Spend Your Days With Little People!

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Job opportunities for teachers Northside Early Education Center Pre-Kindergarten, daytime daycare, non-traditional childcare Lead Teacher Full time 40 hr/wk. $16.50/hr. Benefits Teaching Assistant Full time, 40 hr/wk. $15.50/hr. Part-Time Teaching Assistance 29.5 hr/wk. Looking for individuals who are caring, nurturing, dependable, with knowledge of child development. Rewarding positions in a pleasant and positive atmosphere, with Read More »

Happy Halloween!

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Former Principal Deb Mastropaolo reads to ECC elementary kids. Mrs. Mastropaolo was a welcome “visitor” to Elmcrest just in time for Halloween. This beloved principal of Elmcrest’s school recently retired but made a return visit to kick-off the Monthly Mystery Reader for our elementary students. She read "Creepy Carrots" By Aaron Reynolds. The kids loved Read More »

Hey!

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Hay is for horses…and the annual hayride the children at Elmcrest enjoyed a short time ago! They continued their fall adventure with a trip to the pumpkin patch. Each child selected a favorite pumpkin and enjoyed cider and donut treats. The smiles on these faces were all captured in the fall “photo booth.” Read More »

The Spirit of the Wolf

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The call of the wolf reached one of our senior boys at Elmcrest. He traveled with our Literacy Specialist to Wolf Mountain Nature Center in Smyrna, Chenango County, NY. This young man has a passion for wolves and was happy to check out this unique place that fosters appreciation for the intrinsic value of Gray Read More »

An Exciting Chapter

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Elmcrest youth at the Teen Book Festival in Rochester. A short trip to Rochester was the highlight of a recent weekend for six Elmcrest students. They traveled to the Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival (GRTBF).  They met several authors who write for teens and who spoke to them personally about writing and publishing books. The Read More »

Animal Kingdom

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ECC youth enjoying Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Several children from the Elmcrest residences mingled with the animals this summer. Rosamond Gifford Zoo offered large and small, animals, fish, and fowl for the children to visit. New favorites this year were two new baby cape porcupines, two more Humboldt penguin chicks and the arrival of Bjorn the Read More »

A Special Thanks

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Annal's Angels 5K fun run. Earlier this year, Maureen and Tom Annal donated hundreds of books to Elmcrest. The Annals lost both their daughters, Maryella, then age 11, and Elizabeth, then 9, in a Thruway accident in 2020. Since that time, these parents, (also injured) have lived by the motto “do the next right thing.” Read More »

Passports to Imagination

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The girls in Cottage 9 have been traveling in a world of imagination. When two recent birthdays arrived, their talented supervisor, with creative assistance from their peers, created dazzling settings to match the interests of the birthday girls. Everyone grabbed their “passports” and soon traveled to Japan for celebration number one. Majestic backdrops brought this Read More »

Into the Woods

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Boys of Cottage 3 hiking in Highland Forest Park. Four  youth from Cottage 3 spent an overnight camping this summer at Camp Valley in Highland Forest Park, Fabius.  No snack packs for this foursome; they built a fire, cooked a whole chicken for their dinner, and topped it off with Smores. Breakfast the next morning Read More »

Summer Fun

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The Science Fair projects still resonate with the student participants and staff at Elmcrest. A  grant from National Grid brought this Summer STEM Learning Program to boys and girls on the Elmcrest campus. They learned novel crafts in a variety of workshops and designed  some very clever experiments. Entries  such as, “Can a battery be Read More »