Our New Campus! | SLCC Preschool

SLCC New Campus

At the Silver Lake Center for Creativity Preschool (SLCC), we are celebrating the start of a new school year and coming together as a community, once again. This year, we have more reason to celebrate: We have relocated to a brand new, recently renovated campus. Our new center is located at 1108 N Commonwealth Ave. in the heart of Silver Lake, just two blocks away from our current location. This new space amplifies and brings the SLCC magic into the future and has opened doors to more families in need of our care.

We are pleased to be able to continue our Parent-Infant-Toddler programming in our brand new RIE Studio at our new campus. Families interested in immediate enrollments for children ages 2 months to 2 years old can learn more about our R.I.E. program facilitated by Jill Getto Lee, M.A. via Our Programs tab listed above.

Since 2017, SLCC has been at the forefront of research-driven, anti-bias early childhood education and innovative, educational parent roundtables. SLCC is known throughout Los Angeles as a place of thought leadership. We are a community of educators and parents committed to honoring children and childhood. We know that our values and understanding of young children inform and transform the way we teach and parent. At SLCC, children are seen as individuals, creative and competent thinkers, empathic collaborators, and citizens of the world.

Further, we know that children’s and families’ lives are enriched by multiple perspectives, by a celebration of differences within a rich ethos of belonging. Community, communication, collaboration, creativity, and research are the core values of our school and are what have made us thrive within the world of early childhood education here in Southern California. We are grateful and eagerly excited to move to our new location to carry these values and goals forward into the future.

Our values and goals have heavily informed our expansion mission and process. In early 2023, we designed a Parent Working Group with our enrolled families to discuss and understand the various palpable needs parents were seeking from our new location. We understood that parents valued our small-town feel along with our research-driven curricula, security, teacher-student ratios, mixed-age learning, appreciation of the outdoors, air quality, and location. While we are ecstatic for our new home at 1108 N Commonwealth Ave., the search was far from easy – we were determined to find a place that could feel like home and allow us to amplify all of these important needs communicated by our parents along with the desires of our team of educators. After nearly a three-year process, we are confident 1108 N Commonwealth Ave. is the perfect location to expand and amplify our mission at SLCC for years to come.

The transition to our new home removes barriers to inclusivity, access, and advocacy and helps us deliver on our mission to its fullest. As the result of this full-day and full-year program, which includes robust tuition assistance provided by our district, we are now able to increase the diversity of our community and advocate with and for more families with young children for years to come. By opening the doors to our new, beautiful, home-like environment, attracting top-talent teachers and welcoming more families who are truly aligned with our mission and pedagogy, we envision a bright and long-lasting future for SLCC.

1108 N. Commonwealth Ave.'s inspiring amenities amplify our goals and mission:

A beautiful new building with over 2,900 square feet of outdoor space allows for a thriving, lush and inspiring outdoor experience for your children.
RIE Studio classes are available in-house for parents, infants, and toddlers. Families have access to this profoundly rich and pedagogically aligned program offered independently by the president of the RIE Association and a long-standing RIE-Certified Associate, Jill Getto Lee, on a weekly basis. Children enrolled in the RIE class will receive priority consideration for SLCC Preschool enrollment.
Modern, airy classrooms filled with natural light from all new skylights, home-like charm, state-of-the-art appliances, newly renovated interiors, and low teacher/student ratios are designed for frequent indoor-outdoor flow. Our two mixed-age classrooms have access to the outdoor meal area, garden, and playground.
A separate Parent Lounge provides a daily community space for parents to engage with each other, find educational resources in our Parent Library, enjoy coffee or tea after drop-off, nurse their infants, or touch base with our Head of School. This space is designed for parent-to-school collaboration and connections – invitations for dialogue for our entire community.
Designated school Drop-Off and Pick-Up curb in front of school.
Staying close by to our current location on N. Commonwealth ensures we meet the commuting needs of our families and client demographic. Our new location is about a 15-minute drive from Highland Park and surrounding neighborhoods and a 3-minute walk from our current location!
Our state-of-the-art security system, zero-visibility iron fences, and gate codes ensure our campus community is as secure as it possibly can be. In partnership with our designated city council member, Hugo Soto-Martinez, we will ensure that our community streets remain safe and pristine for our families and neighbors.
We have the luxury of growing our own vegetables and snack items thanks to the generous donation of one of our families who has designed a rich, year-long garden program to house on our playground. Our gardening program is woven into the children's weekly experiences.
With the additional space, we are able to host our quarterly Parent Roundtables in person, allowing for a richer relational dialogue and community experience for our families.
Our large outdoor area allows us to enhance and grow strong connections to the natural world and environment of Los Angeles. Our playground is primarily shaded with an ample sensory sand zone, outdoor art atelier, gross-motor lawn, cozy corners, a vegetable garden, mature pomegranate and ginkgo trees, and picnic areas for both classrooms to eat snacks and lunch together.

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