We are MORE than just childcare.

We enhance opportunities for success by inspiring each child’s love of learning, partnering with families, advocating for equity, and fostering a connection to community. 

Health and Safety

BCHS provides services to promote health, behavioral health, and safety for children and families. This includes all children receiving vision and hearing screenings and nutrition assessments. BCHS maintains a Health Services Advisory Committee composed of local health providers to support children’s healthy development. BCHS ensures that our environments are safe and that staff are actively supervising and providing nurturing care.

Kindergarten Readiness

Head Start views school readiness as children possessing the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for success in school and for later learning and life. Physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development are all essential ingredients of school readiness. BCHS uses our school readiness outcomes to determine program goals, and individualize curriculum inside our classrooms.

Family Engagement

BCHS focuses on relationship building with our families. We understand that parents are their childrens first teachers. We honor and support the parent-child relationships that are central to a child’s healthy development, school readiness, and well-being. Each family enrolled in BCHS is assigned a Family Advocate who helps families acheive goals.

Student Services

BCHS supports the mental health of children and families every day. We provide skill building for social emotional development on an individual basis and for entire classrooms. BCHS uses the Second Step curriculum for social emotional learning and we partner with the Brien Center for individual and classroom observations.

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1 Meadow Lane
Pittsfield, Ma 01201
413-499-0137

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