St. James' Nursery School News

Locations:

 

Mailing Address:

 Telephone (school office):

 

1307 North Main Street, Mt. Airy, Maryland  21771 

2927 Gillis Falls Road, Mt. Airy, Maryland  21771

P.O. Box 416, Mt. Airy, Maryland  21771

(301) 829-0014

  Registration for 2009-2010

Limited Openings Still Available

  • Openings available in our MWF PM Pre-K 4's
  • New Pre-K 4's Class is open for registration on Tuesday and Thursdays for three hours, from 12:15-3:15.

 

Please call our office at 301-829-0014 for more information
  Grant Awarded...

We are happy to announce that the St. James' Nursery School has been awarded, for the third time, a grant through the Target Store Corporation to support our yearly "Cuddle-up and Target Reading Program".  We would like to thank the Target Store Corporation and particularly the Frederick Target for supporting our school by providing a generous grant to support this program for the 2008-2009 school year.  Each year we receive a donation from the Mount Airy Kiwanis Club to help purchase books for this program.  The focus of this project is to encourage parents to read to their children daily and to excite children about books and reading.  For four months of this school year, children will earn free books by reading with their parents each month!

  In June 2008 St. James' Nursery School was informed that the school has been awarded a grant through the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) entitled the "Judy P. Hoyer Early Care and Education Enhancement Grant for Private Providers of Early Care and Education Services."  This grant is going to help fund our school in the process of becoming accredited through the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).  We will be examining our program at every level and making enhancements and improvements as necessary.  We will begin working on this process this fall and will at times need to call on parents to assist us in this work.  We encourage you to go to http://www.rightchoiceforkids.org/ to learn more about NAEYC accreditation and what it means for St. James' Nursery School, its staff and the children we serve.

 During the second year of the grant, school year 2009-2010, we will begin incorporating the Teaching Strategies: Creative Curriculum into our program.  This curriculum is one of the five preschool curriculums that have been approved by MSDE for use in Maryland accredited preschools.  The final achievement of this two year process will be that St. James' Nursery School will be an accredited school through not only NAEYC, but the Maryland State Department of Education.  All of us here at St. James' have a commitment to offering the best preschool program possible and work diligently to ensure that the children are being provided an outstanding educational experience.

Staff completes Maryland Model for School Readiness training - Click to download information about why this training is so beneficial to for our staff, and what it means to our students and our program.
Fund Raiser - Thank you to all those who helped support our program by ordering from Claire's Gourmet.  Great news!  We can continue to raise funds for St. James' Nursery School by indicating our code when placing any repeat orders.  Visit www.ClairesGourmet.com and enter school code 2113 when checking out.

 

 

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Last Updated: November 13, 2009