Overview
Founded in 1971, The Children’s Center of the Upper Valley provides high quality childcare for working families in the Upper Valley. We care for children from six weeks of age until kindergarten from 6:30am-6pm Monday through Friday in a health promoting, educationally stimulating and safe environment. CCUV focuses on the cognitive, academic, social, emotional, behavioral and physical development of the children in our care. We provide all our children with nutritious meals – breakfast, lunch, and snacks – everyday. We are staffed with well trained, caring childcare professionals, many of whom have been with CCUV for 10+ years. CCUV is fortunate to have a dedicated Board of Directors composed of seasoned professionals with a wide range of expertise.
We are licensed to serve 95 children in our facility in Lebanon, NH. We have five classrooms, each with age appropriate toys and equipment, and almost three acres of playgrounds with a wide variety of equipment including swings, play structures, a pirate ship, and an asphalt track with tricycles. Weather permitting, children play outdoors every day.
CCUV tuition is based on an income sensitive sliding fee scale. Many of our working families qualify for childcare subsidies from the states of Vermont and New Hampshire and we accept these subsidies to help families meet their tuition payments. CCUV’s families represent significant socioeconomic as well as racial and cultural diversity. By offering our income sensitive tuition, CCUV is giving our families any potential margin we could earn. As a result, we are dependent on grant funding in order to balance our operating budget.
![Child with Frosty the Snowman](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Frosty-web.jpg)
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Mission
The mission of the Children’s Center of the Upper Valley is to support parents and serve our community by providing quality child care in a secure, healthy environment which promotes growth and learning in all areas of child development.
![Kids playing with harvest and autumn decor](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Grizzly-Fall.jpg)
Vision
Our vision is seeing a community that thrives when its families’ needs are met, and when children develop a lifelong love of learning, fostered by their earliest teachers. We look to continue to grow and serve the Upper Valley region to meet the child care needs of working families. We value children, families and teachers. We provide for their mutual success with a focus on education, care, connections and community.
![Sleeping child](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Sleeping-web.jpg)
Our Teachers
![Misty](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MistySprouts.jpg)
Misty Pringle
Sprouts
Lead Teacher
Team Member Since February 2005
![Chelsea](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ChelseaGrizzly.jpg)
Chelsea Flanagan
Sprouts
Lead Teacher
Team Member Since January 2021
![Placeholder Image](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PlaceholderStaff.jpg)
Makayla Wright
Sprouts
Assistant Teacher
Team Member Since June 2023
![](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TianaSprouts.jpg)
Tiana Smith
Sprouts
Assistant Teacher
Team Member Since June 2023
![Stephanie](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/StephanieLB.jpg)
Stefanie Daigle
Lady Bugs
Lead Teacher
Team Member Since December 2016
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Janessa Twombly
Ladybugs
Assistant Teacher
Team Member Since September 2023
![Crista](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CristaLB.jpg)
Crista Pringle
Tiny Turtles
Lead Teacher
Team Member Since July 2015
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Heaven Martin
Tiny Turtles
Assistant Teacher
Team Member Since September 2023
![Amy](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AmySS.jpg)
Amy Paulette
Panda Bear
Lead Teacher
Team Member Since April 2019
![](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cole.jpg)
Cole Mckinnon
Panda Bear
Associate Teacher
Team Member Since November 2022
![](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AshleyPanda.jpg)
Ashley Smallwood
Panda Bear
Assistant Teacher
Team Member Since April 2023
![Ashley](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AshleyPanda.jpg)
Ashley Sabens
Grizzly Bear
Lead Teacher
Team Member Since March 2021
![](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AmberGrizzly.jpg)
Amber Wright
Grizzly Bears
Assistant Teacher
Team Member Since November 2023
Support Staff
![Danielle](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DaniellePanda-1.jpg)
Danielle Burroughs
Support Staff
CACFP Coordinator
Team Member Since October 2006
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Kate Sheldrick
Preschool Support Staff
Team Member Since January 2017
![Mariah](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Mariah.jpg)
MariaH TherrieN
Support Staff
Team Member Since June 2001
![](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Joy.jpg)
Joy Conley
Support Staff
Team Member Since February 2022
![Kai](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kai.jpg)
Kai Golding
Support Staff
Team Member Since February 2022
![](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/LiliSS.jpg)
Lili Thibault
Support Staff
Team Member Since April 2023
Culinary Staff
![](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/LindsayCook.jpg)
Lindsay Lewis
Culinary Staff
Team Member Since May 2023
Administration
![Jenn Hosmer, Executive Director](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/JHosmer.jpg)
Jennifer Hosmer
Executive Director
Team Member Since August 2002
![Lianne Heismer, Program Director](https://www.ccuv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/LHeismer.jpg)
Lianne Heiser
Program Director
Team Member Since June 2001