“Every Moment Is A Teachable Moment”
Pat Sheffield, Preschool Director
Saint Andrews UMC Preschool is a developmental program created 30 years ago as a hands-on learning experience and is led by Preschool Director Pat Sheffield.
We offer classes for children ages Toddler through Pre-K (age as of August 31st).
There is an emphasis on cognitive learning through creative learning centers. We teach appropriate social interaction and emotional expression using aspects of “Conscious Discipline,” and physical and spiritual development in a loving Christian environment.
We offer Music/Movement for all ages and French for Fun and Chapel (with a member of our ministerial staff) for the 3’s and 4’s.
Under the guidance of enthusiastic, qualified and caring staff, we provide a positive learning experience stressing a good self-image and the development of each child’s talents and abilities. We believe in providing the opportunity for all children to successfully prepare for Kindergarten and have worked with Wake County Schools Early Childhood Services and with Community Partnerships, Inc. with some of our students to achieve that success.
In 2009, we received the ‘Center of the Year’ award from Community Partnerships.
We currently offer classes Monday through Friday.
Classroom sizes are kept small, each class has 1-2 teachers to promote the best possible learning experience for our children. Classroom size maximums per day are as follows:
Toddlers: 4 students
Twos: 6-8 students
Threes: 10 students