Weekday Preschool

Come join us for our wonderful half day program from 9:00 am-12:00 pm in Bloomington with a lunch bunch option until 1:00 pm. Join us in Bedford from 8:30-11:30am. Weekday Preschool and Kindergarten is a Christian-based program committed to helping children grow spiritually, academically, and socially. We embrace each child where they are developmentally and use daily activities and experiences as teaching moments. We would love to tell you so much more!

Weekday Preschool Contact Information: 

Marie Robertson, Executive Director, mrobertson@socc.org, 812.335.3847

Kelly Pitner, Bloomington Nursery/Toddler Coordinator, kpitner@socc.org, 812.947.0837

Karla Holck, Bedford Director,  kholck@socc.org, 812.947.0833

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Bloomington Weekday Preschool Information

 

Fees

There is a $100 deposit/activity fee that is charged when you sign-up for a class. This fee helps defray the costs of crafts, scrapbooks, shirts, and other activities.

Payments

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Infant/Toddler (2024-2025) Payment


Preschool/Kindergarten (2024-2025) Payment

Weekday Preschool runs from 9:00am-12:00pm Monday-Friday. Lunch bunch is offered from 12:00pm-1:00pm Monday-Thursday. Lunch bunch will be $6 a day and semester passes can be purchased in August.

Location
The Weekday Preschool is located at Sherwood Oaks Christian Church through the Kids & Families Entrance (Door 4).

Teaching Staff
All of our classrooms are led by qualified teachers who love the Lord and have a heart for children. In addition, all of our teachers are certified in CPR and First Aid.

For all of our classes, teacher to student ratios range from 1:4 – 1:8, depending on the age of the class.

 

Infant and Toddler Classes:

  • One Day: $100 x 9 months=$900
  • Two Day: $200 x 9 months=$1800
  • Three Day: $300 x 9 months=$2700
  • Four Day: $400 x 9 months=$3600

Young Two's through Kindergarten:

  • Two Day: $140 x 9 months=$1260
  • Three Day: $210 x 9 months=$1890
  • Four Day: $280 x 9 months=$2520
  • Five Day: $350 x 9 months=$3150
  • Kindergarten/5 day: $370 x 9 months=$3330

2024-2025 Weekday Preschool and Kindergarten Registration

2024-2025 Weekday Preschool (6wk-23 mon) Registration

2024-2025 Weekday Preschool Student/Parent Handbook

 

 

Registration for 2024-2025 SOCC Bloomington Weekday Preschool Lunch Bunch from August 26-December 19. Lunch Bunch is offered Monday-Thursday, from 12-1:00pm until all spaces are full. Child will provide their own lunch and water bottle. Please click the correct link to register below: 

 

Weekday Preschool Lunch Bunch is currently full. 

 

Infant/Toddler Lunch Bunch Registration

 

The SOCC Weekday Preschool calendar follows the MCCSC calendar in regard to most school closings, seasonal breaks, and holidays. 

The following 2024-2025 calendar does not include field trips and special events in classrooms:

August 5 - August 16 - Two weeks staff prep/Preschool (no school)

August 7 - Staff Meeting

August 12 - Nursery prep week begins

August 13 - Kindergarten Orientation Day

August 14 - First Day of Kindergarten

August 14 - Orientation Day 

August 15 - Orientation Day

August 19 - First Day of School

September 2 - No School (Labor Day) 

October 17-18 - No School (Fall Break) 

November 5 - No School (Election Day) 

November 25-29 - No School (Thanksgiving Break)

December 23 - January 3 - No School (Christmas Break)

January 6 - School resumes 

January 20 - No School (Martin Luther King Jr Day) 

February 17 - No School (Presidents' Day) 

March 17-21 - No School (Spring Break) 

April 18 - No School (Good Friday)

May 6 - No School (Election Day) 

May 15 - Last Day of School 

A Typical Day for Weekday Preschool
  • Arrival and opening: Children are greeted by their teachers and begin by engaging in creative processes. They transition into morning activities consisting of prayer time, pledges to the flags, and introduction of the letter, number and shape of the week.

  • Circle Time: In addition to the opening, this time includes: Bible stories, songs, memory verses, calendar time, weather, show n tell and our star of the week. Once a month, we enjoy chapel time with guest speakers. Families are always welcome to join us in the chapel!

  • Readiness/Craft Time: This small group time focuses on letter, number and shape reinforcements. The children will begin to work on reading and writing skills. It is also a time for drawing, painting, cutting, gluing, creating, and constructing with numerous kinds of craft materials.

  • Snack Time: We begin our snack time each day with prayer. The children enjoy a healthy snack and a cup of water as they interact with their classmates.

  • Physical Fitness Time: Daily outdoor and/or gym play is an essential part of our preschool morning.

  • Learning Centers: This is supervised play time providing opportunities for dramatic play, building, art explorations, and social interaction.

 

Special Activities

In addition to our regular daily activities, we also try to include many special celebrations throughout the year. We will have classroom parties for Pumpkin Day, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Easter. We have a Thanksgiving Feast, Pajama Day, Super Bowl Day, and Dr. Seuss Week.

We also provide field trips for each class away from the school as well as having many special guests come visit us here. This year we had a policeman, dental hygienist, Kasey – fire safety dogs. These will vary from year to year.

 

Sherwood Oaks Christian Preschool Classes - 2024-2025 School Year:

Nursery 1 day - 4 days (Monday-Thursday)

  • Babies: February 1, 2024 and younger
  • Crawlers: August 1, 2023-January 31, 2024
  • Toddlers: August 1, 2022-July 31, 2023

Two Year Olds (24-30 months) (Birthdate: February 1, 2022-July 31, 2022)

  • 2 day (M/W) 
  • 2 day (T/TH)
  • 4 day (M/W & T/Th)

Young 3’s (30-36 months) (Birthdate: August 1, 2021-January 31, 2022)

  • 2 day (M/W)
  • 2 day (T/TH)
  • 4 day (M-Th)

Regular Preschool (Children turning 3 by August 1 and potty-trained)

  • 2 day (T/TH)
  • 3 day (M/W/F)
  • 4 day (M-TH)
  • 5 day (MWF, T/Th)

Kindergarten Readiness (Children turning 4 by August 1 and potty-trained)

  • 2 day (T/TH)
  • 3 day (M/W/F)
  • 4 day (M-TH)
  • 5 day (M-F)

Kindergarten Class-Meets all the standards for the state of Indiana (Children turning 5 by August 1)

  • 5 day (M-F) 9:00 am-1:00 pm
 

 

Bedford Weekday Preschool Information

 

Payments

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Preschool (2024-2025) Payment

 

A registration/activity fee of $100.00 is due at registration and serves to confirm your child’s placement in a class. This is not a supply fee. It helps to defray our startup classroom preparation costs. Your child’s teacher will give you a short list of supplies to bring in the first weeks of school.

Tuition is due the first week of each month. You will not receive a bill, so your timely payment is kindly appreciated. There is a $5.00 late fee per week if paid after the first week of the month. Payments to be placed in an envelope with child’s name on the front and handed to the director.

The monthly fee schedule is as follows starting with the month of August through the month of April. There will be no tuition payment for the month of May if you pay for August.

  • 2-day (2 and 3 year old classes) $110 per month or $990.00 yearly
  • 4-day (Pre-K class) $220 per month or $1,980.00 yearly

Note: Although the number of days in session varies from month to month, the tuition does not vary. Also, snow days that result in unscheduled school closings do not affect tuition. We make every effort to keep your costs reasonable. We feel that the quality of our program and teachers is top notch and salaries must be paid despite closings for bad weather.

We are having an Open House for any new, returning, or potential students on February 13th from 6:30-7:30pm! Make plans to take a tour, meet the Director and teachers, and ask any questions you may have.

 

School Days & Hours


PreK : Monday - Thursday

3-year-olds: Monday and Wednesday 

2-year-olds: Tuesday and Thursday

 

Location
The Weekday Preschool is located at Sherwood Oaks Christian Church Bedford through the main south entrance.

Teaching Staff
All of our classrooms are led by qualified teachers who love the Lord and have a heart for children. In addition, all of our teachers are certified in CPR and First Aid.

For all of our classes, teacher to student ratios range from 1:4 – 1:8, depending on the age of the class.

 

2024-2025 Weekday Preschool Registration

2024-2025 Weekday Preschool Student/Parent Handbook

 

SOCC Preschool-Bedford calendar follows the NLCS calendar in regard to most school closings, seasonal breaks, and holidays. 

August 5 - 7 - Classroom Prep for Teachers

August 8 - Orientation for All Classes

August 12 - First Day of School

September 2 - No School (Labor Day)

October 14 - 17 - No School (Fall Break)

November 5 - No School (Election Day)

November 27-28 - No School (Thanksgiving Break)

December 23 - January 3 - No School (Christmas Break)

January 6 - School Resumes

January 20 - No School (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)

February 17 - No School (Presidents’ Day)

March 17-20 - No School (Spring Break)

May 6 - No School (E learning day for NLCS)

May 8 - Last Day of School

 

Arrival and opening:

Children are greeted by their teachers and begin by engaging in creative processes. They transition into morning activities consisting of prayer, self-selection, writing readiness for 3 and 4 year olds, conversations about what will be happening in our day, selected group activities.

Circle Time:

In addition to the opening, this time includes: Bible stories, songs, memory verses, calendar time, weather, job assignments for the week, sign language finger plays and other teacher lead activities.

Readiness/Craft Time:

This small group time for 3 and 4 year olds focuses on letter, number and shape reinforcements. The children will begin to work on reading and writing skills. For all our students it is also a time for drawing, painting, cutting, gluing, creating, and constructing with numerous kinds of craft materials.

Snack Time:

We begin our snack time each day with prayer. The children enjoy a healthy snack and a cup of water as they interact with their classmates.

Physical Fitness Time:

Daily outdoor and/or gym play is an essential part of our preschool morning.

Learning Centers:

This is supervised play time providing opportunities for dramatic play, building, art and science explorations, and social interaction.

Special Activities:

In addition to our regular daily activities, we also try to include many special celebrations throughout the year. We will have classroom parties for Pumpkin Day, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Easter. Teachers may include pajama days and other celebrations. From time to time, we may have special guests visit our students such as firefighters, police officers or other community helpers.

Sherwood Oaks Christian Preschool-Bedford Classes, 2024-2025 School Year

 

Two Year Olds (turning 2 before August 1st)

Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30am to 11:30am

 

Three Year Olds (turning 3 before August 1st)

Monday and Wednesday, 8:30am to 11:30am

 

Pre-K (turning 4 before August 1st)

Monday through Thursday, 8:30am to 11:30am