Hagerstown Day Nursery
102 East Washington Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
301-739-5339
Openings Now Available
Accepts Children 2-5 years of age
Open Monday-Friday 7:00am to 5:30pm
Affordable Tuition Rates - Call for info
MSDE Approved Curriculum
Spacious, Well Equipped Playground
Hot, Nutritious Meals Cooked Daily
Small Group Sizes
Convenient Downtown Location
Our staff consists of a Program Director/Teacher, a Full-time Teacher, a Part-time Teacher and Part-time Cook/Housekeeper.
The Day Nursery is a Non-Profit 501C-3 Organization run by a volunteer Board of Directors dedicated to the well being of the school.
Our fees are one of the lowest in the area. We are licensed for 20 students at a given time.
(This institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
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History
In 1815, while visiting "Ragged Schools" in Philadelphia, Miss Isabella Neill became interested in establishing a similar school for education of the destitute in Hagerstown. Together with three other ladies she began to teach local poor children almost immediately. Children between the ages of 5 and 12 were admitted to the school to learn reading, spelling, arithmetic and geography.
The school was supported by the "Older Citizens" of Hagerstown. The Nursery was incorporated in 1819 and thus allowed to receive bequests. In 1842 the Nursery's present site was built with a legacy donated by Matthias Hammond. The Nursery was originally known as "The Charity School".
Today the Nursery provides a safe, happy, stimulating pre-school for children of working parents or guardians. Our staff keep their credentials updated for teaching the "Stem Program" (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). Social Service and inspected on an annual bases. We are also part of the MSDE (Maryland State Department of Education) Food Program. We provide the children with nutritious, hot meals cooked daily in our kitchen. They include breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack.
We are now over 202 years of age.
*Ragged Schools were charitable organisations dedicated to the education of destitute children in nineteenth-century Britain. The schools were developed in working-class districts.