SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10123 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NOBEL LEARNING COMMUNITIES INC [ NLCI ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/24/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share								410,850(1)(2)	D
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share	10/24/2008		P		2,964	A	$12.45	1,336,156(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)	I	See footnotes
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share	10/27/2008		P		1,200	A	$12.98	1,336,156(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)	I	See footnotes

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10123 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE LP I (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10123 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WYNNEFIELD SMALL CAP VALUE OFFSHORE FUND LTD (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 SEVENTH AVE SUITE 509 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10123 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 SEVENTH AVE SUITE 509 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10123 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10123 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CHANNEL PARTNERSHIP II L P (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10123 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Wynnefield Capital, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10123 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* OBUS NELSON (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 509 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10123 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LANDES JOSHUA (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10123 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. On the date hereof, Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P., (the "Reporting Person") directly beneficially owns 410,850 shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share ("Common Stock") of Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. (NLCI). Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, as the sole general partner of the Reporting Person, has an indirect beneficial ownership interest in the shares of Common Stock that the Reporting Person directly beneficially owns. Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, which maintains offices at the same address as the Reporting Person, is filing this Form jointly with the Reporting Person. Nelson Obus and Joshua Landes, as co-managing members of Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, have an indirect beneficial ownership interest in the shares of Common Stock that the Reporting Person directly beneficially owns.

2. (continued from footnote 1) Mr. Obus and Mr. Landes, who maintain offices at the same address as the Reporting Person, are filing this Form jointly with the Reporting Person (see remarks below).

3. On the date hereof, the Reporting Person has an indirect beneficial ownership interest in 528,014 shares of Common Stock, which are directly beneficially owned by Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I, as members of a group under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I, which maintains offices at the same address as the Reporting Person, is filing this Form jointly with the Reporting Person.

4. (continued from footnote 3) Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, as the sole general partner of Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I, has an indirect beneficial ownership interest in the shares of Common Stock that Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value L.P. I directly beneficially owns. Mr. Obus and Mr. Landes, as co-managing members of Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, have an indirect beneficial ownership interest in the shares of Common Stock that Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value L.P. I directly beneficially owns.

5. On the date hereof, the Reporting Person has an indirect beneficial ownership interest in 361,192 shares of Common Stock, which are directly beneficially owned by Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd., as members of a group under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd., which maintains offices at the same address as the Reporting Person, is filing this Form jointly with the Reporting Person. Wynnefield Capital, Inc. as the sole investment manager of Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd., has an indirect beneficial ownership interest in the shares of Common Stock that Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd. directly beneficially owns. Wynnefield Capital, Inc., which maintains offices at the same address as the Reporting Person, is filing this Form jointly with the Reporting Person.

6. (continued from footnote 5) Mr. Obus and Mr. Landes, as principal executive officers of Wynnefield Capital, Inc., have an indirect beneficial ownership interest in the shares of Common Stock that Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd. directly beneficially owns.

7. On the date hereof, the Reporting Person has an indirect beneficial ownership interest in 19,200 shares of Common Stock, which are directly beneficially owned by Channel Partnership II, L.P., as members of a group under Section 13(d) of the Exchange. Channel Partnership II, L.P., which maintains offices at the same address as the Reporting Person, is filing this Form jointly with the Reporting Person. Mr. Obus, as the sole general partner of Channel Partnership II, L.P., has an indirect beneficial ownership interest in the shares of Common Stock that Channel Partnership II, L.P. directly beneficially owns.

8. On the date hereof, the Reporting Person has an indirect beneficial ownership interest in 16,900 shares of Common Stock, which are directly beneficially owned by Wynnefield Capital, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan, as members of a group under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. Wynnefield Capital, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan, which maintains offices at the same address as the Reporting Person, is filing this Form jointly with the Reporting Person. Mr. Obus has the power to vote and dispose of Wynnefield Capital, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan's investments in securities and has an indirect beneficial ownership interest in the shares of Common Stock that Wynnefield Capital, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan directly beneficially owns.

Remarks:

Each of the Reporting Owners identified in this statement disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities described in this statement, except to the extent of their individual respective pecuniary interest in such securities. The filing of this statement shall not be deemed an admission that any of the Reporting Owners identified in this statement are, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any securities specified in this statement other than those directly beneficially owned by them.

	WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P., By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, General Partner, By: /s/ Nelson Obus, Managing Member	10/28/2008
	WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P. I, By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, General Partner, By: /s/ Nelson Obus, Managing Member	10/28/2008
	WYNNEFIELD SMALL CAP VALUE OFFSHORE FUND, LTD. By: Wynnefield Capital, Inc. By /s/ Nelson Obus, President	10/28/2008
	WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, By: /s/ Nelson Obus, Managing Member	10/28/2008
	WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL, INC., By: /s/ Nelson Obus, President	10/28/2008
	CHANNEL PARTNERSHIP II, L.P. By /s/ Nelson Obus, General Partner	10/28/2008
	WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN, By:/s/ Nelson Obus, Authorized Signatory	10/28/2008
	/s/ Nelson Obus, Individually	10/28/2008
	/s/ Joshua Landes, Individually	10/28/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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