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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 2006 - 2007 school year was
in the 83rd percentile.
Offered at
All Grade Levels:
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
TRANSPORTATION
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:
Linda K. Robinson, Principal
Ann Riley, Child Care Director
Donna Scherrer, Grades' Child Care Director
(757) 851-6292
