Preschool
Kane Street Early Childhood and Family Life Center
Kane Street Kids
In September 2005, Kane Street Synagogue opened the first Conservative Jewish Early Childhood Center serving the Downtown Brooklyn area. The Kane Street Early Childhood and Family Center provides the highest level in Jewish childcare.
The Kane Street Early Childhood and Family Center provides a safe, stimulating and spiritually nourishing Jewish environment for the young children of Brooklyn and their families. We believe that young children benefit from nurturing traditions in an environment that fosters creative play. We offer a quality licensed early childhood program for children aged two through four.
More about our Philosophy and Curriculum
To reach Preschool Director Joyce Heller, please call 718-875-1550 x 2 or e-mail kids@kanestreet.org
Days and Hours
Kane Street Kids offers the following schedule options:
Two Days: Tuesday and Thursday
Three Days: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Five Days: Monday through Friday
Half Day Sessions: 9 AM – noon
Full Day: 9 AM – 4 PM
Extended Day: 8 AM – 6 PM
Please note:
During winter months there is early dismissal on Fridays. The preschool is not open on Jewish holidays. The director must be given advance notice of requests for early arrival hours.
Tuition and Fees for September 2010 – June 2011
2 Mornings: $5,480.00
3 Mornings: $7,980.00
5 Mornings: $10,730.00
2 Full Days: $7,760.00
3 Full Days: $10,130.00
5 Full Days: $14,900.00
2 Extended Days: $8,580.00
3 Extended Days: $12,500.00
5 Extended Days: $17,890.00
Tickets for occasional early arrival may be purchased in bulk.
Ten tickets: $10 a ticket
Twenty tickets: $9 a ticket
Forty tickets: $8 a ticket
Download Tuition Payment Schedule
To Apply
School tours begin in early October. We ask that applications for September admissions be in by the second week of January. Notifications of acceptance are mailed out by the first week of March. We are happy to consider applications after that point if there is space available. Priority is given to families who apply by January. Children applying to Kane Street Kids must be two by September 1st of their entering year.
Download a Kane Street Kids Application
About our Director
Joyce Heller has been Kane Street Kids’ Director since it started in 2005. She has overseen the program as it expanded from one class of two-year-olds to a full preschool program.
Joyce came to Kane Street with a solid background in early childhood education and almost eighteen years of experience in teaching. She taught for eight years at the Sephardic Community Center Early Childhood Program and served as education director at Annie G. Newsome Head Start in Manhattan. Prior to that she taught and tutored for eight years at the Writing Center of LaGuardia Community College in Queens. She has her Masters in education from Hunter College and meets all city and state requirements necessary to lead our preschool.
Kane Street Kids Committee
Gillian Kahtan (chair) kidsboard@kanestreet.org
Tracy Makow
Penny Owen
Mary Pender-Coplan
Susan Rifkin
Barbara S. Speregen