Info for Current Parents		Kent Community Nursery School 6 Bridge Street, PO Box 594, Kent, CT  06757   860-927-1294
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The Staff:
	"Tanta Sue" Vizzari has been a resident of Kent since April 2001, where she lives with her husband, Rick, and their cat and dog.  Sue has her AA in Early Childhood Education and has been teaching preschoolers since 1978 (in MA,OK, KS, CT).  She is our Director and Head Teacher and has been a part of the KCNS community since January of 2002.   In her spare time she enjoys gardening, swimming, baking, hiking, and taking long trips to KS to see old friends and family. "I love all the rooms here at KCNS.  It allows the children a larger variety of learning experiences as we move from class to class.  I enjoy the children’s enthusiasm and curiosity, and I'm honored to be entrusted with their care."
	Ms. Debra Van Keuren has been a resident of Warren, CT for the last 7 years where she lives with her husband, Chuck, a freelance artist, her 19 year- old-son, Ian, a freshman at Bennington College, and their five cats.  Debra worked as a family law paralegal for over 20 years and was an assistant teacher at Washington Montessori School for four years.  She also works part-time as the Assistant Librarian at the Warren Public Library. Her love of young children and their enthusiasm for life and learning keeps her happy and grateful to be teaching at KCNS.

The Families: The families at KCNS come primarily from the town of Kent, but also from surrounding communities.  Our school offers an open door policy to parents, which means parents are welcome to visit, to read books to the class, or work on special projects with the children.  Parent participation in administrative ways is also encouraged, from board involvement to substitute teaching, and help is always needed with fund-raising projects throughout the year.

Parent Participation: As the school is a non-profit organization firmly believing in the benefit derived from volunteer parental participation, parent support of the program is essential. Fund raising is necessary to keep tuition affordable.  Parents are expected to help with fund raising projects throughout the year. It is hoped that parents will volunteer services such as driving on field trips, collecting necessary equipment, making costumes, and doll clothes, etc.  Special projects, interests, hobbies, and skills are welcome.  Substitute teachers on a volunteer basis are needed – this is an excellent opportunity to explore your child's school day. In the fall, we offer spring-blooming bulbs for sale as an early fund-raiser, we do a very fun meet and greet Santa event called Pancakes with Santa early in December, and there is usually an enjoyable Ladies’ Night event early in February to round out the year. Because we truly only have a few fund-raisers throughout the course of the year, we always hope for the greatest level of parent participation at each event. For further economy, parents will be asked to contribute monthly to the school's snack pantry.  Teachers provide sign-up lists, which are posted each month.  KCNS is a nut-aware facility.

Serving the community since 1968