Zion
Lutheran School provides classroom education to children ages 3 – 5 in the
following programs: Preschool—2 Years of Age (1 half-day session per week), Preschool—3 Years of
Age (2 half-day sessions per week), Preschool—4 Years of Age (3 half-day sessions per week), Kindergarten
(Half-Day M – F), and Kindergarten Plus (Full-Day M – F). Enrollment at Zion is open to all children within our community
regardless of race, nationality, or church membership.
We
believe that effective guidance and teaching at the early childhood level must
involve a total approach to the child.
Thus, we seek to guide each student in his/her
intellectual, emotional, social, physical, and spiritual growth.
We
also strongly believe that it is our God-given duty to teach our children the
Holy Scriptures, as God has commanded us in Deuteronomy 6:7, “You shall
teach them diligently to your children”.
Thus, all aspects of our daily classroom experiences are in a Christian
atmosphere and environment in which we always stress God’s love to our students
and train them in how they should respond back to His love as they relate to
others around them and in all aspects of their life.
Classroom
Programs
Zion
Lutheran School is a place for learning, working, and playing within a
Christian environment. This means our Christian staff teaches Christ-Centered
values through activities and planned experiences. A Christian school plays an
important role in a child’s early education because it strengthens and supports
the parenting process. We are a Christian school providing a nurturing
atmosphere for your child. We strive for
developmentally appropriate practices in all of our learning activities. Jesus
is the Master Teacher. His love and forgiveness is portrayed throughout our
educational experiences.
2-, 3-
and 4-Year Old Programs
These classroom setting programs allow children to begin their educational experiences in a class type
atmosphere and yet at the same time be given the opportunities and needs of an
age appropriate environment. Curriculum in these programs include Jesus
time/religion stories & studies, social studies, science, language
experiences, arts & crafts, music, and physical education, as well as
readiness programs in learning colors, counting, number recognition &
concepts, and alphabet visual discrimination. Each activity is age appropriate
in nature and design.
5-Year
Old Programs
Through
our kindergarten programs the students learn, also in age appropriate ways,
about Jesus’ love & grace, reading/language arts, math, science, story
writing, music, art, storytelling, socialization skills, physical education,
social studies, and religion. It is in these programs where students are given
the opportunities to ready themselves for their elementary education
experiences to follow. Our kindergarten
programs are offered as half-day or full-day in nature, whichever program best
suits the needs and desires of the family.
Chapel
and Jesus Time
“Jesus Time” is an important part of the
school curriculum and activities in every classroom. In our church school
setting, major emphasis is given to this aspect of every child’s educational
experience at our school. Through daily Bible stories and application of their
truths in the activities, we help the child to experience the joyful sense of
his/her relationship with God.
Weekly
chapel services are also provided each week for our kindergarten and preschool
4-year-olds, with a monthly chapel service being provided for our preschool
3-year-olds. These are held in the sanctuary of Zion Lutheran Church and are
led by the various Pastors and other professional church workers from among our
local congregations.
School
Music
Music
is a part of the curriculum. During music, the students learn new songs that
teach us of Jesus and His love for us as His children. While children are learning
the basic foundation of singing they are also learning the basics of rhythm,
singing action songs that allow them to move to the music. The highlight of the
music program is the opportunity for every class to sing for a worship service
at Zion Lutheran Church.
Extend
Care
In
addition to our classroom programs at Zion Lutheran School we also provide a
childcare service for the children of our school. This program is a year-round program and,
except for holidays and weekends, is open daily from 6:30a.m. – 6:00p.m.,
Monday – Friday. While this is a
childcare service for our ZLS families, there are a lot of learning activities
and opportunities throughout the child’s stay to help them grow and mature as
appropriate to their age.
School
Year Program
During
our normal school year, our Extend Care program is open to those students who
are enrolled in our kindergarten, preschool 4-year-old, or 3-year-old
programs. With a pre-arranged enrollment
into the extend care program parents are able to leave their child, as needed,
throughout the week: before school,
after school, every day throughout the week when they are not in class, or just
on specific days as needed by the parents during the week.
Summer
Program
Those
families that have a child in one of our classroom programs during the previous
school year or who are enrolled for the following school year are also able to
enroll this child and or their siblings (ages 3 years to 2nd grade
level) in our summer Extend Care program.
Again, this service is provided to our ZLS families throughout the
summer Monday – Friday, except for holidays.
