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Two Day Class T, Th (am) |
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Two Day Class W, F (am) |
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One Day Class M (am) - January start date, 2 ½ by January. |
| Our 2 ½ year old programs are geared to encourage and nurture social skills in a classroom setting. Our classes incorporate learning through puppets, music, art and play. The school's goal is to make each child's first preschool experience inviting and caring. Your child does not need to be potty trained for this class. |
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| 3 Year Old Classes: |
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Two Day Class T, Th (am) |
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Three Day Class M, W, F (am) |
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Three Day Class M, W, F (pm) |
| Our Three Year Old program encourages the creativity of this age group. We introduce fun learning activities in math, language and science. The children will make crafts geared around the
letter of the week. Our 3's will be introduced to educational and fun classroom
centers. Beginning listening skills are also emphasized. |
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| Pre-K Four Year Old Classes: |
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Three Day Class M, W, F (am) |
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Four Day Class M, T, Th, F (am) |
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Four Day Class M, T, Th, F (pm) |
| Our Four Year Old program is geared to prepare your Four Year Old child for Kindergarten. We will be working on our letters, sight words, phonic skills, math, social studies, science and creative arts. Our staff is committed to keeping our curriculum current and in alignment with the local public school Kindergartens. |
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| "Explorers" Kindergarten Enrichment and Readiness Program: 3 class options are available |
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Two Day Class T, Th (am) |
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Three Day Class M, W, F (pm) |
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Five Day Class M, T, W, Th, F (pm) |
We have combined our “Explorers” and our “Kinder-Kids” classes into one program for our older children. Our “Explorers” program is a combination of enrichment activities along with strong educational readiness skill activities.
“Explorers” is for children who have completed a Four Year Old preschool program and will benefit from another year of preschool. This class is also for children who are in Kindergarten and will attend opposite of their Kindergarten schedule for an enrichment program. (Children can be between the ages of 5 and 6 years old, or be turning 5 by December.)
“Explorers” will emphasize phonics, sight words, reading and writing readiness, science, and social studies and will also focus on journaling, creative arts, cooking, gardening, science projects, dramatic play, Spanish and sign language.
This combination of both an educational and enrichment curriculum makes a well-rounded program that prepares children for their formal education and builds confidence. Children in the Explorer classes bring a lunch to school. A time to eat together and socialize is build into each class. This helps our Kindergarten students who are coming from or going to their class.
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| Children need to be the age indicated for their class by October 1st. |
| AM Classes meet from 9:00 am to 11:30 am |
| PM Classes meet from 12:15 pm to 2:45 pm |
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Classes will be offered only if there is sufficient enrollment and are subject to change based on enrollment. We need a minimum of 6 children per class. |
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| Monthly Tuition Rates for 2012-2013: |
| 2 ½ year olds class – 1 day -------- $70.00 (January start; 6 payments total) |
| 2 ½ year olds class - 2 days ------ $140.00 |
| 3 year olds class - 2 days -------- $140.00 |
| 3 year olds class - 3 days -------- $180.00 |
| 4 year olds class - 3 days -------- $180.00 |
| 4 year olds class - 4 days -------- $200.00 |
| Explorers - 2 days --------------- $140.00 |
| Explorers - 3 days --------------- $180.00 |
| Explorers - 5 days --------------- $205.00 |
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| We offer a sibling discount of 10% per child on our regular preschool classes. |
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A non-refundable $50.00 registration fee is due when you register your child for a preschool class. (There is no registration fee due for our “Me and Mommy” Classes.) |
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| Additonal Oppotunities at Hillside |
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| 1. Our "Specials": |
- 2 ½ year old program – Music and Chapel
- 3 year old program – Music, Chapel and Computers
- 4 year old program – Music, Chapel, Computers and Morris Museum
- Explorers – Music, Chapel, Computers and Morris Museum
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| 2. Our "Lunch Bunch" Program: |
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Our Lunch Bunch program is designed to give your child some additional time at preschool. It operates from October to May. Lunch Bunch gives children the opportunity to share a mealtime with their friends, learn important social skills and participate in planned enrichment activities.
Additional Lunch Bunch information along with the LB schedule is sent home in September
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| 3. "Me and Mommy" Program - with 3 sessions available: Fall, Winter and Spring. |
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This is a specially designed class to introduce Moms with children from 12 to 36 months old to a preschool setting in a comfortable and inviting atmosphere. This class meets on Friday mornings from 10:00 to 11:00.
Our program runs in six week sessions in the fall, winter and spring. Each class is held in a child friendly toddler room. The cost is $90.00 per family for one child; please add $25.00 for a second child for each 6 week session. Call to sign up!
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Welcome to “Our Sharing Corner” where we highlight the many programs at Hillside Preschool! |
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| OUR CELEBRATION PROGRAMS: |
| We celebrate many events at Hillside Preschool and we invite our families to join us! |
| September - Back to School Night -- Get-Acquainted Coffees for our Moms |
| October - Visit from our Fire Department -- Harvest Parades and Parties -- Field Trips |
| November - Thanksgiving Feast- Visit from our Police Department |
| December - Christmas Celebration Programs |
| January - Karate Visit, Jazzercise Visit, and Family Fun Movie Night |
| February - Dental Health Program -- Valentine Day Tea with Parents -- Come Let Us Sing |
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Program at Church and “I Love America” Week |
| March - Read across America- Special Visit from Cat in the Hat and Clifford - Daddy & Me |
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Night at Preschool -- Library Art Work Display |
| April - Easter Celebration and Easter Egg Hunts—Field Trips—Science Activities: |
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Tadpoles, Butterflies, and Lady Bugs |
| May - Mommy & Me Day, Hillside Annual Fun 'n Play Picnic |
| June - Graduation Programs and Closing Ceremonies for ALL students |
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OUR CLASS OUTREACH PROGRAMS: Each year at Hillside, we sponsor several events to emphasize our commitment to teach our children the value of “Caring and Sharing”. Each preschool class adopts a “Caring” project that they will work on throughout the school year. In our safe outreach programs, we teach our children about giving back to our community.
Here are some of our “Caring and Sharing” Projects. |
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| Adoption of Military Personal - Children write letters and send care packages to our adopted soldiers. |
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| Young At Heart - The children join with the senior citizens of our church to decorate cookies, make a craft and sing songs! |
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| All Creatures Great & Small - We have a food collection for a local animal shelter |
| College Students - We reach out to send some love through pictures from our little kids to our big kids. |
| Helping Hands - Food or toiletries collection for local social services |
| Love Letters - We send letters from the school to Shut-ins |
| Book Collection - Our school has collected books for the Pediatric Unit at St. Claire’s Hospital |
| Shoe Box Collection - The children collect small toys to fill shoe boxes for under privileged children through “Samaritan’s Purse Ministry”. |
| Vacation Bible School - Our school helps to make decorations to adorn the hallways for VBS held at the church each July — all are invited. |
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| God’s Little Angels - In addition, the Knitting and Prayer Group from our church meet regularly to knit blankets and sweaters for all the new babies born into our preschool families during the year. |
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| PARENT PARTICIPATION PROGRAMS: |
| We know our parents are involved in their child’s education and each family, depending on their circumstances, can help or be involved in a variety of ways. |
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| Table Talk - This is a monthly meeting time with the Directors to hear your thoughts, ideas or suggestions ---- children are welcome. |
| Harvesting Hope – This is a parenting class for our Moms on raising our children with biblical values. Babysitting will be offered. There is no charge for the class or babysitting. |
| School Committee’s - We have a variety of Committees that benefit our school that parents can join. |
| Room Parents - Each year, there is an opportunity for parents to volunteer to be a room-parent for their child’s class. |
| Community Workers - We invite our parents to come share their talents or special jobs. |
| Family Fun Nights - We offer a variety of different gatherings for our families. |
| Field Trips - There two field trips offered for each age group. There will be one in the fall and one in the spring. On our field trips, all parents are included. |
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| OUR "SPECIALS": |
| There are many special programs offered and included in our school year for the children, depending upon their age group. |
| Chapel - Our Pastors teach Chapel with the supervision of our teachers. The Pastors teach Bible Stories utilizing a Children’s Bible with puppets, felt boards, music and plays so each child can fully understand the message. |
| Music - Our Music Teacher is trained and certified in Music Education. The children will learn through music & movement, instrumentation and song. The children will learn a variety of songs through the school year. |
| Morris Museum - This is a thematic educational program through Morris Museum. The museum has a huge selection of themes. Each month they box up artifacts related to the theme and these are brought to our preschool. The items are all hands on which allows the children to engage and explore. |
| Computer Instruction - Hillside uses age appropriate programs for our students in their classrooms. We choose material that is educational and fun for learning. |
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| "Lunch Bunch" Program:
- What is “Lunch Bunch”? It is extra time added to extend your child’s preschool day one or two times per week from October through May. The Lunch Bunch program gives children the opportunity to share a mealtime with their friends, learn important social skills and participate in planned enrichment activities. This also provides parents some flexibility in their schedules by allowing an earlier drop-off or a later pick-up time. Parents provide their child with a bag lunch and beverage on their Lunch Bunch day. This program is offered 4 times a week and prices are affordable to meet the needs of our families. Parents have the option to sign their children up for the program in advance or use our “Drop-In Days” any time you want. |
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“Me & Mommy” Class (M&M’s!) for Moms with children under 30 months old! |
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This is a specially designed class to introduce Mom and child to a preschool setting in a comfortable and inviting atmosphere.
Our program will run in six week sessions on Mondays from 10:00 am to 11:00 am.
Each 1 hour class is held in a child-friendly toddler preschool room. There are only 10 family openings per session so availability is limited. This program is run under the guidance of the Directors and led by trained, loving and experienced staff.
Our program will lend itself to promoting socialization for both Mom and child. We would like to build a community for our families to feel welcomed - It is our goal to build skills for our children to learn independence and socialization.
Here are some things you can do in a “Me & Mommy” class”
*Circle Time- Calendar and Weather
* Music and Movement - Singing and Dancing
*Free Play- Using Educational toys to play with Mom & Friends
*Story & Share Time - reading and acting out story books
*Good Bye, So Long Time- until we meet again
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| Here are the dates for our sessions this year. You can sign up for one, two or all three sessions! |
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Fall Session |
Winter Session |
Spring Session |
Sept 26 |
Jan 2 |
Mar 12 |
Oct 3 |
Jan 9 |
Mar 19 |
Oct 17 |
Jan 23 |
Mar 26 |
Oct 24 |
Jan 30 |
Apr 16 |
Nov 7 |
Feb 6 |
Apr 23 |
Nov 14 |
Feb 13 |
Apr 30 |
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Our School Year: We are in school from September to June. Parents receive a preschool calendar with the main school events for the year at our Back to School Night.
Our school year calendar has extra days planned in advance each year in case we need to close for any Snow Days during the school year.
Open House and Registration for each school year is held in mid-January. This is a great chance for prospective parents to tour our facility, meet our staff and learn more about our programs. Call for more information about attending our Open House or visiting our school. Enrollment continues until our classes are full. Interested parents can call the school to inquire about openings anytime during the school year.
Directions
Our Preschool is located at 113 South Hillside Avenue in Succasunna.
Take Route 10 West to the Hillside Avenue exit. Make a left onto Hillside and travel approximately 1.5 miles; you will see a red brick Church on the left (Hillside Lutheran Brethren).
Enter by the Hillside Preschool sign and drive around to the back parking lot. Our entrance is in the back of the church under the large covered car port.
If you are traveling on Route 10 East, make a right onto Hillside Ave and follow the above directions.
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How to contact us:
Our Phone number is: 973-584-6040
Our Fax number is: 973-584-3542
Our Email is: nursery@hillsidelbc.org
Our mailing address is: 113B South Hillside Ave.; Succasunna, NJ 07876 |
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