Since 1978, non-profit Guilford Center for Children (GCC) has quietly served the needs of the town’s working families and their kids. Now, thanks to energetic efforts like those of Jessica Catlin, many more community members are learning about GCC.
The Guilford native is now in her second year as director of GCC’s Guilford Before and After School Care (GBASC). Attended by hundreds Guilford kids during the school year and over the summer, GBASC offers nurturing, safe, active, and professionally staffed environments for students at times when their school isn’t in session. GBASC rents program space at three of the town’s elementary school buildings: Calvin Leete, Guilford Lakes, and A.W. Cox.
A 2006 Guilford High School (GHS) graduate, Jessica joined GBASC 10 years ago as college student, working part-time. After earning her bachelor’s degree in early education at SCSU, she was hired as a GSBAC head teacher. Next, Jessica became assistant director, working with long-serving GBASC director Rose Ann Kelley, who retired in 2015. In 2016, the GCC board invited Jessica to become the new director of GBASC.
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