Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission
The mission of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Child Day Care Center is to provide full-day child care and learning opportunities for children in a secure and nurturing environment. The center pledges to serve the community by providing fully licensed care to children regardless of the families' financial resources, race, or religious affiliation. The center's professionally trained staff will continuously foster opportunities for the child's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth, with the goal of supporting children to become life-long learners.
Vision
-A permanent, sustainable, innovative facility to support long term growth.
-Expanded ages of those we serve to include infants, toddlers, and school-aged children.
-Maintain a downtown presence and involvement.
-Provide expanded professional development opportunities based on research and best practices.
-Seek resources to support the operating budget.
-Maintain a staff of highly qualified personnel committed to the mission of the center.
Values
-Providing opportunities and support for children's physical, emotional, social and intellectual growth.
-Providing learning opportunities that are age and individually appropriate, based on best practice and research on how children learn and develop.
-Providing real experiences and materials that allow children to acquire new knowledge about their world and each other.
-Providing activities that extend this learning through music, books, numbers, language, and conversation.
-Providing opportunities for children to practice what they are learning through dramatic play, art, dance, block play, cooking, role play, social interaction, and technology.
-Providing opportunities for children to be active, eat healthy snacks and meals, and rest.
-Ensuring teach observation and interaction with children to support their learning, to help them problem-solve, and learn to positively interact in a social world.
-Supporting communication between families and staff to better understand children's individual needs and growth, and provide resources to families, as needed.
-Being active in the community to support its economic growth and cultural diversity and using the community as a resource for supporting children and families.
-Meeting state licensing standards, national guidelines, and other sources that identify best practices.
Meet Our Staff


Delores Jameson
Executive Director
B.A. in Liberal Arts with an Elementary Education Certification
Hire Date: November 1993

Emma Butler
Three Year Old Teacher
Education: Child Development Associate Classes
Hire Date: January 2023

Carla Hart
Two Year Old Teacher
Child Development Associate (CDA)
Hire Date: May 1994

Susannah Sherrill
Floater
B.S. in Psychology
Hire Date: July 2013

Kayden Fox
Pre-K Teacher
Associates Degree in Liberal Art Studies in Education
Hire Date: November 2022

Penny Knight
Cook
Hire Date: January 2012

Natasha Keplinger
Office Manager
Child Development Associate (CDA)
Hire Date: January 1999

Hannah Etre
Pre-K Teacher
Associate of Applied Science Early Childhood Development
Hire Date: November 2021

Joanna Greenawalt
Pre- K Teacher
M. A. in Conflict Transformation
Hire Date: July 2020

Flower Harpine
Three Year Old Teacher
Completed Child Development Associate Classes
Hire Date: September 2012

Regan Butcher
Full time Floater
Hire Date: September 2022

Clara Sinz
Cook
Hire Date: September 2022
Meet Our Board of Directors

Chelsey Bahlmann Bollinger
Andrea Burkholder
Julie Wallace Carr
Kristen Fink
Marsha Knott
Diane McCarthy
Holly McCartney
Katherine Preston
Martha Ross
Irana Scott
Daphyne Saunders Thomas
Tilton Weaver
Noah Yoder
HRCDCC Handbook

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How much does it cost?
A: Please contact us at hrdaycare@verizon.net for a quote on tuition.
Q: What time do you open/close?
A: Our hours of operation are Mon - Fri from 7:00am to 5:30pm. Please see the Schedule page for more information.
Q: Do you provide food for my child?
A: Yes. Breakfast, lunch, and a snack are provided daily. Please see the Parent Handbook for more information.
Contact Us
Executive Director: Delores Jameson
Assistant Director: Natasha Keplinger
Phone: (540) 434-5268
Fax: (540) 214-2702
Email: hrdaycare@verizon.net
Mailing address: P.O. Box 344 Harrisonburg, VA 22803
Physical address: 281 East Market Street Harrisonburg, VA 22801

HRCDCC has been located in Muhlenberg Lutheran Church since January 2010. We are so grateful to the staff and congregation of MLC for making us feel welcome. We are continuing to explore options for a permanent location. Donations are accepted for our building fund.