Ascension Lutheran Church
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Ascension Lutheran Early Childhood Center (ECC) is a cooperative pre-school and limited cooperative pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. Your child’s education is a cooperative effort between home and school. Our intent is to assist you in this effort by providing activities designed to promote physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual growth in a loving Christian environment.

If you have questions or would like to register your child, please contact our director, Mrs. Laurie Schneider, at 440.777.6365 or ecc.alc@sbcglobal.net.

Curriculum
Our curriculum is designed to be both age and developmentally appropriate. Bible stories and songs are an integral part of our program. Hands-on learning is encouraged through participation in free play, art, music, religious, science, math, literature, and language activities and is supplemented by occasional field trips, guest speakers, and special activities.

Staff
Staff members meet academic qualifications for their position, have required state training, attend conferences and workshops to further professional growth, and possess a love for and an interest in children and families. We also use a parent help daily in the pre-school programs.

Goals
We strive to provide your child with a positive school experience and endeavor to instill in parents the importance of building and maintaining a solid home/school relationship. Therefore, it is our intent to:

  • assist parents with spiritual training of child;
  • encourage child to think and act for self;
  • provide environment which promotes self-esteem;
  • provide activities which develop creative abilities;
  • encourage music appreciation and dramatic play;
  • provide daily opportunities for child to stretch and grow in all areas of development.

Registration
Registration begins the January prior to the new school year for members of Ascension Lutheran Church and current ECC families and opens to the public on February 1. Download and print the registration form and return it to:

Ascension Lutheran Church
Early Childhood Center
Attn: Laurie
28081 Lorain Road
North Olmsted, OH 44070

Enrollment Policy
We welcome students of any race, sex, color, or national and ethnic origin whose parents desire a school experience taught from a Christian perspective, to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities made available to students at the school. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin in the administration of our educational policies, admission policies or other administered programs.

Tuition and Fees
Tuition and fees are set on a yearly basis, but for your convenience, may be paid in nine monthly installments, with the first payment due in August and the last due in April. A $40 non-refundable registration fee is payable upon enrollment. Supply fees are also assessed for each child (see program listing).

Tuition/fees listed for the programs below are effective for the 2006-2007 school year.

PRESCHOOL 3’s
–Meets M/T or Th/F
-9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
-3 years old by September 30
–Class Size: 12
–Tuition: $828/yr ($92/mo)
–Supply Fee: $35

PRESCHOOL OLDER 3’s/Y4’s
–Meets M/T* 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
–3 years old by March 31
–Class Size: 12
–Tuition: $828/yr ($92/mo)
–Supply Fee: $35

PRESCHOOL Young 4’s
–Meets Th/F 9:00 – 11:25 a.m.
–4 years old by December 31
–Class Size: 12
–Tuition: $873/yr ($97/mo)
–Supply Fee: $35
This class is intended for younger 4’s who are ready for a little more structure than our a.m. 3-year-old class, but who are not old enough for our 4-year-old classes. The following school year you may choose to place your child in either our 4-year-old class or our Pre-K class.

PRESCHOOL 4’s
–Meets M/T/W or W/Th/F 9:00 – 11:25 a.m.
OR
–Meets M/T/W* 12:30 – 2:55 p.m.
–4 years old by September 30
–Class Size: 14
–Tuition $1071/yr ($119/mo)
–Supply Fee: $40

PRE-K
–Meets M/T/W/Th* 9 - 11:25 OR 12:30 - 2:55
–5 years old by Dec. 31
–Class Size: 14
–Tuition: $1260/yr ($140/mo)
–Supply Fee: $45
This class is intended for children who would benefit from some additional preschool experience before attending kindergarten or whose birth date falls shortly after the kindergarten cutoff date.

PK & K
For children who are 5 by September 30. This is a combined extended Pre-K and traditional Kindergarten class. This class begins at the end of August and runs through the end of May.
–Class Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

PK + K: Pre-K student
–Meets M/T/W/Th*
–Tuition: $1458/yr ($162/mo)
-Supply Fee: $50

PK + K: Kindergarten student
–Meets M/T/W/Th/F
–Tuition: $1647/yr ($183/mo)
–Supply Fee: $60

NOTE:
To attend the PK + K class as a Kindergartner, your child MUST be enrolled M – F and be 5 years old by the cutoff date of the school district in which you live.

TOT TIME:
A class for Parents & Toddlers
This class is for 21 – 36 month olds, accompanied by an adult. It is offered in small sessions, one day per week, at various times throughout the year. Please call for more information.

NOTE:
*If there is enough interest, it is possible we would offer an optional ENRICHMENT DAY (one extra day added to the weekly schedule) for these classes that would focus more intentionally on language arts, literacy, math, and science. If you would be interested in this option, please check the space on the registration form.