The Friends of Catalpa Early Childhood Center is a Not-For-Profit Organization, and is established as a Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) made up of parents, teachers and staff members, and community members of the Catalpa Early Childhood Center in Chicago, IL. The purpose of the organization is to support Catalpa Early Childhood Center’s mission of empowering children, supporting staff, engaging parents and embracing community partnerships.  We also commit to supporting their vision of instilling a lifelong love of learning in their preschoolers by utilizing inquiry, play and project approaches to teaching and learning while partnering with families to create a strong sense of community that values inclusionary practices and family/ community partnerships.