Clifford Glover (1973) is a 10-year-old African American boy who was killed by a police officer while he was walking down New York Avenue known as Guy R. Brewer Blvd today.
In 1978, a nonprofit agency serving the South Jamaica Community, where this child’s life was taken much too soon, decided to adopt his name to keep his legacy alive. The agency renamed itself the Clifford Glover Day Center, Inc.
In 2012, after many years of providing quality childcare services for the South Jamaica Community. The Board of Directors was presented with an opportunity to join forces with two other established, strong boards in the same community. The Myrtle P. Jarmon Early Childhood Educational Center, Inc. which has been in existence since World War II, was founded by an African American woman, named Myrtle Jarmon. She was a trailblazer and dedicated to creating quality education in a primarily minority community. Upon collaboration with other boards, we explained that we wanted to keep her name and continue her goal of providing quality childcare. The board of Concerned Parents of Jamaica Early Learning Center, founded in 1972 has also been providing quality child care for the surrounding community. The super broad created had a commitment to maintaining Clifford Glover’s name alive. They named the new organization Clifford Glover Day Center, Inc. and kept the names of the two daycares the same, Myrtle P. Jarmon ECEC and Concerned Parents of Jamaica. Since then, the board has been awarded a contract for two other centers to continue to offer high-quality child care in the Bronx and Manhattan (Harlem) and services families in these communities.
The Clifford Glover Day Center, Inc.’s programs have been recognized as high-quality programs for the past 8 years by Quality Stars of NY, holding a 4 out of 5-star rating. CGDCC has continuously supported these communities by providing quality childcare and hiring members of the community. We have served generations of families who continue to send their children to our site. CGDCC supports many programs, such as WEP, Summer Youth, and Jump Start, and has hired many staff from these nonprofit agencies. We are part of the community that we serve and our staff, families, and administration are from the community we serve.
Our Mission Statement
Our mission is to help children become critical thinkers by developing their cognitive, physical, and social-emotional skills. We are also dedicated to empowering families to achieve goals through community relationships.
Our Vision Statement
We envision a community where diversity is embraced, and every child feels valued, heard, and respected. We are passionate to ignite a love for learning and laying the foundation for a lifelong pursuit of knowledge and growth.
Philosophy
We believe that children are born with inner curiosity and are ready to learn. This belief allows us to create an environment that encourages first-hand experiences through play for our young children. We also strongly value our relationship with parents and are dedicated to fostering the growth of the entire family unit.
Goals
Clifford Glover Day Center’s goals are to offer high-quality learning experiences to children and to help families acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will enable them to fulfill their individual needs while utilizing their unique potential and thus becoming contributing members of society.
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