ACA offers a variety of PreK program options to best meet the needs of your family. Morning school time and full-day options are designed to offer a variety of structured playtime and activities to promote kindergarten readiness. Students will develop important foundational knowledge and skills through guided activites and independent exploration that encourage an enjoyable learning experience while teaching students to relate biblically to both their peers and adults. Our instructional program utilizes Bob Jones University Press Curriculum for both our PreK 3 and PreK4 programs.
The ACA Pre-school program is a religiously exempt child day care center. However, we comply will all requirements of the Virginia Department of Educations Office of child Care Health and Safety.
PreK program highlights are as follows:
Pathways for Preschool is a well-balanced program for K3 ( 3-year-olds). The K3 preschool educational materials provide preschoolers with engaging age-appropriate activities in every major area of learning - personal and social development, letter and number recognition, and motor skills development. Through the use of ideas, games, songs, and activities, this program will keep students' interest, encourage creativity, and instill an early love of learning.
Footsteps for Fours (our 4-year-olds to PreK) presents active, hands-on learning and includes a balance of individual activities as well as suggested group activities. Math, phonics, pre-reading lessons that incorporate age-appropriate science, music, language arts, social studies, and handwriting, provide preschoolers with a solid early education foundation.
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Students who turn 3 years old by October 1st are invited to join our PreK 3 Program. If your child has a "late birthday" and you are considering not enrolling in kindergarten until they will turn 6 years old during the school year, we encourage families to consider using our PreK 3 program for two years. The child should also be reliably potty trained. Please feel free to contact us for any questions you may have about making this decision.
Our half day students start at 8:30am and go until Noon. Our whole day students are 8:30am-2:45pm. If you have children who are older and attend ACA your preschooler can wait to be picked up until 3:15pm. Drop off time begins at 8:15am so students can start learning at 8:30.
Families must submit an application for enrollment before applying for Financial Aid. After completing the financial aid application process, we’ll be able to determine your family’s actual tuition costs. We anticipate that many families will be pleasantly surprised to find out that an ACA education really is affordable.