the items, counting out sets of five and ten, then tallied each set with bright stickers on the graph sheet. Making math meaningful was great fun and all for a good cause! Thank you to our wonderful families for their generosity making this powerful learning experience happen!