Administrative Support Services Assistant: Martha Bayer

Directions: From Bangor I-395, take the exit for Ellsworth/Bar Harbor (Rt. 1A). Follow Rt. 1A into Ellsworth until you come to the Main Street intersection with a traffic light (an empty lot will be on the right). Continue down Route 1A (High Street), straight through 4 sets of traffic lights (not counting the one at Main Street). Take a right turn at the fifth set of lights - this is the Beechland Road. Avery Lane will be on your right directly after a large, well-landscaped brick church (Latter Day Saints). The Center and Administrative Office is on the left; a yellow building with bright colored trim.

Education/Disabilities Manager: Theresa Fisk
Nutrition Manager: Louise Newcomb

Directions: Take Rt. 179 out of Ellsworth to Rt. 9 East. Travel to the Junction of Rt. 9 and Rt. 1. Turn right on to Rt. 1 heading toward Calais. The office is located in the back of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles on North Street in Calais. Drive time from Ellsworth is approximately 2 hours.

Alphabetical by Center Site

Center Coordinator: Paula Webster

Catchment: Bucksport, Orland, Verona Island, Penobscot
Enrollment: 18 mixed 3 and 4 year olds
Model: Part day, part year
Schedule: 8:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Directions: Located at 66 Bridge Street in Bucksport at the Jewett School on the corner of Bridge Street and Broadway. Head to Bucksport following Route 1 out of Ellsworth. Hannaford is on your left just before the traffic light. After the traffic light, Bridge Street is on the right. Follow Bridge Street to the end. The Jewett School is the building on the left. It is 20 miles from Ellsworth and takes approximately 30 minutes.

Center Manager: Jennifer Vachon

Catchment: Ellsworth, Trenton, Hancock, Surry, Otis, Mariaville, Eastbrook, Waltham, Franklin, Blue Hill
Enrollment characteristics: Six classrooms. Three classrooms are for preschoolers, 3 and 4 year olds. Three are for infants and toddlers aged 6 weeks to 3 years. Slots are for children needing full-day Head Start/child care, Early Head Start/child care or private pay child care. The administrative offices for the agency are housed with the child care center.
Model: Full day, full year
Schedule: 6:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Directions: From Bangor I-395, take the exit for Ellsworth/Bar Harbor (Rt. 1A). Follow Rt. 1A into Ellsworth until you come to an intersection with a traffic light (Dunkin Donuts will be on the right). Continue down Route 1A (High Street), straight through 3 sets of traffic lights (not counting the one at Dunkin Donuts). Take a right turn at the fourth set of lights - this is the Beechland Road. Avery Lane will be on your right directly after a large, well-landscaped brick church (Latter Day Saints). The Center and Administrative Office is on the left; a yellow building with bright colored trim.

Center Coordinator: Christine Rudd

Directions: Follow Rt 1 to Machias. Proceed toward town until entrance to the University of Maine, Machias. Turn right onto campus. Follow this roadway past the library and Torrey Hall and parking lot. Bear right after parking lot toward the Center for Lifelong Learning. Drive through this parking area, ahead will be the Flaherty ECEC sitting on a little knoll.

Center Manager: Carol Rudelitch

Catchment: Harrington, Milbridge, Cherryfield, Columbia, Columbia Falls, Addison, Steuben
Enrollment: 34 mixed 3 and 4 year olds
Model: Two classrooms of part day, part year.
Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Also offering Head Start slots in collaboration with Step By Step childcare center in Steuben.
Directions: Follow Route 1 from Ellsworth to Milbridge. In Milbridge, turn right on Route 1A by the Bar Harbor Bank and proceed approximately five miles east to Harrington. The Center is on the left, a small white farmhouse with a u-shaped driveway. Drive time from Ellsworth is approximately 1 hour.

Collaboration Coordinator: Jamie Marshall

Catchment: Lubec, Trescott, Waite and Whiting
Enrollment: 16 mixed 3 and 4 year olds
Model: Part day, part year
Schedule: 8 a.m. – noon
Directions: Take Rt. 1 out of Ellsworth to Whiting. In Whiting, (just before the Whiting Store - a red building) take Rt. 189 heading to Lubec/Campobello proceed 11.2 miles to the intersection of Main & School Streets. Turn right on School Street, #45 is the first building on your left across from the fire station and town office. Drive time from Ellsworth is approximately 2 hours.

Center Manager: Betty Reynolds

Catchment: Machias, East Machias, Whiting, Cutler, Machiasport , Bucks Harbor, Whitneyville, Edmonds, Meddybumps, Cooper
Enrollment: 34 mixed 3 and 4 year olds
Model: 17 part day, part year preschool; 17 Full-day, full-year preschool; 8 infant/toddler Full-day, full year
Schedule: 7:00 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Directions: (Located on Marshfield Road)
From Ellsworth: Take Route 1 North to Machias. Go across Machias River Bridge and take a left onto Route 192 North. Follow to stop sign. At stop sign continue on Route 192 North for exactly 1.2 miles. Center is set back on the right hand side of the road.
From Calais: Take Route 1 South to Machias. In Machias take right onto Route 1A South. Follow Route 1A South until intersection with Route 192. Take right onto Route 192 North and follow for exactly 1.2 miles. Center is set back on the right hand side of the road.

Center Manager: Rebecca Libby

Catchment: Jonesport, Beals Island, Jonesboro, Addison
Enrollment: A mix of 20 3 and 4 year olds
Model: Two classrooms - - An Early Head Start/child care classroom and a pre-school classroom. Services are offered full day, full year; however there are part year Head Start preschool slots available.
Schedule: Child care 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Head Start only 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Directions: Follow Rt. 1 from Ellsworth to Columbia. In Columbia, turn right on to Rt. 187. Continue on Rt. 187 to a stop sign in Jonesport, across from the Lamb of God Church. Turn left and proceed along Main Street. At the Jonesport Post Office, turn right and the building is on the left. Drive time from Ellsworth is approximately 1 1/2 hours.

Lead Teacher: Vicki Burtchell

Catchment: Sullivan, Gouldsboro, Hancock, Sorrento, Franklin, Winter Harbor, Prospect Harbor, Corea, Eastbrook, Steuben, Birch Harbor,
Enrollment: 18 mixed 3 and 4 year olds
Model: Part day, part year
Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Directions: Classroom is located inside the Mt. View School. Follow Rt 1 from Ellsworth to the Sullivan Bridge. Travel about 2.5 miles and turn left towards Franklin. Drive about 4 more miles and you will see the Mt. View school on your left. Drive time from Ellsworth is approximately 30 minutes.

Lead Teacher: Laurie Friend

Catchment: Sedgwick
Enrollment: A mix of 20 3 and 4 year olds
Model: One classroom
Directions: Drive time from Ellsworth is approximately 30 Minutes.

Center Manager: Marcia Rogers

Catchment: Calais, Alexander, Woodland, Princeton, Crawford, Robbinston, Perry
Enrollment: 40 mixed 3 and 4 year olds. Up to 15 of the 4 year olds enrolled must be Calais residents that the school can claim in their public school count.
Model: Part day, part year. We provide services in morning and afternoon sessions. (The center follows the public school calendar so children attend five days a week Sept.- June.
Schedule: 7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and noon- 4 p.m.
Directions: Take Rt. 179 out of Ellsworth to Rt. 9 East. Travel to the junction of Rt. 9 and Rt. 1. Turn right on to Rt. 1 heading towards Calais. You will end up on North Street. Take a right turn just before Burger King. You are now on Garfield Street. The school is on the right hand side

Center Coordinator: Paula Webster

Catchment: Stonington, Deer Isle
Enrollment: 18 mixed 3 and 4 year olds
Model: Part day, part year
Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Directions: From Ellsworth take Rt. 172 to Blue Hill. Go through the village of Blue Hill, staying on Rt. 172. At the intersection of Rt. 172 and Rt. 15 turn left. After crossing the Deer Isle/Stonington bridge travel is approximately 12 miles. Stonington Head Start is on the right side of the road, a white house with a large play yard. Drive time is approximately one hour from Ellsworth.