Center for Early Education Lab School
Welcome
Your Child Is Our Focus! The Center for Early Education provides children with developmentally appropriate curricula in a caring and safe environment. Our dedicated, professional staff members are committed to giving each child individual attention and respect, while creating a fun and healthy learning environment that cultivates academic readiness and social/emotional development.
Housed in a state-of-the-art center with access to science labs, art galleries, libraries, recreational facilities, and a planetarium, the Center for Early Education (CEE) Lab School is a premier learning community designed to engage and inspire young children three to five years of age. We provide innovative play-based classroom experiences to equip young learners in social- emotional development and academic enrichment. From expressive arts programs to year-round STEAM explorations and language study, the CEE Lab School is an amazing program where your child can learn and grow.
Our Philosophy: Each experience in the life of a child is seen as an opportunity to learn new concepts and to gain new skills and ideas. Through play, active participation, decision-making, and exploration in learning centers, young children:
- Enhance their self-concept
- Increase their awareness of the world around them
- Develop a love of learning
- Build skills for positive and healthy interactions with peers and adults
- Gain foundational skills in literacy and mathematics needed for kindergarten readiness
- Learn to care for and respect materials and property
As a Lab School, we support the MC School of Education as a model of best practice in child development for student teachers and faculty.
Enrollment is open to Montgomery College students, faculty, and staff, as well as the general public. We provide several early education tuition scholarships for MC students each year.
The CEE Lab School program is:
- licensed by the Maryland State Department of Education
- accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children
- a participant in Maryland Excels
- a member of the International Association of Lab Schools.
Registration Information
Spaces are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. To schedule a tour and for more information, please fill out the form on this page and a staff member will contact you soon. You can also call us at 240-567-2041.
Before registration is finalized, a tour of the center must be completed. A registration and billing agreement (located at the center) must be signed by the parent and Center representative and an enrollment registration fee paid before enrollment is guaranteed.
All registration forms need to be completed and submitted before the child’s first day.
- ELC Release Form (PDF,
) - Emergency Form (PDF, )
- Health Insurance Information Form (PDF, )
- Health Inventory (PDF, )
- MD Immunization Certification Form (PDF, )
- Medication Administration Authorization (PDF, )
- MD Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Immunization Certificate (PDF, )
- MD Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Lead Testing Certificate (PDF, )
Financial Information
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