Who We Are & What We Do

We are a parent co-operative preschool welcoming children aged 2½ to 5 years.

We are located inside Dovercourt Recreation Centre, and have been serving the community of Westboro and its surrounding areas for over 40 years. 

Westboro Nursery School is inclusive of gender, culture and ability.

We operate on a non-profit basis and are administered by its member parents. 

We are inspected and licensed annually by the Ministry of Education. 

But most importantly we are here to enrich the lives of preschool children and their families.   

We believe child-centred learning, hands-on activities, and creative play help to foster the development of the child as a whole.

About Our Teachers

The programming at our preschool is staffed by experienced, educated, and caring teachers.

Our teachers are Registered Early Childhood Educators who are members of College of Early Childhood Educators, the Association of Early Childhood Educators and the Nursery School Network. 

Wendy Dunn, RECE Director/Teacher Wendy Dunn is a fabulous mother, wife, daughter, sister and friend. Since 1991 she has happily come to work everyday at Westboro Nursery School resulting in over 1,400 students, each of whom held the moon for her. Wendy laughs out loud every day, and her smile brightens a room. She has a thirst for knowledge and brings new ideas to the school every year. Wendy has a special interest in language, communication and exceptional needs children.

What do you like about your teacher? She always says that we have new toys out – Susannah, Age 3 She likes me – William, Age 2½ Because sometimes she has purple shirts on – Alison, Age 3

Nancy Carisse, RECE Teacher Nancy started with WNS in 2011, and she was very excited to be part of such a wonderful school. Nancy is a Registered Early Childhood Educator with over 15 years of experience working with children and is also the proud mother of two. She enjoys the co-operative aspect of nursery school, working alongside parents to benefit their children. Nancy is passionate about teaching and enjoys being a part of the varying degrees of progress achieved by each child throughout the year. She loves coming to work to PLAY each day and is consistently amazed by the wonderful families and children she meets.

What do you like about your teacher? I love to paint with her – Susannah, Age 3 I like building puzzles with her because it's so much fun – Alison, Age 3 She’s a lady – Parker J, Age 3½

Shannon Eddy Smith, Music & Movement Program Teacher

Shannon brought in a keyboard and let us have a few turns making songs up. I got to do a kind of song like Twinkle Twinkle. – Susannah, Age, 3

Westboro Nursery School is so lucky to have Shannon coming into the school every two weeks for each program to share her love of music. Shannon was quickly embraced as one of our own in 2004, after her two children attended the school. During her program, she introduces the children to all sorts of genres of music including classical, jazz, blues, pop and so much more! Shannon loves to sing, play her guitar and piano. The children learn early in the year to look forward to "Music with Shannon" days!

We also invite parents, caregivers and people from the community to come into the school to share their talents with the children. Some examples of our special visitors have been a dentist, fire fighter, police officer, and a water safety instructor from Dovercourt.

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