Welcome to Egenolf Early Childhood Center
An icon for quality early care and education in the city of Elizabeth, NJ since 1890

While riding down Newark Avenue in the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, you can't help but stop and experience a beacon of childhood arising from the pavement. A celebration of colors, a dance of pixies, and a sense of pride, and an awareness of children emanates from the structure. You are drawn to its passion and liveliness. You soon learn that you have become acquainted with Egenolf Early Childhood Center. You see children leaving this sanctuary with imagination and wonder; parents consumed with contentment and peace. You get closer to encounter the magic for yourself. Upon entering the red door, you feel a sense of tranquility with an undercurrent of merriment and streams of knowledge.
You wonder down the hallways alive with children's work celebrating early learning infused in bright colors and artistic representations, each distinctive and unique. You pause to observe the activities in one of the ten classrooms' specially designed hallway windows and are enthused to see a group of 15 young children rapt in a wonderland of imagination and knowledge. Teachers and their assistants engage the children in rich conversations driven by questions designed to excite their thoughts and ideas. The classroom is a rainbow of colors, textures, sounds, and objects. You feel encouraged for a bright future for the children who have the opportunity to participate in this wondrous program.

Welcome to the virtual world of Egenolf Early Childhood Center


THE PROGRAM
Dr. Lorraine Cooke, Ed.D. is the Executive Director Egenolf Early Childhood Center.

Egenolf Early Childhood Center collaborates with the Elizabeth Board of Education in the delivery of the Abbott preschool program. Funds are provided to the center to deliver the high quality program in compliance with the criteria of the court mandated
preschool program. (See
http://www.edlawcenter.org/ELCPublic/AbbottvBurke/AboutAbbott.htm
for more information.)

United Way of Eastern Union County
http://www.uwguc.org


Reviewing the day's activitie and practicing a profession is a part of
Egenolf curriculum