Helo my name is Annette McDonald.  I started Second Recess to provide childcare to school aged children.  I wanted to provide a safe loving and stable place for children to come and be themselves, where everyone is included.  I have 20 plus years of teaching and childcare experience.  I started my teaching career in 1997 right after graduating from college.   I taught for a short time in Massachusetts and then settled in Morth Carolina.  I left teaching when I got married.  I continued to tutor and work with children.  This provided me time to have my family. I now have a 10-year-old son. I returned to childcare in August of 2023 when Second Recess was created.  I wanted to provide a safe place where parents could bring their children and not worry who was watching them.  I wanted to provide a space where children could play and learn and have fun and interact with other children.