Jubilee Jumpstart

Jubilee JumpStart is located within a low-income, urban housing project in Adams Morgan where most of its families live.  Children from 75% of families receive subsidy support while 25% of children come from families that pay full tuition.  This ensures a socio-economically diverse community that enriches the lives of all involved.

The center was designed with a high staff-to-child ratio (1 to 3 for infants and toddlers and 1 to 6 for preschoolers).  This ensures that each child is provided the intensive attention required for a strong start in life.

Parents are supported by a home visitor who helps solve immediate practical problems, who assists parents in learning how to support their child’s early development, and who helps foster a secure and healthy relationship between parent and child.

Jubilee JumpStart uses the nationally known, research-based Creative Curriculum.  The Creative Curriculum was developed by Teaching Strategies, Inc. based in Bethesda, Maryland with whom Jubilee JumpStart has a strategic partnership to become a model center.

The Creative Curriculum includes an online assessment system designed to monitor each child’s development and to help his/her teachers provide appropriate learning experiences at the right time. Additionally, the curriculum integrates Learning Games, a series of teacher-child and parent-child learning experiences that build a bridge between home and center.

The Jubilee JumpStart’s focus on early language and literacy is enhanced by having at least one English and one Spanish-speaking teacher in each classroom.  This dual language approach serves as a bridge for the many immigrant families whose children attend the program and helps honor and support the child’s home language and culture