Plowshares Education Development Center

Plowshares now operates its child care programs in three locations, housed within newton public school buildings and provides services to more than 200 families. Programs available include: toddler, preschool, nursery, school-age child care, summer camps and integrated classrooms. Plowshares is governed by a board of trustees that includes parents, thereby insuring parental participation in the policy and decision-making aspects of the organization. The Plowshares site at newton north high school serves as the lab training facility for high school students majoring in early childhood Education. Our other locations are at the franklin elementary school in west newton and the lincoln eliot elementary school in newton corner.