Nursery School Hours of Operation
Morning hours: 8:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., 2 & 3 year-old classes
8:55 a.m. to 11:25 a.m., 4 year-old classes
Afternoon hours: 12:05 p.m. to 2:35 p.m.
“TLC” The Lunch Club: Wednesday & Friday – 10:30 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. Monday, Tuesday & Friday – 11:20 a.m. – 2:35 p.m.

Full-Day Kindergarten Hours of Operation
8:55 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.

History
Established in 1965, St. Andrew’s Nursery and Kindergarten, is a non-profit organization under the auspices of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.  Children of all religious faiths are welcome, and throughout the year, they are exposed to a variety of traditions and cultures.  The school is licensed by the state of New Jersey and is an active member of the National Association of Episcopal Schools. St. Andrew's serves children from Union, Morris, and Somerset counties, including the surrounding communities of New Providence, Berkeley Heights, Chatham, Summit, Madison, Scotch Plains, Warren and Watchung. All are welcome.

Quality Faculty
St. Andrew's is proud of its professional faculty and staff of thirty people. Every classroom is under the direction of both a head teacher and an assistant teacher. Every teacher is required to enhance their teaching abilities by attending professional conferences, seminars and in-service days to keep them up-to-date with educational developments in the field.

• All head teachers are state certified.
• Classroom teachers are supplemented by a music teacher and a French teacher.
• The faculty is further enriched by student teachers pursuing degrees in early childhood education.

Safe Facilities
The school uses three unique buildings located on the picturesque five-acre grounds of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.  There are four playgrounds – innovative environments designed to stimulate the development of large motor skills through various play apparatus.  On inclement days the school provides a facility for an indoor gymnasium.  The doors are secured during school hours.  All visitors entering the building must come to the Nursery School Office. 

Nursery School Advisory Board
The The Nursery School Advisory Board was created in 1991. Membership on the Board consists of 11 persons. All members shall be selected by the Nomination Committee and elected by the School Board, with the consent of the Rector and Vestry. Two persons shall be from the church: one Warden and a Vestry member. The Rector and Director will serve as non-voting members of the Board. The remaining five members shall be active parishioners or non-parishioners. Each Board member shall serve a period of three years beginning January 1. Board members may serve two consecutive terms, but must be off the Board for at least one year after a second term.

The primary function of the Nursery School Advisory Board is to oversee the conduct of business and financial affairs of the school. Authority for the direction of school life—including the academic, moral, physical aspects, and authority for the conduct of business and financial affairs—is delegated by the rector with the advice and consent of the vestry to the board of trustees of the school.

Trustees
     - Diane Kostibos, Director
     - William Chester, President
     - Janet Barth, Secretary
     - John Carroll, Vestry Member
     - Therese Dalton
     - Diana LaPara, Vestry Member
     - Susan Merrick
     - Liz Mondelli
     - Alan Speer, Treasurer
     - Rev. Margaret R. Hodgkins, Rector

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