Allison Harris is the Administrator of The Crossing Preschool.  She has an Associates Degree from Ozark Christian College.  She has worked in daycare ministries in Florida, Virginia, and Indiana.  She was the Director of Roachdale Christian Preschool in Indiana for seven years and has been the Early Childhood ministries Director for The Crossing for the last seven years.  She has four children ranging from fourteen to twenty-four, and a great son-in-law.  She has two dogs and one awesome husband named Jerry who is the Sr. Pastor at The Crossing.

Angie Benz is our lead Pre-K teacher.  She has an Associates Degree from Lincoln Christian College in Bible and her Bachelor Degree from Culver-Stockton College in Elementary Education with an endorsement in Early Childhood.  She has worked at Blessing Hospital Child Care Center, Lollipop Preschool, and has taught preschool children in Early Childhood Ministries at The Crossing for the past seven years. She is married to Andy who is the Technical Director at The Crossing, and has a daughter named Zoey. 

Cori Wadsworth is our Pre-K fine motor skills teacher; she has been with the preschool since the beginning!!!  She worked for four years as Nursery Director, and thirteen years as Preschool Teacher at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Tennessee. Her husband Dave is employed at Gardner Denver. Her two children are Lauren and Barrett. She has three dogs, a cat, and an Iguana.

Sherri Herman is  the Little Gardeners, this is her second year with us.  Sherri and her husband Bryan live on fifty acres in Fowler, and have three grown children, two dogs, two horses, and five to six cows.  Sherri has been teaching early childhood for 10 years at Blessed Sacrament and was the director the last four years.  Her gentle spirit and wonderful experience are a blessing to children, teachers, and parents.

Jessica Moore will be teaching concepts for our Little Gardeners and she will be working with the Pre-K class.  She has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education with an endorsement in special education and a minor in psychology.  She has worked with the early childhood ministries at The Crossing for the past four years.  She has been working at Blessing Child Care Center since 2005.  She enjoys playing volleyball going on the river and spending time with family.

Justine Bruce is new to The Crossing Preschool.  She was director of The Nursery School in Jacksonville for five years and assistant director and teacher for ten years.  Justine and Tim moved to Quincy last year.  Tim works for UOPS and they have two grown children, Melissa and Trent.  Justine will be our Pre-K gross motor teacher.

8:30 – Doors open at the South Entrance, parents bring children to us

8:30 - 8:40 Welcome and center play.  Each center will be focused on
the letter or theme of the day.

8:40 -8:45 Everybody cleans up and lines up as the music plays.

8:45 - 9:55 Children are divided into two or three groups and will do the
following in 20 minute segments in different areas of the Garden:
Concept: This is our reading, writing, and arithmetic time.  See the report card for more detail
Large Motor: Structured games and exercises teaching group play, following rules, and waiting their turn.  See report card for more detail.
Fine Motor: Gluing, cutting, coloring.  Emphasizes creativity, arts and crafts, and sequencing

10:00 - 10:20 Circle Time
a. Pledge
b. Calendar
c. Songs pertaining to letter, theme, and at least two songs about God every day.
d. Announcements on what they are doing today
e. Prayer

10:20 - 10:35 Recess in our play place, the gym or outside

10:40 - 10:45 Bathroom break!

10:45 - 10:55 Snack & Line Up

11:00 We deliver child to you in your car

10:50 - 11:00 (2:50 – 3:00) Snack & Line Up

11:00 (3:00) We deliver child to you in your car

The Bible and alphabet will be incorporated as our main curriculum; which will be accentuated with holidays, weather, field trips, and show and tell!  First Semester curriculum will emphasize letter and number recognition as well as writing; and second semester it will emphasize reading and Spanish.  Calendars will go home at the beginning of the month with what will be taught that month.
For instance, 1 week in the fall, we will focus on A for apple and Adam.  We will practice writing letters and their name and for those interested, we will have an accelerated reading program. We will make sure that the reading program is complimentary to the curriculum taught in the Quincy Public Schools.

There will be a partial week of school the last week of August, full program August 31st.  We will follow the Quincy Public School schedule that will be distributed in the parent packet.

The open house for all classes will be in the auditorium.  Depending on Quincy Public School schedule Our Little Gardener’s (3 year olds) open house is on either August 17th.  The Little Gardeners will meet at 6:30 p.m.  Pre–K’s will be on August 18th  at 6:30 p.m.  We will have a time of looking, playing, and meeting the teachers.  There will be a short meeting to go over the handbook and distribute supply lists, registration forms, medical release forms, and collect registration fees.

WHAT ARE THE HOURS
AND PRICES?

Little Gardner’s ( 3 yr olds):
Wednesday - Friday* 8:30 - 11:15 a.m.  or Tuesday – Thursday* 12:30 – 3:15 p.m.           
    $75 a month** September - May
*Friday (Morning) or Thursday (Afternoon) is an augment day.  It is a day we use to reinforce the previous two days lessons.  It can also be used in case a child was absent on Wednesday or Thursday.  If you wish to only have a two-day a week program, the fee is $65

Pre-K Program
Monday - Thursday* 8:30 - 11:00 am    or 12:30 – 3:00 p.m.
   $85 a month** September - May
*Thursday is an augment day.  It is a day we use to reinforce the previous three-day lessons.  It can be used as a make up day if absent the previous days.  If you wish to only have a three-day program, the fee is $75

Although we understand the financial strains of raising children, we STRONGLY encourage the four-day program for pre-k and three day program for the little Gardeners.

On Wednesday and Thursday, be reassured the two classes will NOT be together. 

**The Crossing Preschool is an outreach ministry of The Crossing. Every child is precious to Jesus and to us.  If there is a financial need, please call Allison at (217) 641-2789 and we will do our best to meet a portion of that need.

There will be a supply list at the Open House and a registration fee of $25 is appreciated.
We look forward to meeting you!