Preschool wake forest: Bridges and Beyond Preschool – Enrollment Info

Preschool At The Creek | Richland Creek Community Church

WELCOME!

Providing a quality Christ-centered curriculum in a safe and nurturing environment, Preschool at the Creek is a weekday Christian preschool in Wake Forest, NC. If you have questions after looking around our site, please contact our office at 919-263-8022.

If you have questions or would like to schedule a tour, please call our office at 919-263-8022, or e-mail our Weekday Preschool Director Candace Hughes.

REGISTRATION

Registration for the 2023-24 school is opening soon!

Community Registration begins January 23rd
Registration will begin online at 8:00am on our website and Facebook page.

CALENDAR

Download the PATC Calendar for the whole school year!

2022-23 Calendar

2023-24 Calendar

2023-24 Tuition Rates & Registration Fees

***Registration Fee is Non-Refundable***

GROUP TOURS

Friday, January 6th @ 12:45pm

Friday, January 20th @ 12:45pm

Virtual Tour is posted on our Facebook page facebook. com/preschoolatthecreek

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Click here to download the Parent Handbook for an overview of our policies and procedures.

What school supplies will my child need?

Your child will receive a complete list of supplies needed in their Enrollment Packet.

What age groups does Preschool at the Creek serve?

Ages two, three, four, and five year olds.

What are the hours of the program?

Preschool starts at 9 a.m. and ends at Noon.

What curriculum is used at Preschool at the Creek?

Preschool at the Creek has created a curriculum that is specific to our program and the needs of our students. When developing our curriculum we based our standards on guidelines set by NC Division of Child Development and Wake County Public School System. Our emphasis is on the spiritual and academic growth of our children. Our goal is to build a strong biblical worldview in an effective academic environment that includes creative activities such as music & movement, arts/crafts, games and hands on activities. For our 4 year olds, we use the Letterland Curriculum.

Will there be sibling discounts?

Our goal is to offer a high-quality experience for a competitive rate. Therefore, we will not be offering sibling discounts.

What will the student/teacher ratios be?

Two year olds – maximum group size of 10 children with 2 teachers
Three year olds – maximum group size of 12 children with 2 teachers
Four year olds – maximum group size of 16 children with 2 teachers

What are your teachers’ qualifications?

First and foremost all preschool teachers will have a love for Christ and children. They will be highly trained in the curriculum and teaching methods appropriate for their age group. All teachers will undergo a background check.

What is the registration process?

All students must pay a registration fee at the time of registration. Registration fees will be paid annually. This is a non-refundable fee and is not part of your tuition payment for September of the upcoming school year. These fees will cover operating and supply costs for the school year. Your Registration Fee will be deposited once your child has been offered a space at Preschool at the Creek. If you are not offered a space, your registration fee will not be deposited.

How will it be determined what class my child will be placed in?

Students will be placed into classes based on the birthday cutoff dates listed on the registration form.

Preschool – St John’s Episcopal Church

Preschool

Preschool Registration 2023-2024

St. John’s Preschool registration for the 2023-2024 school year will be open on

January 26, 2023.

Priority registration is for members of St. John’s Episcopal Church, current students and their siblings, and children of staff members. The remaining spaces for the general public will be assigned based on a lottery selection.

A nonrefundable registration fee of one month’s tuition is charged when a child is registered for an existing space in the school for the following year. Children are enrolled in their age group based on a birthday on or before August 31st, which conforms to the Wake County Public School Policy. After registration is complete, a waiting list is made for each age class. (The waiting lists are good for the following school year only.) When an opening becomes available, the opening is filled based on a lottery selection.

Tuition is always due one month in advance. The first payment will be due August 1st. Children enrolled in the four year old program must be fully potty trained. Classes take place from 9:30 AM until 12:30 PM (Toddler Class) and 2, 3 & 4 year old classes take place 9:15 AM until 1 PM.  Questions concerning enrollment procedures should be directed to the preschool office.

To learn more about our preschool please call (919) 562-8619 to schedule a tour.

Our Philosophy

St. John’s Preschool is a ministry of St. John’s Episcopal Church for families in the Wake Forest area. It is a place where children are loved and nurtured in a safe, secure environment. Children learn to cooperate, respect others, respect differences, grow spiritually, and develop confidence in their abilities. We strive to provide opportunities for children to explore, to be creative, and to be good stewards of all that God has given us. We welcome children of all races and faiths and recognize and respect differences in religious preferences.

Parent Handbook

CLICK HERE to view our Parent Handbook.

Curriculum

We believe that effective early childhood education is determined by an understanding of children’s ages and developmental needs, their culture, their abilities and their natural curiosity about themselves and their environment. By being responsive to the changing needs of the children and their interests, our staff offers a child-centered program which includes teacher-directed and child-initiated activities. We use many “hands-on” learning experiences which stimulate all areas of development: cognitive, language, fine motor, gross motor, social-emotional, and spiritual growth.

The curriculum at St. John’s is play-based and integrates music, art, drama, and storytelling. For the younger children we incorporate learning experiences during routine care as well as provide a stimulating environment with age-appropriate toys and activities. For older preschoolers we organize activities around appropriate themes, units, or projects. Our goal ultimately is to prepare them for Kindergarten.

Tata Steel Chess

Tala Steel Chess is one of the oldest and strongest chess tournaments, held annually in the city of Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands since 1967. This tournament always pleases chess lovers with an exciting struggle between the strongest chess players in the world, and the last one was no exception. The highlight of the tournament was the presence of the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen, who as a result very confidently secured the 1st position in the standings without a single defeat. Magnus’s positional instinct and depth of immersion into the position of Magnus have always aroused admiration even among young chess players, but we love chess not only for technique, but also for fierce double-edged fights, incredibly sharp opening novelties, which are now in short supply at the professional level. Despite this, a magnificent game was played in the tournament in the spirit of the masters of the 19th century, where Teimour Radjabov defeated the Indian chess player Vidit Santosh Gujrati.

1.d4 Nf6

2. c4 e6

3. Nf3 d5

4. Nc3 Bb4

5. Qa4+ Nc6

6. e3 O-O

7. Qc2 Re8

8. Bd2 Bd6

9. h4 a6

10.a3 Bd7

11. Be2 dxc4

12. Bxc4 h6

13.g4

The Ragozin Defense has been played, and after the standard 13.0-0 Black would have been able to carry out a consolidating break in the center of e5. The move 13.g4 is a novelty in the opening and casts doubt on the combination of h6 and e5, because the further advance of the g-pawn allows you to open the file for an attack on the king, as well as capture the g5-square with the knight and put pressure on the f7-square with the help of the c4-bishop. It’s really better for Black not to open the а2-g8 diagonal, it is necessary to start active operations on the queenside with moves b7-b5-b4.

13… e5

14. g5 b5

15. Ba2 exd4

The position begins to noticeably worsen. The soulless machine considers the natural capture in the center a mistake and suggests taking the pawn on d4 with the knight and revealing the white monarch. After 15) e-d, e-d. 16) Ke2, Fe7. 17) Nfd4, h-g. 18) Be3, Bf4 Black’s initiative more than compensates for the sacrificed piece. Now White is not obliged to open approaches to his king and can continue the attack by including the Rg1 rook. It is important to understand that the white pawn on g5 is not interested in the knight on f6, but in the pawn cover of the black king – the pawn on h6, the destruction of which can allow the queen to decisively break into the g6 square. Another beautiful feature of the position is that one should start one’s active actions exactly with the move 16)Rg1, and not with 16)g-h, because after 16)…Bf4! Black is forced to play 17)h-g, and now his own pawn is a stumbling block to further attack. However, both whites and blacks do not find these subtleties.

16. gxh 6 dxc 3

17. Bxc3 Be6

It’s fair to say that after capturing a piece, the move 17)… Bf4 didn’t suit Black any more because of 18)Qg6,Ch6.19)Rd1!,Qe7. 20) Bf6, Qf6.21) Qf6, g-f.22) Rd7, Re7.23) Rd5 and White’s attack continues even after the exchange of queens. Despite the fact that the move Be6 looks much prettier and more logical, it leads to super-complex tactical positions that are incredibly difficult for a person to calculate, perhaps Santosh needed to move into the painful endgame discussed above, because there were still practical chances for a draw there.

18. Bxe6 Rxe6

19. Rg1 Ne8

Wrong move. 19)…,Nh5 followed by 20)Bg7,Bg3 was a great chance for Black to sharpen the game a lot! with the threat of Kg7 and again with the idea of ​​using the white pawn on g7 as a cover for the black king. The capture of the bishop by the pawn is followed by 21)…,Ng7. 22) h-g, Le3. 23) Kf2, Rf3! and cannot be taken because of the fork on d4. The cold-blooded continuation 21) Ke2 or 21) Rg3 kept the advantage for White, but left the position as tense as possible. Now the whites are invading the possessions of the black monarch.

20. Bxg 7 Nxg 7

21. Rxg 7+ Kf 8

22.Qh7 Qf6

23.Ng5
Le3+

Black tries to counterattack, taking the rook leads to a draw in the simple variation 24)f-g,Bg3. 25)Kd1,Qf1.26)Kc2,Qe2.27)Kb1,Qd1.28)Ka2,Nb4! Instead of Qf1, the inclusion of the Rd8 rook is also sufficient for a draw, but Black cannot deliver any checkmate. But White ignores the rook sacrifice and extravagantly shelters the king.

24. Kf 1 Nd 8

25. Qg8+ Ke7

26. h7 Bg3

Black continues to create difficulties for White, but the clear move 27)Ne4, which combines attack and defense, does not leave the Indian chess player with a single chance of salvation.

27. Ne4 Rxe4

28.Rxg3Rh5

29. Rd1 Rxh7

30. Re3+ Ne6

31. Qxa8 Rh8

32. Qc6 Kf8

Not the best move in a bad position. White ends the game with a tactical strike.

33. Rxe6 Qxe6

34. Rd8+ Kg7

35.Qc3+ f6

36.Qxc7+

And Black resigned. Such games leave an indelible impression for many years, and it is for such games that we love our ancient game.

Prepared by MF Pavel Chernyshov

30 useful apps for kids, teens and parents

To learn letters and numbers, understand physics, record your track and learn to focus.

Although we are generally opposed to giving children gadgets almost from birth and entertaining them with cartoons, sometimes a tablet or smartphone is simply indispensable. We have collected three dozen applications for different ages (there are even for parents), which not only entertain, but also teach. The selection includes reading and counting, puzzles, audiobooks, science, action sports video tutorials, and meditation apps.

APP STORE

GOOGLE PLAY

Educational app for 2-4 year olds featuring an adorable caterpillar from a book by artist and writer Eric Karl. With the help of three-dimensional puzzles, which are built from simple to complex and are intuitive, children will learn to sort objects by shape, size and color, and make sequences.

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GOOGLE PLAY

This application will help you inculcate one of the basic habits. Inside there are short cartoons about dinosaurs. There are 28 of them in total, enough for a whole month; for completing the task give virtual stickers. The only negative that we found is that after watching all the cartoons, children lose interest in the cleaning process.

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An animated game designed by artists and programmers. Step by step, the child traces one of the 30 characters, which “comes to life” in the final. By pressing the buttons, you can play with your drawing: make it dance, somersault or show tricks.

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GOOGLE PLAY

A great application with games, fairy tales and cartoons that teaches you to sort objects by size, color and shape, read and count, and also helps to develop emotional intelligence, logic and thinking. The authors claim that this is not just a game, but a virtual nanny and teacher, who can even prepare a child for school.

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Another set of fun mini-games including puzzles, animal memory games, planetary exploration, number learning, and exercises to develop logical thinking, fine motor skills and attention.

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GOOGLE PLAY

This game is virtual puzzles and cubes: you need to collect objects and animals from different blocks – geometric shapes, two- or three-dimensional, depending on the complexity. Moving from level to level, children learn to distinguish more and more complex shapes, colors and learn to count.

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The app, developed in collaboration with educators and neuropsychologists, contains mini-games that develop spatial and abstract thinking, logic, geometric imagination, counting and programming skills.

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GOOGLE PLAY

With the help of the convenient voiced “Word Workshop” keyboard, you can compose any word that will be automatically divided into warehouses (not the same as syllables). The child will see the word on the screen, listen to how the letters and warehouses sound, and the unicorn Luchik will tell you how to read the word.

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You can create your own mechanisms and devices in the app. Using the application elements and smartphone functions (camera, microphone, speaker, gyroscope with sensor, flash), you can program, for example, a kaleidoscope, a voice distorter, a thief trap.

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The main advantage of this application is the realistic sound of musical instruments from around the world: the child can assemble his own unique orchestra and try himself as a conductor. You can experiment and select unique combinations: for example, combine the balalaika and bagpipes, piano and gong, bass guitar and harp.

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GOOGLE PLAY

Playful science puzzles among castles and dragons. In tests, you need to take into account the laws of physics: defeat a ghost with the help of light and mirrors, build a ladder or conveyor from gears, open hatches with levers.

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GOOGLE PLAY

Dinosaur lovers can try themselves as archaeologists. Here you can participate in virtual excavations, collect all the bones and make a skeleton out of them, or collect puzzles and paint dinosaurs in different colors. While playing, children will deal with different dinosaurs, learn their sizes and habits.

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GOOGLE PLAY

The creator of the app, quantum physicist Dr. Dominic Wolliman, made sure that it was truly educational: there is a lot of reliable scientific information presented in a playful way. You can explore the planets and get to the edges of the solar system, see the stars, satellites, spaceships, and even build your own rocket.

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GOOGLE PLAY

Fans of maps and flags of all ages will easily remember where this or that country is located, what flag and capital it has. You can use the app as an atlas or take part in a quiz and get achievements for correct answers.

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GOOGLE PLAY

“Literacy” is a test to test your knowledge of Russian: you need to choose the correct spelling of a word. You can also arrange a dictation online with your friends. In the error correction mode, the player can practice the spelling of words in which he made mistakes.

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An app about women created by women. Inspiring stories and vivid illustrations introduce incredible and courageous women – astronauts, artists, pilots, scientists and activists who have made the world a better place.

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GOOGLE PLAY

The basics of programming for younger students and even preschoolers who can’t write yet. The child collects a simple program from pictograms, with which you can control virtual robots. The application was developed at the Research Institute for System Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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GOOGLE PLAY

A team of professional historians has created an app that allows you to study the history of Russia in 3 hours (or 7 hours in advanced mode). Hundreds of cards tell in plain language about historical facts and the rulers of the country from Rurik to Putin. The cards are divided by topic and highlighted in different colors: red – battles and wars, green – reforms, orange – events in the world. You can test your knowledge with tests. Every week texts and cards are updated and supplemented.

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Augmented reality planetarium app. Pointing your smartphone at the night sky, you will see the names of stars, planets, constellations and satellites. You can also study different celestial objects – in augmented reality with a detailed description.

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GOOGLE PLAY

In this application, you can not only listen to hip-hop radio, but also create, record and publish your own tracks on the feed, fight in rap battles and conquer the charts. What you need to do: choose one of the beats, turn on the recording and read out your text. There is even a function to search for suitable rhymes. It is easy to search for like-minded people in the community and record joint tracks.

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GOOGLE PLAY

A great way to quickly level up in any kind of action sports: snowboarding, BMX, skateboarding, skiing, scooter, surfboard, parkboard, trampoline, wakeboard, skiing , scooter, FMX, rollers and windsurf. Inside there are thousands of video lessons from professional riders. You can upload your video – riders or coaches will comment on it. Or find an offline coach in your city.

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GOOGLE PLAY

According to the developers, a team of neuroscientists created dozens of games for Memorado that train memory, logic and mathematical skills, as well as exercises to develop modern virtues – awareness and concentration.

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GOOGLE PLAY

A way to easily and naturally prepare for the Unified State Exam, OGE and even the theoretical driving test. A big quiz on various topics, including both school subjects – Russian and English, physics, chemistry, literature, mathematics, life safety, geography, computer science, and general topics – art, medicine, cinema, economics, cooking and others. The quiz has a detailed explanation of each correct answer – with a selection of video lectures and links for in-depth study.

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GOOGLE PLAY

The app offers a flexible space for creativity and planning. Here you can develop design projects on an endless canvas, make sketches, write notes, draw storyboards. Inside – several tools: pens and brushes that respond to pressure, tilt and change in speed. According to the developers, this application is used by specialists from Disney, PlayStation, Apple and Google.

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GOOGLE PLAY

Radio Arzamas has four sections. Courses are cycles of audio lectures by Russian-speaking scientists. Podcasts – audio interviews, reports, investigations, discussions and analyzes of various topics – from the avant-garde to the mat. Audio versions of selected articles of the site, where you can listen to the sounds and voices of different cultures and eras. And “Children’s Room” – a section for children with expert stories about history, art, music, as well as fairy tales and lullabies.

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GOOGLE PLAY

A large library of audiobooks in professional voice acting in Russian and English, available by subscription (trial period – two weeks). There is fiction and non-fiction, poetry, detective stories, psychology and children’s books. The application allows you to download audiobooks to your phone and listen to them at any convenient time.

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GOOGLE PLAY

Judging by user feedback, EWA has left many English learning apps behind. There are a thousand English books that you can read in the original and check with the translation, a classic system for memorizing words on cards, and a user favorite — conversation courses with the characters of your favorite TV shows.