FIRST UNITED METHODIST PRESCHOOL

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2011-2012 Preschool Registration Begins. Application forms for the 2011-12 preschool year will be available for pick up for church members, current students and Mother's Day Out families beginning Wed., December 1. We only enroll 106 children per year, so come early in December! Applications are due back with registration fee by December 15th. The child you are enrolling must be 3, 4 or 5 ON OR BEFORE September 30, 2011. Any remaining spots will be offered to those children on our waiting list in January. If you have a friend with a preschooler who is not a member of our church, tell them to call or come by the preschool office about waiting list information as the sooner they get on the waiting list, the better! For more information call the preschool office at 890-7316.

School Calendar

2011-2012

• Professional Days for Teachers August 1-4
• Required Parent and Classroom Meeting Thursday August 4 (6:30-8 pm)
• Visitation Day for Students (10-11 or 11-12) August 5
• First Full Day of School August 8
• Labor Day (No School) September 5
• Grandparents' Day Celebration 8-9 AM September 19
• Fall Break (No school) October 3-7
• School resumes October 10 TAEYC CONFERENCE (No school Thurs, & Fri) October 13-14
• Parent/Teacher Conferences (No school) Wednesday October 19
• Fall Open House/Fundraiser (Bike Rodeo) October 22
• Halloween Parties at School October 31
• Thanksgiving Holidays (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) November 23-25\
• *Students Currently Enrolled Complete Applications for Fall (2012) December 1-15
• Children's Christmas Program Thursday December 8
• *Church Members Complete Enrollment for Fall (2011) December 1-31
• Last Day of School Before Christmas Thursday December 15
• Christmas Break (No school) Dec.16- Jan 3
• Teacher Workday (No school) January 3
• School Resumes Wednesday January 4
• Martin Luther King Holiday (No school) January 16
• President's Day (No school) February 20
• Parent/Teacher Conferences (No School) March 8
• Spring Break (No School) March 19-23
• School Resumes March 26
• Good Friday (No school) April 6
• Week of the Young Child April 22-28
• Last Day of School Friday May 18
• Teachers return for Work Days May 21 and 22

 If city and/or county schools are closed for snow, we will be closed; however, we always open on time if schools open late.

*There is on-going registration for the preschool waiting list. In December and January, enrollment forms will be completed for the 2012-13 school year.\

In order to be added to the First United Methodist Preschool waiting list, the following is required for each child:

1. Complete a Registration Form

2. Submit a nonrefundable $25 fee. This amount will be applied to the

registration fee should the child enroll when an opening becomes available.

Children may be added to the waiting list when they are one year old.

Waiting Lists for the school year are kept by age groups and are used to fill any openings that become available.

Applications for admittance to the preschool are completed in December and January prior to the fall enrollment.

Tennessee Department of Human Services has a Star-Quality Child Care Program that recognizes child care
agencies who meet quality criteria.

Seven areas are evaluated:

1 . Director Qualifications 2 . Professional Development 3. Compliance History 4. Parent/Family Involvment
5. Ratio and Group Size 6 .Staff Compensation 7. Program Assessment

Four rating levels are given based on achievement results in the seven catagories evaluated .
*Complies with licensing regulations
* One Star Rating
* Two Star Rating