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SCHOOL INFORMATION
SCHOOL INFORMATION
The Growing Place is a quality preschool. Our main focus is on education, and we strive to provide the best education in a developmental format.
Developmental means the children learn through intentional play and structured lesson plans to reach educational goals. This technique is very age-appropriate to the children and helps make learning fun. In addition to art (fine motor skills) and gym (large muscle activities), our curriculum includes the content standards, which are:
Language Arts
Math
Science
Social Studies
As a Christian preschool, we have daily non-denominational children's Bible stories and songs. There is a weekly chapel lesson with "Scrappy," the puppet dog, for the Four-year-old and Pre-Kindergarten classes to help the children learn their Bible stories and verses.
Scrappy
ORGANIZATION
The Growing Place is sponsored by Tabernacle Church. It is under the authority of the church session. The school board consists of the Board President, the School Administrator, a session member, a school parent representative, and other educators.
PARENT INVOLVEMENT
Parents and grandparents are always welcomed to join and observe us! We encourage parents to share their talents and experiences with us. There are opportunities to help prepare class projects, plan class parties, and assist on special days. Parents are also frequently needed to transport for field trips.
EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND GOALS
We believe that Christian values and teaching are at the core of education as well as our personal identity. They are a foundation to all learning and are critical at The Growing Place.
Christian values are shared with the children through songs, Bible stories, prayer time, and through the Christian character building principles taught and modeled by our school staff. Our staff encourages and respects each child as a special and unique gift of God.
We believe the children learn best by being actively involved in the learning process. Learning is fun! The concepts taught are age-appropriate and teach to the ability of each child. Students work at a level that is challenging but not frustrating.
The classroom is rich, with a wide variety of age-appropriate materials that stimulate a child's curiosity. We teach a balanced curriculum that includes, spiritual, social, emotional, cognitive, and physical skills.
Our staff creates an attractive environment designed with the students as well as their interests in mind. Information about the classroom is shared with the parents as well as the school administration. It is our conviction that children can learn! The teacher utilizes a variety of teaching methods to facilitate learning.
Our class pet, Tucker!
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