Children’s Choice Learning Centers, Inc., a privately held corporation headquartered in Plano, Texas, is the national leader in quality education-based child care 24 hours per day, 365 days a year, accommodating non-traditional work schedules in industries such as healthcare. Providing each child with developmentally appropriate education programs through its proprietary literacy-based curriculum, Children’s Choice creates a nurturing environment and experience for children six weeks to 12 years of age. Children’s Choice centers are constructed with every need of the child in mind, with creativity that inspires imagination. All centers are equipped with the most caring and qualified teachers, state-of-the-art security systems and Choice Tracking®, a proprietary software system capable of integrating and monitoring the company’s operations on a real-time basis. In addition, many centers are equipped with Sniffles & Snuggles®, a special get-well suite for children who are mildly ill. Children’s Choice partners with companies and hospitals that desire to enhance employee satisfaction and retention.

To provide non-traditional client corporations with the finest, most innovative high quality child care and education to enhance employee satisfaction and retention.

Our environment is set up to allow a child to explore their world by using all of his/her senses, experiencing how things work, and providing an opportunity to express his/her ideas and solve problems independently. This also encourages a child to develop new concepts and acquire critical thinking and reasoning skills.

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and Children’s Choice Learning Centers Partner to Provide On-Site Child Care for Employees

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Nov. 1, 2004) – Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center announced its partnership with Children’s Choice Learning Centers to provide an on-site child care option for employees of the medical center.

Children’s Choice will take over management of an existing child care center on the campus of the medical center, located at 200 Lockland Avenue. The center will open under the direction of Children’s Choice on December 6 and will have capacity for 283 children.

“As one of the nation’s top hospitals, we strive for the very best level of care for our patients, and that means doing the best for our employees as well,” said Len B. Preslar Jr., president and CEO, North Carolina Baptist Hospital. “On-site child care has been a tremendous benefit to our employees and we are confident that Children’s Choice will make that benefit even more valuable.”

Children’s Choice Learning Centers is the national leader in quality, education-based on-site child care partnering with companies and hospitals nationwide. The center at Wake Forest Baptist will be open from 6 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Monday through Friday.

“Children’s Choice has a proven model for quality and we’re happy to partner with them to bring the best child care to the best health system and medical school,” said Richard H. Dean, M.D., president and CEO, Wake Forest University Health Sciences. “This education-focused child care center will be an asset to our employees, further solidifying our position as the healthcare employer of choice and reinforcing our commitment to education.”

“This has been a team effort. We at the hospital had been looking into this issue for almost two years. We have analyzed and performed due diligence on all major child care companies in America and we chose the best, Children’s Choice Learning Centers. We are really excited about this,” said Kerry Garrigan, vice president of Human Resources for North Carolina Baptist Hospital.

Committed to providing a solid educational foundation for each child in its centers, Children’s Choice employs the most qualified teachers and equips them with its proprietary literacy-based curriculum called Children’s Choice Classics. The curriculum utilizes classic literature and related activities to teach literacy, character development and age-appropriate skills.

“Our early care and education centers have been very successful in regions throughout the country and we’re pleased to bring the first Children’s Choice in North Carolina to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center,” said Nate McClintock, CEO for Children’s Choice. “We are delighted to partner with such a prestigious hospital that obviously has the same level of commitment to quality that we have.”
About Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Wake Forest Baptist is an academic health system comprised of North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which operates the university’s School of Medicine. The system comprises 1,282 acute care, psychiatric, rehabilitation and long-term care beds and is consistently ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report.

About Children’s Choice Learning Centers
Children’s Choice Learning Centers, Inc., a privately held corporation headquartered in Plano, Texas, is the national leader in quality education-based child care 24 hours per day, 365 days a year, accommodating non-traditional work schedules in industries such as healthcare. Providing each child with developmentally appropriate education programs through its proprietary literacy-based curriculum, Children’s Choice creates a nurturing environment and experience for children six weeks to 12 years of age. Children’s Choice centers are constructed with every need of the child in mind, with creativity that inspires imagination. All centers are equipped with the most caring and qualified teachers, state-of-the-art security systems and Choice Tracking®, a proprietary software system capable of integrating and monitoring the company’s operations on a real-time basis. In addition, many centers are equipped with Sniffles & Snuggles®, a special get-well suite for children who are mildly ill. Children’s Choice partners with companies and hospitals that desire to enhance employee satisfaction and retention. For more information, call (972) 881-1900 or visit the Children’s Choice Web site: www.childrenschoice.com.

Children’s Choice Is An Equal Opportunity Employer.