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school break programming to better meet the current Major projects in the past three years include installing
needs of students and families. new sinks and toilets in all the school bathrooms. This
The preschool education for three and four-year- fall the original 71 year-old boiler had to be replaced
olds teaches through music, arts, creative and physical with a new efficient heating system. The exterior was
activities, as well as other organized student experiences, upgraded in 2023 with new playground equipment and
with a full-time teacher and teacher assistant in each fenced-in play space funded through a NYS grant.
classroom. The atmosphere is comfortable, creative, The biggest need for the school is a new roof. The
and non-sexist. Children have the opportunity to original roof has been patched more times than it
increase their physical, intellectual, social, emotional, should, and now the roof needs to be replaced. With the
and spiritual well-being. While the school incorporates Nursery School helping to fund so many recent capital
a Christian environment, classes are open to families of maintenance projects, the expense of the new roof is a
all races and creeds and the staff is focused on keeping huge undertaking.
tuition affordable.
The new playground and outdoor space at St. John’s Nursery We have had over thirty years of wonderful families and
School gets rave reviews from students. Completed with NYS “We are a big family!” explains Cristin Heselton, the alumni come to our preschool and religious education
grant funding in 2023 now full-time Director of St. John the Evangelist Nursery classes. Beyond that, so many alumni from the K-8
School. “It is a vibrant community that prides itself on Catholic elementary school can recall happy school years
providing a loving and enriching learning environment spent in our building. Many parents and grandparents
“Raise Our Roof” for St. John’s for all of our students.” from the community enter our building and recall fond
Nursery School Heselton adds, “Our school holds a very special place memories of the time spent here. We would like to be

Special things happen in New Hartford for our in my heart. Two of my own children attended years able to continue to welcome new families to do the same.
youngest students at the corner of Oxford Road and ago, I have taught here for many years, and I’ve had St. John’s has begun looking for ways to reach a big goal
Sherman Street. the honor of serving as Director for the past 5 years.” – estimates for our new roof range from
Adjacent to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church Administrative Assistant Traci Collea taught for 17 years $300,000–$400,000, and the need is immediate.
and just up Sherman Street, you might remember this before moving into her current position for the last 5 The school is asking parents, their extended families,
smaller building on the church campus was once a years. Her two children also graduated from the school, nursery school alumni and St John’s Elementary alumni,
Catholic Elementary School that taught New Hartford and her daughter returned to St. John’s as a teacher, after and the greater New Hartford community, to consider
students in grades K-8 from 1954-1986. earning her degree in Child and Family Studies. Many of a gift to support efforts to “raise our roof.” The “Raise
the Nursery School teachers have been on staff for many
Today this building is home to St. John the Evangelist years and can count their own kids among the school’s Our Roof Campaign” at St. John the Evangelist Nursery
Nursery School, a preschool education center designed special alumni. School hopes to have the new roof installed by the Spring
to meet the changing education and care needs of New or Summer of 2025.
Hartford and surrounding area families and youngest It’s a happy, busy place. In addition to all that the Please consider a monetary donation to the campaign,
students. Nursery School offers the community, the same building and reach out to those you may know personally or
is used by the church for its Faith Formation classes,
St. John’s Nursery School started soon after the school summer camp programs, and the Girl Scouts use the professionally to help in this fundraising effort. Any
closed, initially offering limited half-day classes for 3 school classrooms as a regular meeting place. gift helps protect our future and keeps the doors of this
and 4 year olds. Today’s education program has evolved, building open, evolving, and serving our community.
Like many buildings built over 70 years ago, the
continues to grow and is New York State licensed. Nursery School building is starting to show its age. In St. John’s is a nonprofit, tax exempt organization. All
Ninety preschoolers joined the fun and learning on order to continue to provide the high-quality preschool donations will receive a receipt for tax purposes. Thank
campus for the 2024-25 school year, while an additional education and the other family resources our students you for helping us “raise
15 older Bradley Elementary school students participate deserve, the school staff and faculty are finding our roof” and protect
in before and after school care programs, designed to themselves dealing with more frequent and more costly the future of St. John
help parents better balance work and home life. A brand maintenance issues. the Evangelist Nursery
new Mommy and Me group was formed just this year, School.
to gently introduce the youngest students to a classroom Of utmost concern at all times is the safety and comfort Please scan the QR code
setting, along with their favorite caregiver. In recent of our young students and their families. In the last few to easily make a Raise the
years, the Nursery School has expanded its community years, the age of the building has brought challenges to Roof Campaign gift.
offerings, by extending the hours classes are offered the staff as they try to keep the structure functioning,

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SCANDINAVIAN DESIGNS office at (315) 724-4347. St. John the Evangelist Nursery

for School is located at 1 Sherman Street, New Hartford.
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