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Preschool: Welcome to Johnson Memorial School
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• Go to Registration and Tuition information.
• Download the Preschool Enrollment Form.
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Johnson Memorial School at St. Stephen's United Methodist Church
Our purpose is to provide an opportunity for three and four year old children to learn, play, and
worship together in a Christian atmosphere. There is cooperation, democratic living and an
opportunity for children to gain new skills and appreciation, to make new friends, to form
good habits and to learn to be responsible members of a group.
Daily Schedule:
Each day begins with a period of creative learning in which the children are free to choose
from various centers such as blocks, books, small manipulatives, art, science, cooperative,
gross motor, and small group. This is followed by periods devoted to creative art activities,
Spanish, music, readiness, outdoor play, unit study and story time. Active times are
alternated with quiet times. The daily schedule includes lunch, with each child
bringing a lunch kit.
Curriculum:
Ours is a developmentally appropriate, unit-based curriculum. Qualified, experienced
teachers guide the children through an important year in their lives as they share
holidays, experiences, learn of our place in the family, in the community, and of
God's world around us.
Children enjoy field trips, special days, guests, books from the public library and
our school and church libraries, and worship in chapel services.
Attention is paid to readiness with carefully selected teaching aids for the child's
next step of development.
Classes:
Classes meet September through May, observing Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring
holidays. School hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Children must be three or four years old on or before September 1st of the
current year to attend.
History:
The Robert A. Johnson Memorial School for Little Children was established with funds
given in memory of Sgt. Robert Alan Johnson, aged 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. William O.
Johnson. Robert was a Green Beret who was killed in action in Vietnam on May 12,
1967. This young man, who grew up in St. Stephen's United Methodist Church,
exemplified the best of the youth of our nation.
Since 1967, this school has served families and children of all races and creeds,
as a self-supporting, nonprofit part of the ministry of St. Stephen's. More than
1,000 children have shared in this ministry.
Our first students are young adults now. Throughout the years families who know
about our school come back and send others. Your support and trust
is appreciated.
We endeavor to fulfill the teachings of Jesus in Matthew: "Let the little children
come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of
heaven belongs." And he laid his hands on them and went on
his way. (Matthew 19:14-15)
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