The last year at Plum Hill Preschool has been full of growth and continued capacity building, thanks to the generous support received from a 2020 MVYouth Expansion Grant. After decades of seasonal renting, support from MVYouth allowed Plum Hill to purchase a year-round home. Owning our own facility has given us opportunities to expand programming, broaden our reach into the Island community and nearly double our capacity for serving year-round Island families with quality early childhood education and care. Now in its second year, our nursery program is full and thriving, offering families of younger toddlers aged 16 months - 2.9 years an affordable and enriching introduction to Waldorf-inspired early education. Both our nursery and preschool classrooms continue to operate at capacity, with long waitlists. In the coming years, it is our goal to begin to investigate our ability to expand even further, offering a second preschool classroom, so that we can better serve the growing number of Island families in need of quality preschool programming. With the financial flexibility afforded us by the expansion grant, we have been able to invest meaningfully into our tuition support fund, making our programs affordable and accessible to all Islanders, regardless of income. And with the ability to be in our space year-round, we have been thrilled to introduce a thriving summer program, Plum Summer. Serving children aged 3-11 Plum Summer is a Waldorf-inspired day camp, beloved by year-round and visiting summer families alike. We look forward to continued growth within our school community and are filled with gratitude for the doors opened to us by the support and confidence we've received from MVYouth.