Child and Parent Development Center
THE RIGHT START
Our mission is to offer a high quality neighborhood preschool that works collaboratively with parents and our University community to ensure every preschooler learns and grows in a nurturing and fun environment, setting the foundation for a lifelong love of education and success in school and life.
Our primary goals include teaching children to:
- Grow in understanding and appreciation of their friends
- Learn to listen and follow directions
- Enjoy creative expression through music, art, and other activities
- Have positive multicultural experiences and learn to embrace diverse backgrounds and abilities
- Develop gross motor skills along with body and space awareness
- Think and make choices for individual and small group activities
- Feel confident, secure, and loved in the school setting
- Establish healthy eating and handwashing habits
- Develop a lifelong love for learning and exploration
CPDC (Child and Parent Development Center) is the university’s laboratory school and part of the School of Education on the campus of Mississippi University for Women. The MUW campus has provided high quality early childhood education services since 1929.
- Licensed by the Mississippi Department of Health
- Working towards National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) National Accreditation (Tentative 2022)
- Special Needs Preschool and Toddler Credentials from USM’s Mississippi Early Childhood Inclusion Center
- We follow Mississippi Department of Education State Early Learning Guidelines and Standards
- We follow MDE/USDA’s Food Program for Nutritious and Health Meals
- We accept Mississippi Child Care Certificates for Payment
- Benefited Teachers/Early Childhood Professionals with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in every classroom
