Dear Parents and Guardians,

Welcome to the Chestnut Street Early Childhood Center, where we strive to make learning engaging and fun! As your principal, I am humbled and pleased to work with our dedicated staff and community to help provide an outstanding educational experience for our students. We look forward to working together with you to make your child’s educational experience a positive one.

Together we will focus on students’ strengths to emphasize academic, social, and emotional growth. I am dedicated to developing our students’ successes and will strive to continue the positive relationships, rigorous learning, and the nurturing environment that encourages our students to celebrate their unique strengths.

During the school year, it is my hope that we will work together to provide the Chestnut Street students with inclusive and varied opportunities to grow socially and academically. As your Principal, I look forward to working closely with the teachers to create the needed opportunities in establishing the strong partnership between home and school that will help build the strong academic confidence in students to help shape their future as they progress through our schools.

Because the relationships between families and the school are vital to the success of our students, I encourage you to become involved in every way possible.  I look forward to the collaboration and support we will be able to give each other. Please feel free to stop in or call to make an appointment to discuss your concerns, suggestions, or ideas. I work under the philosophy that everything we do in our school should be done with the best interest of our students in mind. I am determined to support every child, every day at Chestnut Street and I will bring the energy, enthusiasm, and thoughtfulness needed to continue to make Chestnut Street School an exemplary school. 

I look forward to serving alongside you and the Chestnut Street staff, to bring high quality and joyful learning experiences to our students.

Kind Regards, 

Dr. Lisa Minicozzi

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