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PAGE 18 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE May 9, 1986
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Sadie’s saga: Four decades
of bringing up kids at AJCC
by Carolyn Gold
After 37 years in pre-school,
Sadie Sacks is promoting herself.
She is going to clean out her
“cubby.” flip her coat on over her
head, and move on—with the cheers
of thousands of nursery school
graduates and their parents echo
ing appreciation for work well
done.
Sadie Sacks is retiring in late
August from her position as direc
tor of Early Childhood Services at
the Atlanta Jewish Community Cen
ter. Her career began in the summer
of 1949 when she was hired for the
day camp as unit head of the
younger children.
All eight weeks were planned for
outside that summer because the
old house that stood at the Center’s
present Peachtree location was
being renovated. The staff had to
take two or three children at a time
when the one available inside bath
room facility was needed. On rainy
days the group was bused to the
old Alliance building on Capitol
Avenue.
By September the nursery school
renovation was complete and Sadie
was asked to take over as director,
with 25 children registered. Almost
immediately there was a big demand
for services and another room was
taken over. The school had grown
to 40 children.
In her gentle yet assured pattern
of speaking, Sadie enunciates every
word clearly while her voice con
veys a comforting quality to both
children and adults alike. She
talked in this manner about the
pre-school situation when she
came to Atlanta with her husband,
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Ralph. She said there were only
three or four small nursery schools
in the city. “Most Atlantans were
not very accepting of nursery
school at that time."
She thinks the situation was
such because “there was a big pool
of inexpensive domestic help.” An
other contributing factor was that
one of the older pediatricians con
sidered nursery school “a hotbed
of disease.” However, when he saw
patients with other problems such
as with toilet training, difficulty in
separating from parents, and in
sistence on staying in the parents’
bed, he realized the good results of
nursery school. The doctor decided
that maybe the children got more
colds at school, but the benefits
outweighed the disadvantages.
“Acceptance also came about
because we tried to educate the
general community as to the value
of nursery school education. We
invited experts in for an exchange
of ideas, and for them to see the
facility,” adds Mrs. Sacks. “An
other influence was the influx of
people into Atlanta from commun
ities where nursery school was an
accepted way of life.”
Over the years the terminology
of her job description has changed.
“Nursery school” became “pre
school” and now it is called “early
childhood education" or “early
childhood development.” The site
changed too and Sadie Sacks’ duties
grew. In 1956, the present building
on Peachtree opened. While the
building process took place the
nursery school used the nearby
facilities of The Temple.
Now there are three separate
early childhood facilities of which
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Sadie is in charge: the continuing
Peachtree program, the Zaban Park
facility, and a Satellite school in
East Cobb. She estimates that 600
children are served in a year. This
service has changed with the
changing needs of the community,
but Mrs. Sacks’ basic educational
philosophy and goals have remained
the same.
She considers the child’s total
development of prime importance—
development as an individual, as a
part of a family, and as a member
of the school. To accomplish this
she always has stressed parent in
volvement in the everyday work
ings of the school. This utilizes the
parents’ talents for the benefit of
the school, and educates the par
ents in turn.
To meet the needs of today’s
families where there are often dual
careers or a single parent, the pro
gram offers a wide choice of ser
vices. For the past five years the
Peachtree program has offered a
full-day pre-school, five days a
week, from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
About 50 children, ranging in age
from 17 months to 5 years, are
accepted into this keshet (“rain
bow”) program.
At Zaban 90 children come into
the Kid Care program. They vary
in age from 6 months to 3 years
and may spend only a couple of
hours one or two days a week, any
time between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. The
regular Early Childhood program
at Zaban serves about 200 children
from 2Vi to 6 years of age. During
the summer Camp K'Ton (“little”)
at Zaban includes the same ages
and numbers and offers the special
feature of swimming.
Three years ago a Satellite pro
gram opened in East Cohb. Con
gregation Etz Chaim worked closely
with the AJCC and even made
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