Philosophy | About Our School| Preschool | Prekindergarten | Kindergarten | Elementary Grade Levels | Transportation
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Gloria Dei Lutheran School 250 Fox
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Linda Robinson Principal |
The Rev. Edmund T.
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Ann Riley Child Care Director |
Donna
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PHILOSOPHY
Gloria Dei Lutheran School is a concentrated response to Christ's Word, "Suffer the little children to come unto me..." and "As you have done it to the least of these, you have done it unto me..." This school's ministry is both an expression of God's loving care and an example of how education and child care are best implemented. We, as Christians, are Christ's hands, minds, voices, and hearts in the world. Children come to Gloria Dei Lutheran School as a sacred trust. Parents place the lives of their children directly into our care, trusting that we will demonstrate in deed who we say we are -- the people of God -- sensitively aware, lovingly caring, and creatively positive, all with the consistency of faithfulness.
The guiding philosophy of Gloria Dei Lutheran School is to build on the natural excitement for learning that a child normally demonstrates. This school believes that the child's process of educational, physical, emotional, social, and religious growth can best be met by providing a Christian learning environment through teachers who have the capacity for loving and learning with their children. Our teachers are called upon to identify the child's "growing edges" and to stimulate, but not force, the students growth.
About Our School
Gloria Dei Lutheran School is an educational ministry of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church is located at 250 Fox Hill Road, on a four-acre tree-shaded site adjacent to the Elizabeth Lake area and diagonally across from Willow Oaks Shopping Center. Preschool through kindergarten classrooms are located at the Fox Hill Road location. First through fifth grades are located across the street on a five-acre campus at the Harris Creek Road location.
The Reverend L. Douglas Stowe is the Pastor of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church and the school's Headmaster. The Principal is Linda K. Robinson. The Reverend Edmund T. Freeborn III is the Executive Associate Pastor and Assistant Headmaster. Ann Riley is the Child Care Director. Donna Scherrer is the Grades’ Program Director. The foundation upon which this school is built is the desire to excel in providing opportunities within a Christian environment for children to grow academically, physically, spiritually, emotionally, and socially.
The faculty members have been selected for their Christian life-style, their interest in and concern for children, their competence and ability in providing a solid learning environment, and their compatibility in functioning as a unified educational team. These characteristics are considered by Gloria Dei Lutheran School to be the essential elements in the pursuit of excellence in the school's service to the community.
Gloria Dei Lutheran School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, and athletic and other school administered programs.
Preschool
Students must be three-years of age by Dec. 31 of the school year they are enrolling. Preschool students need to be potty trained.
Classes are offered: 2-days a week (Tuesday/Thursday)
3-days a week (Monday/Wednesday/ Friday)
5-days a week (Monday – Friday)
Childcare is available before and after the preschool program.
Prekindergarten
Students must be four-years of age by November 30 of the school year they are enrolling.
Classes are offered five days a week with childcare before and after school if needed.
Our preschool and prekindergarten programs emphasize:
Socialization skills
Having fun while learning
A positive first experience in school
Pre-reading skills and phonics introduction
Arts and crafts activities
Hands-on science program
Music instruction
Children’s literature/library
Computer lab & instruction – Pk’s
Physical Education – Pk’s
Weekly Chapel services
Kindergarten
Full Day or 1/2
Day
Students must be five years of age by November 30 of the school year they are enrolling.
Phonics instruction
Reading
Mathematics
Computer lab
Music, library, and physical education on a weekly basis
Hands-on science program
Weekly chapel services
Elementary Grade Levels
1st – 5th Grade
Strong academics in a nurturing environment
Phonics as an integral part of the reading/language arts instruction
Math (A Beka program)
Strong programs in social studies and science
Computer lab
Music and chorus
Library and research skills
Physical education twice weekly
Art instruction and art history
Spanish program
Science lab
Weekly chapel services
The school average on the Stanford Achievement Test (nationally normed) for the 2007 - 2008 school year was in the 83rd percentile.
Daily devotions in the classroom
Weekly chapel services
Fostering concern for others
Christian values
Teaching respect for authority
A nurturing environment
Loving, caring teachers
Transportation available
Childcare before and after school, holidays, and summers
Gloria Dei Lutheran School provides bus transportation for parents who desire this service. Your child will be picked up at your home before school and will be returned to your home at the close of the school day. Most areas of our community lie within the boundaries covered by this service. If you are in need of our busing service, please contact our Transportation Coordinator to verify availability and if you are in our busing vicinity. For safety purposes, our buses are not allowed to back-up to get in or out of a pick-up area. An alternate sight would need to be established if a bus is unable to maneuver on a street without backing up.
For more information please contact:
Ann Riley, Child Care Director
Donna Scherrer, Grades' Child Care Director
(757) 851-6292
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