Children's Center at Burke Gilman Gardens

What We Do

The Children’s Center at Burke Gilman Gardens is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. It opened in March of 1998.

School visits are by appointment only.  Please call or email the school office to be a part of our next school tour for prospective parents.

The Children’s Center enrolls children from Toddlers (18 months) through Pre-Kindergarten (six years).

Guiding Principles

The Children’s Center program:

• is supportive and encouraging and focuses on the needs of the children and their families;
  
• is creative, innovative, and flexible;
  
• improves the quality of life for children and their families;
  
• results in positive self-esteem for children, teachers, volunteers, and all participants;
  
• enriches each individual physically, mentally, spiritually, and socially;
  
• requires the understanding and respect of other communities, cultures, and generations in order to participate and thrive in our diverse community and global society;
  
• promotes the transfer of knowledge, experience, and values from culture to culture, generation to generation;creates a home-like, family environment;
  
• fosters unconditional love.