The Child Development Center

The Child Development Center along with the campus of Jacksonville State University will be closed for Labor Day. Enjoy your long weekend friends!

"Go Gold, Be Bold - Fight for Childhood Cancer Awareness!"

Our littles are encouraged to wear gold in solidarity for Childhood Cancer.

Cheer on our Jax State Gamecocks at their home opener! We will be celebrating "BAND DAY" and "FAMILY DAY" on campus....the football game is at 11am! See you there!

"BE SEEN AT JAX STATE" by wearing your reflective or neon colors for Pedestrian Safety Day! Our friends at UPD will be hosting events on main campus as well as visiting our littles this day.

It's Homecoming Week at Jax State!! Here at the Child Development Center, we celebrate with themed dress up days and special activities. For more information, check out the Homecoming section below!

Homecoming at Jax State! The Child Development Center will be participating in the parade that morning and then families are invited to attend the football game later that evening (6pm).

It's time for our annual fall field trip to the pumpkin patch! Join the Child Development Center for an outing to Bennett Farms. (Admission for all PreK students is free)

Our little at the Child Development Center are encouraged to wear their best reflective or neon colored clothing as we join with main campus to "Be Like COCKY - Be SEEN at Jax State!"

Partnering with the University Police Department, our littles will learn safety when crossing the street or walking on the sidewalk.

You guys know we love some good dress up days here at the Child Development Center! Join us as we get in the Homecoming Spirit ALL this week with the following dress up days:

Monday - "Hats Off To Jax State" (Hat Day)

Tuesday - "Don't Sleep On Jax State" (Pajama Day)

Wednesday - "Wacky Wednesday" (Wacky/Tacky Day)

Thursday - "Throwback Thursday" (Decade Day)

Friday - "#1 Fan Friday!" (School Spirit Colors)

We would also like to invite our families to the Homecoming Carnival on the TMB Lawn Thursday night at 5pm 🎪

The littles of the Child Development Center will be participating in the Homecoming Parade on Saturday. More information to follow!

Vote for your “king” and “queen” by donating to the Child Development Center Foundation Fund!

Event Overview:

· Pre-K students will be eligible for Homecoming King or Queen.

· Younger classes will be eligible for Prince and Princess

· Homecoming Court will ride in the Homecoming Parade, following the CDC float.

· This is a fundraiser for the CDC.

· The participants who raise the most money through sponsorships (family, friends, or corporate) will be crowned the First Reigning CDC Homecoming King or Queen.

Credit Card Payment may be made online via the QR Code. All cash/check payments may be made at the Child Development Center.

Voting ends on Sept 9th at NOON

Everyone is invited to join our littles for a fun filled day at the Pumpkin Patch! Admission is $10 per person (ages 2 and up) with our PreK classes being paid for by the State.

Please reach out to your child's teacher with any questions.

🤟The Child Development Center is excited to report that Mr. Alex is back as a student worker in our center again this year! Our littles welcomed him back with big hugs and were so excited to jump back onto learning American Sign Language.

In case you've noticed the big trucks outside our POD, our tiny playground is getting a MAJOR upgrade! Thanks to the hard work of Dr. Christi Trucks, we are getting new playground equipment as well as a proper playground surface. We are so excited!

Thank you Dr. Trucks!

The Administration of the Child Development Center would like to say an extra special THANK YOU to CDC Parents (and Jax State Faculty) Jenna and Tray Ridlen. They graciously donated TWO adult/pediatric sized LifeVacs for our PODs. We could not be more grateful!

If you are interested in learning more about LifeVac products, visit www.lifevac.net

We are excited to welcome Mrs. Selina Culver as the new lead for our one-year-old class. She brings with her almost 7 years' experience with this age group.

While we hate to see her go, Mrs. Autumn has moved into a position with our PreK here at the Child Development Center.

Congratulations to BOTH Mrs. Selina and Mrs. Autumn

A familiar face to the Child Development Center, Mrs. Autumn Smith has taken over as the Auxiliary Teacher in our PreK 2 Classroom. We are so excited to welcome her in this new role!

The Child Development Center is still collecting donations for our Emergency Stockpile. If you would like to donate canned food items (than can be eaten cold) please drop them off in POD 3.