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St. Stephen United Methodist Preschool
Lucius Nivens, Director
704-365-4116

Introduction
St. Stephen United Methodist Preschool is self -administered by the Weekday Preschool Committee with St. Stephen United Methodist Church supplying (without financial obligation) space and utilities and the Preschool being offered as an outreach ministry to the community. The directors of the preschool are chosen by the Preschool Committee but work with the Church Council and the Educational Work Area to provide liaison between the two bodies.

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Hours of Operation
Immunizations
Orientation
Fees
Scholarship
Enrollment
Goals of Our Curriculum



Hours of Operation
9am-12pm with the option of staying for lunch until 1pm. Preschool operates on the
September-May schedule, excluding public school holidays stated in the handbook.


Immunizations
Children's immunization records are due at the beginning of the school year.


Orientation
We will have an Open House for the children prior to the beginning of school, and also a Parent Orientation one evening.


Tuition, Registration Fees, and Activity Fees (20010-11)
Please note that if your child is currently registered at St. Stephen Preschool, all fees and tuition payments must be paid and current before registration for the upcoming year.


AGE LEVEL
Two Days
Three Days
Four Days
Five Days
Toddlers
$220
n/a
$418*
n/a
Twos
$215
$245
$270
$437*
Threes
n/a
$240
$265
$280
Fours
n/a
n/a
$265
$280
TK
n/a
n/a
n/a
$310
* This price includes a 5% break for enrolling your toddler or two year old in two classes

If tuition payment is not received by May 1, 2010, you will forfeit your preschool spot for the 20010-2011 preschool year. This tuition payment is non-refundable unless your family is moving out of the metropolitan Charlotte area and 30 days notice is given. The remaining eight tuition payments are due on the 1st of each month, starting September 1, 2010.


Registration Fees are non refundable. This is a one-time fee due at registration.

All students enrolled in program
$90.00

Activity Fees* are non refundable. This is a one-time fee due at registration.
Toddlers
$50
Twos
$50
Threes
$70
Fours
$70
Transitional
$80

*The activity fee goes toward:
  • Music (weekly; all ages)
  • Play Spanish (weekly; threes, fours, and TK)
  • My Gym (monthly; all ages)
  • Science Programs (monthly; all ages)
  • Pumpkin Patch (all ages)
  • Petting Zoo (all ages)
  • Tarradiddle Players (2 times a year; threes, fours, and TK)'
  • Field Trips (TK) (Nature Museum, James K. Polk House, Farmers Market)
  • Weekly Reader Magazines (threes, fours, and TK)

Enrollment
Registration is held the end of February or the beginning of March and continues until classes are filled, at which time we will begin a waiting list.

Child/Teacher ratios

Toddlers
4 to 1 or 8 to 2
Twos
6 to 1 or 12 to 2
Threes
8 to 1 or 16 to 2
Fours
8 to 1 or 16 to 2
Transitional
16 to 2


Goals of Our Curriculum
The most important goal of our early childhood curriculum is to help children become enthusiastic learners. Our curriculum is based on the philosophy that young children learn best by doing. Learning requires active experimenting and thinking to find out how things work and is not just repeating what someone else says. Play is the "doing" that provides the foundation for academic or "school" learning. Our curriculum identifies goals in all areas of development:

  • Spiritual: To help children be aware that they are a child of God and therefore worthy of love, acceptance, and support.
  • Social: To help children feel comfortable in school, trust their new environment, make friends, and feel they are a part of the group.
  • Emotional: To help children experience pride and self-confidence, develop independence and self control, and have a positive attitude toward life.
  • Cognitive: To help children become confident learners by letting them try out their own ideas and experience success, and by helping them acquire learning skills such as the ability to solve problems, ask questions, and use words to describe their ideas, observations, and feelings.
  • Physical: To help children increase their large and small muscle skills and feel confident about what their bodies can do.


For more information, call the Preschool Office at 704/365-4116.

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Last updated Wednesday, January 27, 2010