Mission Statement
The Melrose Adventist Child Development Center family exists to provide safe quality childcare services, educational, family, and career development opportunities for t the surrounding community. We achieve this through sound business practices, advanced educational technology and ministry with Christian faith principles.
Our Core Values:
- Trust ….Families can have confidence in us to be reliable, open and honest.
- Quality ….We guarantee “Best in Class” child care development services.
- Faith ….Internal belief that God will lead us to develop a strong character in each child.
- Family ….We believe family is important and we commit to caring for each child and helping to support their family values by servicing the whole family, even beyond the walls.
- Creative Learning ….We are committed to identifying every child’s learning method and applying advanced learning tools.
- Health ….We believe each child has the right to wholesome mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional health by building a good mind and strong body through nutritional food and exercise.
- Community ….The community is a part of us and we strive to be of assistance by working, living, and serving together for one common goal.
- Caring ….We nurture and love each child who is in our care
Melrose Adventist Child Development Center is operated by the Melrose Avenue SDA Church, a subsidiary of Allegheny West Conference of SDA. It is operated in harmony with the guidance and direction of the Office of Education, North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Since opening the first Christian school in New York in 1853, the Adventist educational system has grown to nearly 150 countries. 85,000 teachers, 1.5 million students, 7,500 schools. It is one of the largest Christian educational systems in the world. In North American alone, there are more than 950 schools, almost 85,000 students and over 9,800 teachers.