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Covenant Preschool, established in 1949. is the oldest existing, continuously operating preschool in the Erie area.  Programs are offered for three, four, and five-year-old children.  Class size is limited to allow for individual care.  Three-year-old classes have a maximum  of fourteen children; four and five year-old-classes have a maximum of twenty children. 

            There are two teachers in each class.  Teachers are carefully selected to provide loving guidance.   They are enthusiastic, experienced, and dedicated professionals interested in helping children grow.  All lead teachers have degrees.  The teachers and director meet monthly as a staff to share ideas and plan.  They have two in-service programs each year.  The director works with the teachers to insure an exceptional program.  The director also serves a liaison between the church, teachers, and parents and is available to discuss any concerns.

            Parents are kept informed of preschool activities through monthly newsletters, bulletin boards, and parent/teacher conferences.  Two parent night programs are hosted each year to provide information to parents and to assist them in forming social bonds with one another.

            All  preschool classrooms are spacious, bright, and cheerful.  They are arranged to encourage exploration.  Centers for art, music, reading, block building, dress-up, and kitchen work are available in each room.  Observation windows allow parents and professionals to unobtrusively view the child in the classroom setting at any time.

            The preschool provides a large, fenced playground, bikes, and other riding toys, indoor play equipment, a parent resource library, guest speakers, and field trips.  There is also vision, hearing, and speech screening conducted for early detection of problems.

            Tuition assistance is available for families with financial need.

Covenant Preschool Mission Statement

           Recognizing that much of a child's intellectual and creative ability develops before formal education begins, Covenant preschool seeks:

• to provide an enriching transition between home and full-time school by building self-esteem and developing a positive  attitude toward learning in each child.

• to promote social interaction by building healthy relationships with others, developing self-control, self-motivation,    independence, responsibility for actions, and a sensitivity to the world around.

• to offer spiritual development for the children of God by encouraging preschool families to become involved in a faith  community; teaching children that they are created, loved and cared for by God; teaching children that through the Bible  and Jesus Christ we are able to know who God is; and teaching children that because God first loved us, we need to    love him, each other, and care for his creation.

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