Daycares in silver spring md: Silver Spring, MD Daycare & Preschool

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Joanna Friedrich

My dog and I both love Healthy Hound Playground! Everyone who works there is wonderful and clearly loves dogs! My dog is a rescue from a rural kill shelter who had not had a lot of contact with people or other dogs. Everyone there is so kind, and their facilities are well-maintained and perfect for my dog’s socialization. Also, they walk your dog outside at regular intervals. I highly recommend Healthy Hound Playground.

Dan Marcey

Both me and my dog (Kacee) LOVE Healthy Hound Playground! I ask Kacee in the morning if she wants to go see her friends and she gets so excited! She is always happy to see the staff there and they are happy to see her too! She is even happier leaving then she is going in, and much more tried to boot! She has always been a little shy of meeting people on the street, but goes right up and loves the staff when she sees them. Healthy Hound Playground is not just a local business but a key part of my dogs happy life! Highly recommended!

Warren Hodavance

Our dog LOVES LOVES Healthy Hound. She practically jumps through the door from the second we get there so she can start playing with all her friends. I really like that the dogs get walked every few hrs so they can go take care of business outside and the staff is great across the board. We will never take our girl anywhere else. 

Kellie Barnaby

*I’m thanking my lucky stars today and need to do a few shoutouts!

We almost lost (our dog) last night. Only a few hours after landing in New Orleans for a work trip, I received a call from where we daycare/board the dogs. The guy on the other line said he thought Odin had bloat and he thinks he needs to rush him to our vet, Blue Ridge Veterinary Associates

(about an hour away). I told him to GO immediately and I called the vet where they would be ready and waiting. Shane was 2 hours from  the vet as he was traveling home from Michigan. Once he got there it was confirmed Odin had gone into bloat and his stomach had twisted and he was back for emergency life-saving surgery. Alex from Healthy Hound Playground and Grooming Salon & Spa was still in the waiting room when Shane got there (hours later). If Alex hadn’t been paying attention to Odin’s symptoms and signs of distress, he wouldn’t have made it another few hours… bloat is no joke and timing is not on your side. I always hate when we have to leave the boys, but Odin was exactly where he needed to be and I can’t thank Alex at Healthy Hound and the amazing Blue Ridge staff enough!! I highly recommend Healthy Hound and Blue Ridge more than ever!!! They all helped to save the big man’s life and I’ll forever be thankful. 

Meredith Murray

*My rescue pup practically knocks down the front door at HHP trying to get in, and when I pick her up, she is happy to see me but immediately turns around and tries to go back into the enormous play area to continuing having fun. I love that the folks I speak with at HHP know, love and enjoy my dog, AND can give me information on how well she behaved while she was there. The “Party Inside, Potty Outside” philosophy at HHP is hugely beneficial for dogs like ours who lived for a long time in a shelter situation and were not properly potty trained. Our dog was still not housebroken at 7 months old when we adopted her and training her to potty outside was a very challenging process. Based on my experiences with my other dogs at different facilities, I am certain that a week long stay somewhere without the same commitment to taking the dogs outside would have caused her to backslide. (Not a fun way to “celebrate” coming home after vacation!) The diligence of the HHP staff in taking the dogs outside ensured Lark kept her hard-earned “house manners”. 

Mikala McCarthy

*After 14yrs with another kennel we tried HHP. I was a little nervous but as soon as we walked in I knew my pups were in good hands! It is a very friendly clean environment and the staff were very understanding and gave me a personal full report when we picked them up. I really appreciated the fact that they took beds, toys, and leashes. At pick up they returned everything just as it was. It is the first time we have picked up our dogs and they weren’t over excited to leave! I’m considering doing doggy day camp now!  

Michelle Market

My mini-goldendoodle Teddy has been going to Healthy Hound anywhere from 1-3 times per week since he was 6 months old. As soon as we turn down the street he starts barking and howling. Teddy is now 19 months old and loves his doggy daycare. He is excited when he walks in and he is exhausted when he leaves. We have used the playground for boarding as well and it has been a great experience. The staff and owners are friendly and always greet Teddy and I as we come in. As a first time dog owner I never imagined sending a dog to daycare, now I can’t imagine not doing that. It has become the highlight of his week. As soon as I tell him he is going to the playground he will follow me around the house, wagging his tail, until it is time to leave. Many times he will just sit in the car waiting for me!!! 

Michelle A.

I discovered Healthy Hound last spring. I was in desperate need for a daycare that would welcome my nervous basenji. They welcomed gizmo with open arms and made sure him and all the other dogs got along. I wouldn’t trust my dogs with any other daycare in the Nova area. They are reasonably priced and I love that someone is there 24-7.

Andrea K

This is such a wonderful facility!! My Cinnamon absolutely LOVES coming here to spend the day playing with her canine friends!! (She loves the human ones, there, too!) She’s now a regular bi-weekly visitor, and is even starting to understand when I tell her “we’re going to Healthy Hound today” and starts wagging her tail!!

Brandon and his team are just terrific, and I know Cinnamon is in very good hands. After a day of playing, she comes home exhausted, healthy and happy — JUST the way I want her to be!!! I absolutely would highly recommend Healthy Hound Playground to other canine parents!!

In a Maryland Urban Suburb, Families Find Affordable Child Care Elusive

When Nina Perez and her husband, both 35, couldn’t find acceptable, affordable child care for their two-year-old daughter, they convinced her retired parents to move from Miami to Silver Spring, Maryland (in the Urban Suburb of Montgomery County), where the younger couple have lived for 10 years.

“I’ve been a child-care advocate for a long time,” said Perez, who works as the national campaign director at MomsRising Together & MomsRising Education Fund. “I knew how hard it was to afford child care, knew how hard it could be. The reality is the research does not prepare you for what you end up finding.”

They were aiming to spend between 7% and 13% of their household income on child care and couldn’t find an acceptable option to suit their needs.

A Proposed 7% Threshold

Under President Biden’s American Families Plan, introduced in April 2021, low- and middle-income families would pay no more than 7% of their annual income for “high quality child care” for children under 5.

“Families are currently paying as much as five times this amount,” said Erin Robinson, Campaign Manager, Early Childhood Policy at the Center for American Progress. “Right now, due to a lack of public investment in child care and the underlying financial challenges facing the industry, only 1 in 7 children who are eligible for child-care subsidies in the U. S. are receiving them.”

Making Hard Choices

The Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating for young families, defined here as families that include children ages 6 or younger.

“The child-care picture has changed, with more than four of every five centers experiencing staffing shortages and more than one in three saying they are considering leaving or shutting down this year, according to a recent NAEYC survey, so the struggles families were facing before the pandemic have now intensified,” said ZERO TO THREE Chief Policy Officer Dr. Myra Jones-Taylor.

The average weekly price of child-care centers listed on Care.com as the top nine in Silver Spring was $272. As of the 2019 U.S. Census, the median household income in Silver Spring was just under $84,000. This means the average cost of child care in Silver Spring, Maryland, is roughly 16%, more than double the intended 7% of the American Families Plan.

Despite her employer paying FMLA costs and having flexibility, Perez said it still made more sense to move her parents, Cuban immigrants who live on a fixed income, to Montgomery County, Maryland, where the cost of living is higher. “We’re asking them to pay more, there were disadvantages. It comes at a sacrifice to them. But with all the messiness it still made more sense than getting outside child care.”

Indeed, many young families have found themselves depending on help from grandparents to offset the cost of child care. This has been especially true during the pandemic for parents of young children who have been working from home, struggling to manage their jobs, their children, and their households.

Mr. and Mrs. C — he is a government appointee who spoke on condition of anonymity — learned they were pregnant with their first child, now nine months, the day after lockdowns started.

Mrs. C’s mother came to stay with them for two months when the baby was born. They hired a part-time nanny from February to April, then stayed with family out of state for two months while working remotely. They are currently spending slightly more than 10% of their household income for a thrice-weekly, full-day nanny. Both are expected to return to work full time in September, which will mean undertaking even more child-care expense.

“It would be great if the government was more lax about telework,” Mr. C said. “I’m hoping the executive branch will become more family-friendly.”

Mr. and Mrs. C are both first-generation Americans with families from India. An uncle in India died of Covid — they suspect he was infected in the hospital where he’d been admitted for another health matter. “Our families weren’t as affected as others — our families are very much middle class so they have the resources to get what they need.”

DCPS teacher Brian Hakans and his wife, an NGO supervisor, have relied heavily on her mother to help them care for their 20-month-old daughter. Still, daycare or preschool is not far off.

“I’ve started looking at the prices and I see how crazy it is,” Hakans said. “As a teacher, I think universal preschool is a social responsibility that the state should be taking care of same as any public school. I’d be for universal government daycare as well.”

Part of the reason Nina Perez’s parents are now on a fixed income is because her mother wasn’t able to afford child care so she ended up leaving the workforce. “It’s not just about one or the other,” Perez said. “None of these things should be barriers.”

The American Families Plan calls for “a national partnership with states to offer free, high-quality, accessible, and inclusive preschool to all three- and four-year-olds, benefitting five million children and saving the average family $13,000, when fully implemented.”

“Families with young children are currently making hard choices between the needs of their children and their family’s economic security,” said Robinson. “Congress has the opportunity to create sustained investments to build a system that supports family choice for the child care that they need, while also lowering the financial cost burden for all families, and paying early educators wages which allow them to stay in the field they love and still provide for their own families. ”

In regard to Robinson’s point on early educators’ wages, the American Families Plan states: “All employees in participating pre-K programs and Head Start will earn at least $15 per hour, and those with comparable qualifications will receive compensation commensurate with that of kindergarten teachers.”

Trying to Meet Varied Needs

Akaynia Dixon, a retired U.S. Navy veteran, gave birth to her youngest son less than a month before Covid restrictions were implemented.

Dixon, a single mother who also has two teenage children, including one who has special needs and attends private school, has not been able to find an affordable daycare option in Silver Spring that accords with her child-led parenting philosophy. She has started looking in Virginia, which would require more than an hour of commuting each day.

A major issue with child care is not just having choices but having meaningful choices. “On paper, there are going to be tons of choices,” Perez said, “but if what you can afford doesn’t meet your child’s needs, that’s not an option. ”

For her family, who speak Spanish at home, a program with a Spanish language program was necessary. For many Black parents, having representative providers is essential.

“I’ve had people say, ‘Well, why have kids? I should be able to have a child in this country without worrying that we’re going to go into debt,’” Perez said.

Holly Leber Simmons is the founder and principal of Red Pen Editorial Services, and is a former newspaper reporter. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her husband and daughter. 

Postal code 66603 Social characteristics

Postal code 66603 Households

• Total households:

  710

• Family size:

  1.8

• Population in households:

  1.281

• There are 710 people living in 1,281 households with zip code 66603, which is an average household size of 1. 8 people.

Postal code 66603 Household by type

• Household by type Household by type Female householder: 234 Male householder: 357 Cohabiting couples Household: 26 Married couple Family: 93

• married couple:		0
  Co-founding couples household:	26
  DODOMENTER:	357
  Female householder:	234

• The 710 households with zip code 66603 consist of 93 married couples, 26 cohabiting couples, 357 men and 234 women. Most households have a male householder.

Postal code 66603 Relationship with householder

Relationship with householder Relationship with householder0047 Non-relatives 140

• Households in zip code 66603 have 76 spouses, 25 unmarried partners, 317 children, 13 other relatives, and 140 non-relatives. The most common relationship between tenants and homeowners is children.

Postal code 66603 Marital status

Marital statusMarital status375300225150750Never married – Female: 201married – Female: 82Separated – Female: 0Widowed – Female: 10Divorced – Female: 114 -Never married -Male:354 -divided – male: 12 Vdova – Male: 38V divorce – Male: 79Muzhmuzhskoymuzhskoyezhozhzhensky 🙎 🏠 💔 💔 💔

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Zip Code 66603 Veteran Status

• Total veterans:

  81

• Veterans ratio:

  9.1%

Zip Code 66603 Disability Status

Total Population with Disabilities: 408

• There are 408 people with disabilities living in Zip Code 66603. Most people with disabilities are between 18 and 64 years of age.

Zip Code 66603 Residence 1 year ago

Zip Code 66603 Residence 1 year ago Population 1 year ago: 1,294Population 1 year ago1,294Same House: 1,151Same House1,151Different House: 143Different House143Same County: 85Same County85Different County: 58 Border0Same State: 33Same State33Different State: 25Different State25Postal Code 66603 Residence 1 Year Ago Population 1 Year Ago: 1,294Population 1 Year Ago1,294Same House: 1,151Same House1,151Other House: 143Different House143Abroad: 0Abroad0Different District: 58Different District58Same County: 85 same county85Same state: 33Same state33Different state:25Different state25

• A year ago, 1,294 people lived in zip code 66603, of which 88.9% live in the same house, and 143 people moved to another house in the United States. Of all the people who moved to the US, 85 moved to the same county, 58 moved to another county, and 0 moved overseas. Of all the people who moved to another county in the US, 33 moved to the same state, 25 moved to another state.

Postcode 66603 Place of birth

• Postcode 66603 97.3% of residents were born, 2.7% are foreigners.

Zip Code 66603 US Citizenship Status

• US Citizenship Status US Citizenship Status Stateless Population: 14 Population with US Citizenship: 1,280

• In zip code 66603, 99% of people are US citizens, 1% are not.

Postcode 66603 Year of entry

• Population born outside the US:

  35

• Indigenous:

  0

• Foreign born population:

  35

• Of all people born outside the US with zip code 66603, most US citizens entered the US in 2010 or later, and most of the foreign-born population entered in 2010 or later.

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/ Kindergarten No. 113 Lipetsk

Municipal Budget

Preschool Educational Institution No. 113

City of Lipetsk 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 BODICE: 398059, g. Lipetsk, Nedelina street, 47
Phone: 77-47-21, 77-56-23
E-mail: [email protected]
Head: LELOKITINA Natalya Valerievna

Date of the creation of a preschool institution: I building – 1979

II building – 1984 Form of training – full -time
9000 9 years – 5 years 9000

Opening hours of the institution – from 6.30 to 18.30
Every day, except weekends and holidays.

Passenger transport routes: №№ 353, 343, 342, 332, 317, 321, 302, 308, 40, 17, 8
Monument to Pushkin stop

Voting started on a single online platform “Formation of a comfortable urban environment” (https://48. gorodsreda.ru/).

Until May 30, residents of Lipa are offered to decide which territories need to be put in order first. The selected objects will be transformed next year thanks to the federal project “Formation of a comfortable urban environment” of the national project “Housing and urban environment”.

Lipetsk presented 21 spaces for rating voting. You can only vote for one object.

2. Select the region “Lipetsk region”
3. Click on the “Participate” button and log in through the public services portal
4. Select “city of Lipetsk”
5. Select the territory you like and click on “Thumbs up”.

November 3, 2022

National Unity Day

National Unity Day was established in memory of the events of 1612, when people’s militia led by Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky liberated Moscow from the invaders. Historically, this holiday is associated with the end of the Time of Troubles in Russia in the 17th century. So we and our pupils did not stand aside. We talked about how many different nationalities live in Russia and our strength is only in unity. By joint creativity we consolidated our knowledge and expressed all our most patriotic feelings.

November 1, 2022

“Gifts of Autumn”

We thank all the parents and children who together made wonderful autumn crafts that greatly decorated our groups and created a real autumn mood!

November 1, 2022

The road through the eyes of children

Congratulations to Chernyshova Irina Anatolyevna and Yulbaeva Natalya Sergeevna with prizes in the city campaign “The road through the eyes of children!”

October 28, 2022

Staffing needs of the region

October 27, 2022

Health Day

Health Day was held in our kindergarten. The guys took part in the quest game “In Search of the Lost Map”.

They found parts of the map and put it all together so that Dr. Aibolit could get to the sick animals and help them.

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Announcements

June 3, 2022
Registering a child for kindergarten

Dear parents!

For registration of a child in kindergarten

from 06/01/2022 to 15.07.2022 (45 days)

you need to bring the following documents and their copies:

1. Passports of parents (legal representatives) and their copies
2. Child’s birth certificate and its copy
3. Certificate of registration of the child at the place of residence or at the place of stay in the assigned territory or a document containing information about the registration of the child at the place of residence or at the place of stay and a copy thereof.

A medical card must be issued and submitted to the kindergarten a few days before the child starts visiting the group (there must be permission from the head of the clinic to visit the kindergarten).

If you have not arrived by July 15, 2022,

your referral will be canceled

June 3, 2022
Assembly

Attention!!!

Meetings for parents whose children enter kindergarten in 2022 will be held:

June 28, 2022 (for parents whose children are enrolled in the first junior group No. 1) at 17.30 in the music hall of the 1st building

June 30, 2022 (for parents whose children are enrolled in the first junior group No. 2) at 17.30 in the music building of the 2nd building

Parents whose children are enrolled in other groups can come on June 28 or 30 at 17.30

June 1, 2021
Registering a child for kindergarten

Dear parents!

For registration of a child in kindergarten

in the period from 01.