Ramsey confirms that throughout the center's long history, relationships with the children have made the preschool an exciting place to be. Ramsey brings out yet another aspect of the center's ministry by thinking of the child in a broad context. Currently, Angela Cosby encourages parent visits, with a volunteer parent helping in the center each day. Brown-bag lunch programs occur every other month, offering parents time to eat together and discuss issues relating to children. Younger and older siblings are welcome to come visit.
Special workshops related to parenting are available as needed once or twice a year.
The center participates in a summer enrichment program with the Ginter Park Neighborhood School for the Arts, and the center is open the first Friday of every month for Parents' Night Out, a special program for the children and parents of Union-PSCE students. Such auxiliary opportunities reflect the Newbury Center's openness to creative uses of its building, playground, and other facilities. The Newbury Center has provided a unique ministry since PSCE Professor Josephine Newbury founded the preschool in 1957. As a former PSCE student, Newbury Center teacher, and a current parent, Fran Withrow has a unique ability to tie together the center's two-fold mission. As a student and teacher, I learned so much.