Cassi Mendez has been involved with the Gymnastics Program for the past 9 years and is currently the Assistant Director. She has a Masters in Communications and is a former competitive gymnast and cheerleader. Cassi is one of the coaches year-round for our competitive gymnastic team. She is also actively involved as a class instructor at all levels of our progressive class program. Read More …
Kelly has been with The Connection for 9 years and this is her 4th year as Travel Camp Director. After three years at Franklin Elementary School as a 5th Grade teacher, she now teaches Kindergarten at Wilson Primary Center. Whenever she has free time, she is traveling, whether overseas or to fun and interesting places nearby. She can’t wait to experience all of these new day trips with the campers this summer! Read More …
As a child, I always equated the holiday break with snow and hoping for endless hours to play in it! Now as a parent, I look forward to the time off from our usually hectic schedules to “create experiences” and I treasure the opportunities to witness “Aha! Moments”. Read More …
The holiday break will be here before you know it and your kids will be home ALL WEEK! Did you know The Connection offers a mini camp called “Frosty Fun” over break? This year camp will run from Tuesday, December 27th through Friday, December 30th. Read More …
This past weekend three Connection members, as well as myself, participated in Rutgers’ annual Big Chill 5K Run/Walk (that is 3 miles). The registration fee was a $15 toy. There were over 8,000 toys donated that were going to children in need throughout the state. Read More …
On Tuesday, November 29th, The Connection joined the global movement, #Giving Tuesday, in a day to kick off the charitable season. To help motivate donors to choose The Connection for their #Giving Tuesday contribution, a few of your favorite employees vowed to complete a silly or embarrassing challenge if specific dollar levels were met. Thanks to Read More …
I know we’ve all seen those Fisher-Price commercials, where their products get children to “play, laugh, grow”. A similar thought occurs to me when I think about my time here at The Connection. It affords me the opportunity to do those three things in one sitting: play, laugh, and grow. Read More …
There are many opinions about what makes a workout effective from trainers all over the world. Here at The Connection, trainers from our Fitness Center got together to create a list that we believe can help you improve your workout. Read More …
Dance and Performing Arts Director, Jessica Fascenelli Weisenbach interviews the Gould family about the effect dance has had on Maddie and Talia’s confidence, and how that confidence has helped them in other aspects of their lives. Read More …
Our Friday group of Connection Preschoolers took a walk over the the fire station to take a tour and learn all about fire safety! Read More …