Del Webb Center opens on YC campus
Written by: Rough Writer Staff | 23 Sep 2007
Yavapai College students on the Prescott Campus who have children have some extra relief this fall after the Del E. Webb Family Enrichment Center opened on Aug. 21, 2007.
Ms. Vickey LaMotte, Del E. Webb center director, says the best way to describe the center’s function is to provide “early care and education.” The DEW Family Enrichment Center is a place for over-extended parents to place their children while they are in classes or at work, but the word stressed by the faculty is “education.”
LaMotte explains that the formative ideas for the Family Enrichment Center sprang from key college administrators realizing the need for childcare for mothers who were trying to better themselves in college, but were held back because of their parental obligations. LaMotte even described an incident a few years ago of a mother who left her child in her car while she went to classes.
LaMotte’s smile grows when she talks about the expansion and growth of Early Childhood Education that the DEW Center will provide.
The Early Childhood Education students will not be the only adults receiving education from the center. For interested parents, there is a small library of literature on the subject of parenting and childhood education.
This, LaMotte informs, is only a part of the family enrichment of the center.
The staff at the Del Webb Center will also hold a series of open seminars for anyone who wants to learn the latest tips and advice on parenting the next generation. Some of the literature is available to keep for free. Some is available for loan.
Also, for all of those parents who desire to be highly involved in their children’s lives and their education, the Del Webb Center caters to them. LaMotte makes clear that parents are interviewed by the staff prior to enrollment and are given a tour of the facility and an opportunity to interview the teachers and staff.
With all of the perks of the facility, including health-conscious meals prepared on site and computer access for the children, enrollment is filling up quickly.
The two toddler classes for children 1-3 years old, says LaMotte, already have a waiting list for this semester and the preschool is filling fast.
For those who are too late for this semester, contact the center for the spring.
Those who have infants or babies on the way, January will be the beginning of the new infant room.
First priority goes to qualifying students of Yavapai College, then to college staff and then the wider community.
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