Philosophy
St. David’s Christian Early Learning Center is a family centered learning environment. We educate the whole child. We provide each child with Christ-like love and acceptance. We nurture their God-given interests and talents, so they may grow, develop, and achieve all God has planned for them. Our program is child oriented, play-based learning, and encourages development in the spiritual, social, emotional, intellectual, and physical areas for all students. We believe children learn best through inquiry, interactive learning experiences, art, music, and dramatic play and are encouraged to learn through play and exploration of the world around them.
Mission
The Mission of St. David’s Christian Early Learning Center is to meet the spiritual, cognitive, social, physical, creative and emotional needs of each child by providing an exceptional Christ-centered educational experience. We seek to minister to families through a sense of community, outreach activities and drop-in child care.
Core Values
At St. David’s CELC we believe:
- In Christ-like love and acceptance of all children.
- Children learn best through inquiry, interactive, and play-based learning experiences, art, music, and dramatic play.
- In discovering and nurturing each child’s God-given gifts, talents, and interests.
- In encouraging age-appropriate independence.
- In discipline through positive reinforcement, redirection, and praise.
- Partnering with parents is essential for the education and well-being of the child.
- Parents have the primary responsibility for the education of the child, and the school exists to assist them in this task.
- The faculty and staff are committed to educating the child spiritually, mentally, socially, physically.
- In on-going training of staff and leadership to meet the ever-changing educational needs of children.
Vision
The children and families of St David’s CELC will:
- Experience the loving nature of God (spiritual).
- Understand that they are each treasured and beloved children of God, made in His image, with their own unique gifts and talents (spiritual).
- Demonstrate love, kindness, and respect to classmates and teachers (social).
- Show an appreciation for each individual, understanding and accepting differences (social).
- Express their emotions appropriately, take responsibility for their actions, and show empathy for others (emotional).
- Understand that the body is God’s temple and how to properly care for themselves by eating healthy food, practicing proper hygiene and getting adequate rest and exercise (physical).
- Use creative expression such as art, music and dramatic play as an avenue of self-expression, discovery and learning (creative).
- Show a desire to learn, participate in a variety of learning activities and feel free to further inquire, explore, analyze and reason.
- See our school as a safe place to discover, learn, and grow.
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