- Hours of Operation
- Class Days and Times
- Enrichment Classes
- The Lunch Club (TLC)

Hours of Operation
Morning hours: 8:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and 8:55 a.m. to 11:25 a.m.
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.

Philosophy

St. Andrews Nursery School and Kindergarten encourages children to develop a positive self-image and a love of learning from which cognitive growth naturally follows. This begins with a kindly child-oriented atmosphere attuned to the different stages of early childhood. It continues with a diverse and flexible curriculum offering a variety of choices commensurate with each child's developmental level.

Curriculum: Nursery school

Our philosophy is supported by varied curricula designed to foster growth in each child's social and emotional, verbal, motor, and cognitive/academic skills. Creativity and self-expression are encouraged in order to develop a self-concept in each child. Individual class curricula are supplemented by programs in Music, as well as outdoor activities and field trips. Music instruction is provided to all classes on a weekly basis. French instruction is given to the four-year-old and Kindergarten classes.

Listening Centers are offered for our three- and four-year-old classes to enhance literacy skills, language development and a love for literature.

The four-year-old program offers a learning center approach. The centers contain activities and materials designed to teach, reinforce, and/or enrich skills and concepts of being taught. Centers accommodate different learning styles and abilities. We prepare the child for readiness in Reading, Mathematics, Language, fine motor and social skills through a creative and innovative curriculum.

We continually revise our curriculum to meet state standards and the school maintains a working relationship with the local public schools to ensure Kindergarten Readiness.

Weather permitting, the children participate in outdoor activities including tricycle riding, climbing, and playing in the sand box. Often indoor activities such as art projects, music and story time are brought outdoors to provide a different perspective for the children. Field trips in the four-year-old classes supplement classroom instruction to provide the children with a sense of adventure. Examples of destinations are farms, Overlook Hospital, the post office and the local fire house. We enhance our nursery school programs for all classes with special visitors related to our curriculum such as fire officials, EMTs and physicians.

Children must be the age of the program for which they are applying by October 1 of the year of application, i.e., a child must be four years old by October 1 to be placed in a four-year-old class. Children applying for the 2½-year-old class must be two by March 1 of the year of application so that they will be two and a half by September 1.

Enrichment Classes
Optional Enrichment classes for four-year-olds offer an opportunity to explore in greater depth subjects or activities of particular interest. Enrichment classes are offered to our three-year-olds beginning in January with teacher recommendation. The classes meet weekly each semester and are taught by the St. Andrew’s faculty. Although Enrichment offerings tend to vary from semester to semester, a typical Enrichment schedule might include Art for Littlehands, Chef for a Day, Adventures Around the World, and Storytime Adventures. 

The Lunch Club (TLC)
TLC is provided for those who would like their children to share lunchtime with peers in safe, friendly surroundings. Children will bring their lunches to school, where they will be supervised as they eat and socialize with friends. Reservations are required. Please call the school office at 908 464-4878 for more information.

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