Jack & Jill Center: Strengthening Children And Families Through Innovative Education

MHA is an expansion of Jack & Jill Center’s Early Education Center and debuted its new elementary school in June 2021. MHA provides a safe, academically sound and socially supportive environment for all learners. With its new building, MHA significantly extended its offerings by providing a school in the process of accreditation incorporating research-based best practices.

MHA’s unique features include STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) Curriculum; dedicated, highly-skilled staff and educators with low student-to-teacher ratios; engaging extracurricular activities fostering healthy social-emotional growth and personal development; integrated classroom technology including smart boards and individual devices for each student; individualized instructional approaches; interactive, educational field trips; extended day programming (before- and after-school care and camps); daily healthy breakfast, lunch and snacks; family wraparound support programs; health services; on-site counseling and therapeutic services including two on-campus therapy assisted dogs; and summer camp experiences.

Additionally, each child who graduates from fifth grade and continues their education to graduate from high school will receive a college scholarship, established through the Florida Prepaid College Plan, from the Jack & Jill Center Opportunity Scholarship Fund. Through the Jack & Jill Center Opportunity Scholarship Fund, 98 students have been awarded college scholarships since 2022. The sponsorship is graciously funded by Steve and Madelaine Halmos through an endowment fund, the Steve and Madelaine Halmos Children’s Opportunity Fund, they established at the Community Foundation of Broward which supports scholarships for the children at Jack & Jill Center.

“We are excited to welcome back our returning and new Jack & Jill Center families for the 2024 - 2025 School Year and invite prospective parents to enroll their children in our Madelaine Halmos Academy and Early Education Program,” said Amy Jewell, CEO of Jack & Jill Center. “We are dedicated to providing our students with the tools they need to be successful in school and life. In addition to providing an exceptional curriculum, we offer supportive programming and foster community engagement ensuring each child is on the path to success.”

Since 1942, Jack & Jill Center has remained steadfast in its mission to strengthen children and families through innovative education, supportive programming and community engagement. In the past 80 years, Jack & Jill Center has served over 30,000 children and families in South Florida. Jack & Jill Center supports children of working families through quality Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education and family strengthening programs to ensure every child and family has the tools they need to be successful.

MHA’s Kindergarten through fifth-grade program currently serves 175 total students from Broward County, including Early Education and Elementary School Education, who benefit from the Jack & Jill Education Program. MHA has the capability to serve 220 students in total.

Jack & Jill Center’s children and families have unrestricted access to the school’s HEALTH Program, including an on-site School Nurse. Services provided through this program are an essential piece of Jack & Jill Center’s comprehensive and holistic approach to service. Through Comprehensive Health Assessments, Provision of Health Services, Preventative Healthcare and Community Partnerships, the HEALTH Program has a significant positive impact on the Health and Wellness of students, families and the community.

Jack & Jill Center’s Comprehensive Family Program engages and supports families by providing intensive parent education, case management, referrals and a variety of other support services including, one-on-one financial coaching, therapeutic services, counseling, access to the Family Resource Room and computer lab, emergency assistance fund. Through this program, families gain the skills, knowledge and resources they need to increase self-sufficiency and foster their child's healthy growth and development.

To learn more about MHA and enrollment opportunities, please visit: https://www.jackandjillcenter.org/about/ - Or contact: (954) 463-8772. Extension#: 218. Or via e-mail at: enrollment@jackandjillcenter.org

The Jack & Jill Center
Jack & Jill Center’s mission is to strengthen children and families through innovative education, supportive programming and community engagement. It achieves its mission by focusing on both the children and family units as a whole, so that the entire household, children and parents alike, are able to reach their full potential. Since 1942, Jack & Jill Center has served more than 30,000 children and families in South Florida. It currently serves as a NAEYC-Accredited Year-Round Early Learning Program for children aged six weeks through preschool, as well as an elementary school. The Madelaine Halmos Academy’s (MHA) State-Of-The-Art Elementary School building, an expansion of Jack & Jill Center’s Early Education Center, debuted in April 2021. Serving students from high-need working families in Kindergarten–fifth grade, the transformational project, is geared to prepare students for success in career and life.

For more information about Jack & Jill visit: www.jackandjillcenter.org - Or: https://www.instagram.com/jackjillcenter/ - Or: https://www.facebook.com/jackjillcenter - Or: https://x.com/jackjillcenter. Or call: (954) 463-8772.