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PAGE 18 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE May 9, 1986 $2.00oH Buy on* Sunday brunch nd g«< second brunch $2 00 off Sunny Garden I s. I S4 00 off Buy one dinner and get second dinner S4 00 cH Sunny Garden | ^ | Sunny Garden Chinese Restaurant —GRAND OPENING— In Around Lenox Shopping Center Lunch: 12 or more items,all you can eat—o nly 4.25 Dinner: Table Service, Gourmet Dinners atthe best price Open 7 days 11 a.m.-l0 p.m. 262-1191 Check out our prices Clothing Care DRY CLEANING Loehmann s Plaza at Executive Park Mens: ■eg Shirt o'■ ieg Pants eg Sportcoat ■eg 2-pc Suit ■eg Tie ieg Sweater Draperies w/Lining 75C SI 25 SI.50 S2.75 SI 00 Womens: ieg plain OreSS reg plain Blouse ieg plain Skirt ieg 2-pc Suit ieg Pants 0 i uu 'eg rdina SI 50 -eg Dress Jacket S3.25 SI.50 SI.50 S3.25 SI.50 SI.75 70c/Pleat 75c/Pleat In by 1:30. out SAME DAY—Drive-thru service Clothing care no v r i c a mi Mr* DRY CLEANING iFi Loehmann s Plaza N Druid Hills and Briarcliff Hours: M F 6:45 a m. 7:45 p.m Sal 7 30 a m. 6 30 p.m. 634-5334 All work done on premises Prices good through May 3). 1986 ZAK. ^OC =>iK 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, 3(tC 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 M>C It’s a dream come true. 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Adjacent to the retirement community is a 32-bed professional health care center to provide 24 hour emergency service. i 1 Owned By Henry ® Barbara Grossberg Israel & Yetra Goldberg Kosher Meats Available Upon Request l»c= ,XfC 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 Continued next page. 3333 Which Summer Experience Is best for your child? 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