Just Kids has had a long standing partnership with the William Floyd School District to operate one of Suffolk County’s largest UPK program located in several of the William Floyd Elementary Schools. In addition, Just Kids ECLC operates several integrated classrooms combining UPK children with children who have special needs within an 12:1-2 class ratio. Related services such as speech, physical and occupational therapy along with counseling are provided in large, state of the art classrooms. The Creative Curriculum is utilized at all of our locations and is research based and aligns nicely with the Common Core Standards. The curriculum framework is based on five fundamental principles that help guide our practice. The five principles are: