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Health and Safety
Health and Safety
The Mt. Airy Christian Day School is dedicated to providing a safe and healthy environment for all visitors and staff, following all city, state and federal safety precautions. All visitors must wear CDC-approved masks and prepare for ongoing operational changes being made to ensure a safe environment for all. The school reserves the right to ask visitors who do not follow these guidelines to leave the premises.
Masks or face coverings are required
All visitors and staff are required to wear masks or face coverings. Masks with vents or valves should not be worn because they are not effective at stopping COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Check the CDC web for site for guidance on mask safety.
Social distancing is mandatory
Please maintain a distance of six feet from all visitors and staff at all times. Families visiting by appointment must maintain a distance of six feet from other visitors. Please be patient.
Please do not enter if you’re feeling ill
If you are feeling ill, please stay home.
Please use hand sanitizer during your visit
Hand sanitizer dispensers are located throughout the building.
Fundraising
Amazon Smiles
AmazonSmile Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer has created a fundraising program called AmazonSmile. For eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the customer's selected charitable organization. All you need to do to start donating to Mt. Airy Christian Day School is to create a free AmazonSmile account by visiting smile.amazon.com. Once you’ve created your account, select “Mt. Airy Christian Day School. Philadelphia PA (EIN 23-2917291)” from the list of charity’s that you can support. If you already have an Amazon account, you can use that same account to log into AmazonSmile and then chose“Mt. Airy Christian Day School. (EIN 23-2917291)” from the list of charity’s. Then all you need to do is simply SHOP! AmazonSmile will do the rest! Make sure you’re at smile.amazon.com and not at amazon.com before you shop
Coronavirus Essential Tips and Resources
Dear Families, the safety of your children, families, and our staff is always top priority—now more than ever with the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). We are here to support you and ensure that you, your families, and our staff are safe and well-prepared.
Here are some essential tips on how to prepare, respond, and effectively communicate with your friends and families.
Staying Informed
Information and recommendations are changing quickly. In addition to your local public health officials and local authorities, you may wish to use these resources to stay up-to-date:
· World Health Organization (WHO)
· Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Keeping Your Community Healthy
Review CDC recommendations on cleaning, hygiene, and travel history. Prepare your staff and parents with the critical information they need to know and actions to take now.
· CDC’s environmental cleaning and disinfection recommendations for community facilities: Frequently clean of all surfaces and sanitize toys that may have been in contact with saliva or nasal secretions
· CDC’s checklists for teachers and parents: How teachers and parents can prepare and take action
· CDC’s latest recommendations based on recent travel history: How to deal with children, educators, or family members with recent travel history to an area identified by the CDC as Level 2-4
· NPR podcast on Coronavirus and Parenting: What You Need to Know Now: How parents can prepare for COVID-19 and seek help, the tradeoffs of closing schools, and better ways to do screen time (14 minutes long)
Communicating with Children about Coronavirus
Use these guidelines and talking points when speaking to children about COVID-19.
· CDC’s principles and facts for talking with children about coronavirus
· NYTimes Parenting: How to Talk to Kids About Coronavirus
· Bright Horizon's Talking to Children about COVID-19, including guidelines, talking points, and Q&A
Continuing the Learning at Home
We wish to share the following resources:
· Vroom
· YouTube Learning Hub and YouTube Kids
· PBS Kids
· Shared Resource: Caring for Children During Extended Confinement
Suggested talking points for school closures :
· Toddlers: When people are sick, they stay home! When lots of people are sick, we all stay home to keep everyone healthy. We are all going to spend classroom time at home for a little while to keep everyone healthy.
· Primary: When people are sick, they stay home! When lots of people are sick, we all stay home to keep everyone healthy. Many illnesses come from bacterias or viruses. These are teeny tiny organisms that can make people sick. There is a virus that is making people sick right now and so we are all going to spend classroom time at home for a little while to keep everyone healthy.
Note: Children do not process the same information in the same way as adults. You might consider offering just this level of information, and then responding to questions.
We’re in this Together
As an early childhood learning community, our top priority during this time is supporting your needs. Mt. Airy Christian Day School will provide additional information and resources as the situation evolves.
About Us
Dedicated Educators
Highreach curriculum
Highreach curriculum
Thank you for your interest in Mt. Airy Christian Day School. Our mission is to provide a quality, affordable, Christian education that celebrates a diverse community and leads children to know and serve the Lord. We have been serving our community for over 40 years and take pride in our commitment to serve.
If you have any questions a
Thank you for your interest in Mt. Airy Christian Day School. Our mission is to provide a quality, affordable, Christian education that celebrates a diverse community and leads children to know and serve the Lord. We have been serving our community for over 40 years and take pride in our commitment to serve.
If you have any questions about our school, please do not hesitate to call our main office at 215-276-2990 or contact us by using the online form.
Our 2 1/2 -3's classes have low student to teacher ratios. Students entering our toddler program should be fully potty trained. Our focus is on social skills from a Christian perspective. Beginning literacy and pre-math skills are explored through play. They hear stories, learn about Jesus, sing songs, play in the gym, explore movement and music, and eat a snack together.
Pre-k students should be 4 years old by September 1 and potty trained.
Kindergarten students should be 5 years old by September 1.
Highreach curriculum
Highreach curriculum
Highreach curriculum
Mt. Airy Christian Day School follows the HighReach Learning® program. Initially developed in 1986 by professional educators, HighReach Learning is a nationally recognized early childhood program that continues to create developmentally appropriate curriculum for children. Each program provides planning strategies, learning experiences,
Mt. Airy Christian Day School follows the HighReach Learning® program. Initially developed in 1986 by professional educators, HighReach Learning is a nationally recognized early childhood program that continues to create developmentally appropriate curriculum for children. Each program provides planning strategies, learning experiences, and support materials that help create intriguing and interest-driven investigations.
Through HighReach Learning, we inspire children to learn from the world around them, using sensory-related, hands-on activities. New information is introduced thematically, and learning takes place as children explore and manipulate real objects and events.
Highreach curriculum
Mt. Airy Christian Day School was founded in 1980 as a ministry of Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ and is governed by the elders and deacons of the church. The school is an inseparable ministry of the church.
In seeking to fulfill our role of helping Christian families, we see the training of our children to be a top priority. In the
Mt. Airy Christian Day School was founded in 1980 as a ministry of Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ and is governed by the elders and deacons of the church. The school is an inseparable ministry of the church.
In seeking to fulfill our role of helping Christian families, we see the training of our children to be a top priority. In the these delicate youth years, patterns are established and commitments made that often determine the course of a lifetime. The primary responsibility for laying this godly foundation lies with parents . We, as a church, stand ready to partner with parents to help fulfill this vital responsibility through the ministry of our Christian school.
Mt. Airy Christian Day School exists with a distinctively Christian philosophy. We are not merely a private school offering an alternative to public schools. We are not a Christian school merely because our teachers and students are Christians. We are a Christian school because of a Christ-centered philosophy that believes that Christ is Lord and that in Him “…are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
Bishop Ernest C. Morris, Sr.
Founder
Dr. J Louis Felton
Pastor/Servant Leader
Mission
Mt. Airy Christian Day school exists to provide a quality Christ-centered education that prepares students to thrive spiritually and academically.
More about our curriculum
Monthly Themes
Monthly Themes
Monthly Themes
Monthly themes include:
September:From Home to School
October:Harvest Time
November:Terrific Tools
December:Sensational Senses
January:Trucks and Big Machines
February:Town and Country
March:In the Grass
April:Digging in the Dirt
May:Let’s Pretend
How Can I Help My Child?
Research continues to show the importance of family involvement in a child’s success in school. HighReach Learning values the role of the family in making a difference in the lives of young children. Children learn from the people and places all around them. You are truly your child’s first teacher and play an integral part in his or her development. Our early childhood education curriculum encourages families and teachers to work together, guiding children’s learning in powerful and fun ways.
Toddler
Monthly Themes
Monthly Themes
Quality early childhood development for toddlers begins with a hands-on approach and plenty of opportunities for free-choice and independent learning. At Mt. Airy Christian Day School, our teachers will lovingly guide your toddler through their earliest developmental milestones while singing, dancing, and playing. Your toddler’s busy day will include plenty of free play and quiet time. Time will be devoted to enrichment programs, special activities, and learning simple Spanish words. We keep families informed with Daily Reports and weekly lesson plans on the classroom’s Parent Board. Your child’s developmental progress will be assessed on an on-going basis using progress reports.
Our toddlers and two’s utilize the nationally-recognized HighReach® curriculum that focuses on the following areas of development:
- Listening and speaking skills
- Self-confidence
- Social interactions
- Coordination
- Creativity
- Problem solving
Toddler HighReach Curriculum (ages 12 – 24 months)
Designed with the curious child in mind, our toddler curriculum includes monthly themes which are reinforced with books, puppets, songs, free-form art projects and other creative learning activities for toddlers.
Preschool
Monthly Themes
Kindergarten
In the Classroom
- Teachers and children engaged in supportive and encouraging learning interactions.
- Hands-on explorations that create new learning connections in language, math, science, social/emotional, and physical development.
- Children investigating “Big Ideas” and actively seeking answers to their questions.
- Rich conversations between teachers and children.
- Intentional daily plans covering a wide range of standards-based objectives (Ask to see them!) that take your child’s interests and needs into account.
- Opportunities to explore basic skills and concepts that are appropriate for your child’s specific developmental level and which will ensure school readiness.
Kindergarten
Mt. Airy Christian Day School approach to early childhood development
Kindergarten
Mt. Airy Christian Day School utilizes the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill'sTreasures curriculum which is now aligned to the Common Core State Standards. This leading program offers the correct balance of fiction/nonfiction literature, explicit instruction and ample practice to ensure that students learn and grow as lifelong readers and writers. Treasures is a research based, comprehensive Reading Language Arts program for grades K-6 that gives educators the resources they need to help all students succeed. High quality literature coupled with explicit instruction and ample practice ensures that students grow as life-long readers and writers.
for more information click on the following link.
Treasures Kindergarten Program Overview
Mt. Airy Christian Day School approach to early childhood development
Mt. Airy Christian Day School approach to early childhood development
Mt. Airy Christian Day School approach to early childhood development
Educational Standards
Mt. Airy Christian Day School is licensed by the Department of Human Services and Pennsylvania Department of Education and follows the state’s early learning standards. We use the Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards for infant and Toddlers, Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards for Pre-Kindergarten, and Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards for Kindergarten to guide curriculum and lesson planning decisions. We also participate in the Keystone STARS Certification Program, designed to evaluate and improve the quality of child care. The program offers Standards, Training, Assistance, Resources and Support (STARS) to child care providers and recognizes the continuous quality improvement efforts of early learning programs in Pennsylvania.
We are redefining how far childcare providers can go. Our educational philosophy is age-appropriate, developmentally appropriate and child-directed. Your child will learn through play and will be given the freedom to make choices that help to foster independence.
Our Kindergarten program are aligned with the curriculum of public school Kindergarten programs and are designed to prepare your child to transition easily to a public or private school environment.
Highreach Scope and sequence
Mt. Airy Christian Day School approach to early childhood development
Mt. Airy Christian Day School approach to early childhood development
HighReach Learning® curriculum grows with your child. As your child matures and moves to the next age group, he/she develops more advanced skills. The main skills your child will cover during the year are listed below.
Curriculum for Twos
- Social/Emotional Development
- Language Development
- Small and Large Muscle Development
- Phonological Awareness: Songs, Rhymes, & Fingerplays
- Color & Shape Recognition
- Problem Solving
- Self-Concept
Curriculum for Threes
- Social/Emotional Development
- Language Development
- Phonological Awareness: Songs, Rhymes & Alliteration
- Small and Large Muscle Development
- Color, Shape, & Number Recognition (1-10)
- Counting & One-to-One Correspondence
- Sequencing, Predicting, & Graphing
- Problem Solving
- Character Education
Curriculum for Pre-K
- Social/Emotional Development
- Language Development
- Small and Large Muscle Development
- Phonological Awareness: Rhyming, Clapping Syllables, & Alliteration
- Letter Recognition and Beginning Sounds
- Vowel Sounds (long and short; emphasis on short)
- Color, Shape, & Number Recognition (0-12)
- Counting & One-to-One Correspondence
- Sequencing, Graphing, & Predicting
- Character Education
PTO 2019-2020
Come join our PTO
Volunteers are welcomed
Come join our PTO
Parents are the voice for their children. Come join a group of wonderful men and women helping to better our school. From “Funraisers” to family activities. PTO meets every third Wednesday of each month. Contact the office for further informatio.
Upcoming events!
Volunteers are welcomed
Come join our PTO
Primp and Pamper/ Cutz for Gents
November 16 from 11-1pm @ Dobbins Technical Highschool. Tickets on sale for $15.
Volunteers are welcomed
Volunteers are welcomed
Volunteers are welcomed
Have free time? Have a talent that you would like to share? Schedule a visit with our office and we can help you submit your clearances and get you started.
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