Affiliations

United Way/Combined Federal Campaign
Sleepy Hollow Preschool is a participant in the United Way/Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) fund drive. Our CFC donation number is 44447. Contributions made through a local firm or local government to a local United Way campaign should use the donation code 8147.

Virginia Cooperative Preschool Council (VCPC)
The council was organized in 1947 and at present has 30 member cooperative preschools. These schools find it valuable to exchange and share ideas and information on co-op school administration and education and to publicize the achievements of cooperative schools. The Council serves this purpose as well as working toward continuing improvement of standards for educational policy, orientation of new members, safety measures, staff salaries, etc. It keeps a file of educational materials and a registry of teachers as an aid in staff hiring. The Council also gives much needed help to new co-op schools including information on current activities of the Council and the individual member schools. Member schools send one or two delegates to Council meetings.

Parent Cooperative Preschool International
The purposes of this organization are to promote interchange of information and help among parent cooperative schools; to strengthen and extend the parent cooperative movement; to promote community appreciation of the need for parent and preschool education; to encourage continuing education for teachers and directors; to study legislation to further the health and well-being of children and families; and to cooperate with family living, adult education, and early childhood education organizations in the interest of more effective relationships with parents of young children. Membership includes subscriptions to the PCPI publications.

Virginia Association for Early Childhood Education (VAECE)
The purpose of this organization is to provide information on the education and development of young children. VAECE provides workshops and programs for early childhood educators.

Potomac Association of Co-op Teachers
This organization has conferences for teachers to attend for in-service training. Speakers at the conferences are leaders in the field of education.

The George Washington University Community Connections Program
As part of our commitment to serving children with special needs, Sleepy Hollow became affiliated in 1995 with this program though which members of our staff are being trained and mentored as providers of fully inclusive preschool education.

Fairfax County Public School Transition Team: Sleepy Hollow's Director participates in this county-wide task force that meets to discuss and implement strategies to ensure children's kindergarten success and make available more resources on early childhood education for parents in the community.

School Readiness Neighborhood Team: Sleepy Hollow's Director is also a member of a Fairfax Futures School Readiness Neighborhood Team project for the Annandale Terrace Elementary neighborhood. The project brings together a team of representatives from local businesses, Fairfax County's Office for Children, the Fairfax County Public Schools, community organizations, family child care providers child care center staff, and other early education advocates in an effort to organize ideas and promote activities in the local neighborhood that will help children and their families better transition to kindergarten.