TCDSB Best Start Sites Introducing Blessed John XXIII - Red Apple Day Care (Overlea) St. Jerome - YMCA Agency #3 647-438-6375 416-429-6662 St. Joachim - Hilltop Daycare Centre Inc. Blessed Trinity - Little Prints 416-730-8142 416-261-1922
Childspace III (St. Patrick) 416-730-8142 St. Joseph – YMCA 647-439-9905
D’Arcy McGee - St. Bernadette's Family Resource Centre 416-397-6300 St. Jude - Perth Academy for Early Learning 416-743-0140 Best Start Epiphany of Our Lord - Hilltop Child Care Centre Inc. 416-493-3008 St. Marcellus - Perth Academy for Early Learning 416-248-1803 Holy Family - Child Development Institute (Earlscourt Creche) 416-915-5389 St. Mark - Parklawn Preschool Inc.--Humberbay Child Care 416-259-9335 in Toronto Holy Spirit - YMCA Agency #3 416-913-0911/0958 St. Martin de Porres - East Scarborough Boys & Girls Club Inc. Immaculate Conception - The Learning Enrichment Foundation 416-282-9998 416-247-0537 St. Nicholas - Network Child Care Services Monsignor John Corrigan - Braeburn Neighbourhood Place Inc. 416-439-6789 Catholic 416-745-3113 St. Paschal Baylon - Pleasant Child Care of North York Inc. Plains Road (Canadian Martyrs) 416-421-2273 647-430-7074
St. Aidan - Network Child Care Services 416-530-0280 St. Paul - East York East Toronto Family Resource Program 416-364-6385 Schools St. Andrew - The Learning Enrichment Foundation 416-742-8253 St. Philip Neri - Perth Academy for Early Learning 416-245-8260 St. Angela - The Learning Enrichment Foundation 416-741-7865 St. Raphael - Perth Academy for Early Learning 416-633-6009 St. Augustine - YMCA Agency #3 647-438-6373 St. Roch - The Learning Enrichment Foundation St. Boniface - Hilltop Daycare Centre Inc. 416-744-7785 416-261-9092 St. Rose of Lima - YMCA Agency #3 647-439-0016 St. Dorothy - The Learning Enrichment Foundation 416-745-9892 St. Sylvester - Family Day Care Services 416-201-0023 St. Fidelis - Perth Academy for Early Learning 416-245-2446
St. Francis de Sales - YMCA Agency #3 647-438-6372 For information about other child care services in TCDSB schools, please call 416-222-8282, extension 2687 or 2688 or St. Francis Xavier - Child Development Institute--Earlscourt Creche visit our website at www.tcdsb.org (see “Services). 416-915-5376
St. Gabriel Lalemant - Network Child Care Services 415-754-2555
St. Gerard Majella - Perth Academy for Early Learning 416-245-6756
St. Henry - Kreative Kids 647-438-9411
St. Isaac Jogues - Hilltop Child Care Centre Inc. Kevin Kobus Oliver Carroll 416-449-0101 Director of Education Chair of the Board
How the Best Start strategy works
High quality early learning and care environments: combining learning expectations, activities and routines from existing kindergarten, child care and family support programs.
Early years staff teams: including teachers, early childhood educators, family support practitioners and teaching assistants, working together toward common goals.
Governance: supporting What is Best Start? community/neighbourhood planning, service integration and local decision-making Program Information The provincial Best Start strategy was first announced in November 2005. It is a 10-year Partnership agreements: identifying roles and For information about program hours and fees, plan designed to give Ontario’s children the best how partners make decisions please call the centres directly. start in life. It will help them achieve success in school by providing a comprehensive system of Inclusive access: creatively designing programs services that supports children aged 0-6 years to meet the needs of all children and families Subsidies and their families by strengthening: Parent participation: involving parents in their Early learning and child care services Are you eligible for assistance with your child children’s early learning and development, by Healthy development during a child’s care costs? You might be surprised. For more taking part in programs, planning and decision- first years information about fee subsidy, contact Toronto making Children’s Services at 416-392-KIDS (5347) or Toronto’s Best Start strategy follows this www.toronto.ca/children. Continuum of supports: responding to the provincial direction. It is designed to meet the Use the new fee calculator to determine how changing needs of all families and children, early learning and care needs of the city’s young much you will pay for child care: making efficient use of resources. children by bringing the existing patchwork of www.toronto.ca/children/fee_calculator.html services together into a system that works for Toronto’s families. Need more information?
Why Best Start? TCDSB Best Start Information: www.tcdsb.org/Best%20Start/BestStart.htm The long-term Best Start strategy will help provide a wide range of services that are City of Toronto Best Start Network: conveniently located and easier for families to www.toronto.ca/children/bs_network.htm use.