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font-variant:small-caps'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.1in;line-height:14.0pt'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-variant:small-caps'><a href="http://www.ucns.cornell.edu/contacts.htm">Contact Us</a></span></span><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-variant:small-caps'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.1in;line-height:14.0pt'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.1in;line-height:14.0pt'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.1in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>UCNS</span></b><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> 59 Dart Drive<br> Ithaca, New York 14850<br> (607) 266-9680</span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.1in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><a href="mailto:ucnsregistrar@gmail.com"><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>UCNSRegistrar@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.1in;text-align:center'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.1in;text-align:center'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.1in;text-align:center'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=439 valign=top style='width:439.05pt;padding:0in .5in 0in .5in'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 22.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:maroon'>LEARNING THROUGH PLAY</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:maroon'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>UCNS is a nonprofit, play-based, parent cooperative nursery school located in Ithaca, New York. UCNS is a Universal Pre-K (UPK) participant.</span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Our preschool provides a safe, nurturing and relaxed environment where children learn through group and individual play. Teachers structure the environment and prepare learning experiences to meet the individual needs, interests and development of each child, as well as challenge the interest and understanding of the group. Parents participate actively in the classroom to further enrich the children s learning experience.</span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>UCNS offers an exemplary preschool program to members of the Cornell University, Ithaca and Lansing communities.&nbsp; We welcome children aged 3 to 5 years old for 2, 3, or 5 mornings a week.</span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>We are now accepting enrollment applications </span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=GramE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>for</span></b></span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> the 2012-2013 school year.</span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.0pt'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.0pt'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>UCNS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies and other school-administered programs.&nbsp; </span></i></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=183 valign=top style='width:183.1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:6.6pt;line-height:14.0pt'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Macintosh HD:Users:carolbarry:Documents:UCNS:UCNS Website:UCNSwebsite_9911:index_files:image002.gif" style='width:166pt;height:45pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="index_files/image003.gif" o:title="image002.gif"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=168 height=47 src="index_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Macintosh HD:Users:carolbarry:Documents:UCNS:UCNS Website:UCNSwebsite_9911:index_files:image002.gif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=439 valign=top style='width:439.05pt;padding:0in .5in 0in .5in'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>UCNS 2011. 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