Academics

Early Childhood

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We believe each child is a unique creation of God and is valuable in His sight. 

We provide a loving, caring, and nurturing environment that fosters a warm and welcoming atmosphere for learning. Our program is based on meeting all the child’s individual needs: spiritual, social, physical, emotional, and intellectual.

The activities provided during the day are designed to meet specific goals in each area of development through our carefully selected Early Childhood Curriculum. While play is an important component to child development, students will also engage in purposeful learning activities to meet distinct educational objectives. The curriculum is further enriched through the co-curricular classes of Spanish, Music, Physical Education, Library Literature Enrichment, and Chapel. Kindergarteners will add Art to their co-curricular schedule.
 

Spiritual
They will grow spiritually as they learn that they are loved and cared for by God as they learn simple but important principles about God, Jesus, and the Bible.
Social
Children develop social interaction skills in a Christian environment in which we love and share with one another according to God’s plan.
Physical
Children develop physically as they engage in a variety of activities for both large and small motor development.
Emotional
Children grow emotionally as they gain independence and confidence and begin to have control over expressing their emotions and feelings.
Intellectual
The academic curriculum utilized by our early childhood classes helps children grow intellectually as they explore, play and engage with the world around them.
 
 
 
Their lives will be enriched, their horizons broadened, and their minds and bodies challenged.
 
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Preschool

  • Students must be 3 years old by August 1st

  • Student/teacher ratio is around 8:1

  • Full Day and Half-Day Morning Options:

    • 3-day class meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

    • 5-day class meets Monday - Friday


Pre-Kindergarten

  • Students must be 4 years old by August 1st

  • Student/teacher ratio is around 8:1

  • Full Day and Half-Day Morning Options:

    • 3-day class meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

    • 5-day class meets Monday - Friday


Junior Kindergarten

  • This is a transitional class for students who could benefit from an additional year of preschool before entering Kindergarten. 

  • Students must be 5 by August 1 and have already completed a 4-year old PreKindergarten Program

  • Student/teacher ratio is around 10:1

  • Full Day and Half-Day Morning Options:

    • 5-day class meets Monday - Friday


Kindergarten

  • Students must be five years old by August 1

  • Student/teacher ratio is around 15:1

  • Full Day and Half-Day Morning Options:

    • 5-day class meets Monday - Friday

 

Preschool

Students must be 3 years old by August 1st. The student/teacher ratio is around 6:1.

Both morning half-day and full-day options are available to students who enroll in either the 3-day class or the 5-day class.

  • 3-day class meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

  • 5-day class meets Monday through Friday


Bible

A study of the Bible is told using Jesus Calling Bible Storybook by Sarah Young.  Children are taught Bible memory using Steve Green’s Hide ‘m in Your Heart CD’s Volumes 1 & 2.

Reading

Pre-reading skills are taught.  Students are introduced to letter recognition, letter sounds, rhyming words, and opposites.  The students are read to during the school day, sing songs, and learn finger plays.

Handwriting

Students engage in many fine motor building activities, enabling them to begin working on proper pencil grip, tracing their name, and cutting.

Mathematics

Students learn basic shapes and to recognize numbers 1-9.  Students work with numbers to understand what numbers 1-9 mean and practice counting using one to one correspondence.  Preschool also learns what a calendar means.

History

Topics covered include Native Americans, Pilgrims, Creation, The birth of Christ, Easter, and major holidays.

Skills

Preschool students learn how to manage their own belongings, how to sort and clean up toys, and home living skills such as washing dishes.  Throughout the day students are discipled in how to function well in a group setting.  They are taught how to understand their emotions, how to constructively express emotions, how to function well in a group, and how to mend peer conflicts.

Co-Curricular Subjects

Students participate in Music, Spanish, Physical Education and Library.

PreKindergarten

Students must be 4 years old by August 1st. The student/teacher ratio is around 8:1.

Both morning half-day and full-day options are available to students who enroll in either the 3-day class or the 5-day class.

  • 3-day class meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

  • 5-day class meets Monday through Friday


Bible

A study of biblical accounts from Creation through the Early Church is presented using the Walking with God and His People curriculum (Christian Schools International).  Weekly memorization and recitation of Bible verses are highlighted during the weekly chapel worship.

Reading

Early pre-reading skills are developed through systematic instruction in letter recognition, letter sounds, rhyming, syllables, and sight words using the Open Court Reading program (McGraw-Hill).  

Handwriting

Proper pencil grip and learning to start at a the top and go left to right are emphasized as students practice writing capital letters and numbers using the Handwriting Without Tears curriculum.

Mathematics

Students learn skills in math such as shapes, numbers, addition and subtraction, measurement, graphs, and patterns using the Big Math for Little People curriculum.

Handwriting

Use correct manuscript lettering for words and sentences; form lower and uppercase cursive letters properly using Zaner-Bloser Handwriting. 

History

Students study Bible stories including Christmas and Easter, Native Americans, Pilgrims, Veteran’s Day, and maps.

Science

Students are introduced to life cycles, magnets, seasons, and weather.

Co-curricular Subjects

Students participate in Music, Spanish, Physical Education and Library. 

Junior Kindergarten

Students must be 5 by August 1 and have already completed a 4-year old PreKindergarten Program. This is a transitional class for students who could benefit from an additional year of school before entering Kindergarten. The student/teacher ratio is around 10:1

Junior Kindergarten is a 5 day program meeting Monday through Friday. Both half-day and full-day options are available.


Bible

A study of the Old and New Testament is told using the Jesus Storybook Bible curriculum. Weekly memorization and recitation of Bible verses are highlighted during the weekly chapel worship.

Reading

Pre-reading skills are developed through systematic instruction in listening, rhyming, segmentation, dictation, and syllables using the Sound Sensible curriculum.

Handwriting

Proper pencil grip and learning to start at a the top and go left to right are emphasized as students practice writing lower case letters and numbers using the Handwriting Without Tears curriculum.

Mathematics

Students learn to read, write, and compare numbers to 30.  Students practice addition and subtraction, fractions, money (amounts to a dollar), patterns, shapes, time, measurement, graphs, and word problems using the Saxon Math Kindergarten curriculum.

History

Students study Bible stories including Christmas and Easter, Native Americans, Pilgrims, Veteran’s Day, President’s Day, and St. Patrick’s Day.

Science

Students are introduced to Ocean Animals, Australian Animals, Arctic Animals, Asian Animals, Rainforest Animals, African Animals, Pond Animals, Bugs & Butterflies, and the Solar System.

Co-curricular Subjects

Students participate in weekly classes in Music, Spanish, Physical Education and Library.

Kindergarten

Students must be 5 by August 1 and have already completed a 4-year old PreKindergarten Program.  The student/teacher ratio is around 10:1

Kindergarten is a 5 day program meeting Monday through Friday. Both half-day and full-day options are available.


Bible

A study of biblical accounts from Creation through Jesus’ Ascension is presented using the Walking with God and His People curriculum (Christian Schools International).  Children are taught how to apply the biblical principles of peacemaking as presented in the Young Peacemaker program (Peacemaker Ministries) program.  Weekly memorization and recitation of Bible verses are highlighted during the weekly chapel worship.

Reading

Early reading skills are developed through systematic instruction in phonics, beginning fluency, sight words, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.  Explicit phonemic awareness skills are taught through the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness curriculum.

Handwriting

Students are taught proper pencil grip and writing posture, along with correct formation of the manuscript letters and numerals 0 – 9 using Zaner-Bloser Handwriting.

Mathematics

Students learn skills in math such as classification, patterns, sequencing, numbers & number sense, money, understanding beginning computation, non-standard measurement, geometry, and problem solving strategies.

History

Students study Bible stories, Geography, Columbus, Pilgrims & Native Americans, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Black History, MLK Jr., and the Mt. Rushmore Presidents.

Science

Students use the Harcourt Science curriculum to study the following topics: Life Science (animals, plants, humans), Earth Science (land, rocks, water, sky, weather), and Physical Science (matter, light/shadows, magnets).

Co-curricular Subjects

Students participate in weekly classes in Art, Music, Spanish, Physical Education and Library.

 

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