Last month, I introduced the terminology change for our grade-level divisions that we are implementing next year. We have another addition to add to our educational offerings this fall: the OCS Early Education program is now the umbrella program for babies through age 4.
Ovilla Road Baptist Church has operated a Mother's Day Out program for more than 30 years to serve local parents and give them childcare options two days a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Both MDO and OCS are ministries of ORBC, and we are excited to announce that we are bringing MDO into the fold of OCS to better serve our community and the precious little ones that you entrust to our care. This change brings the full support of Ovilla Christian School to the MDO program to continue this wonderful and necessary work.
What does all of this change mean for the fall?
The 2-day care will operate in a similar manner as last year's MDO program. Babies through children aged 4 years come to class on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 am–2:30 pm (with an optional 8:00 am "early hour" drop-off).
There is a new PreK3 class forming at OCS. The hours match those of PreK4 and Lower School; class begins at 8:00 am and students are picked up at 3:30 pm. Fridays will be an optional attendance day for these 3-year-old students, so the main academics will be concentrated Monday-Thursday. This class has a separate teacher from the 2-day 3-year-old option. They will learn to navigate a classroom setting through playtime, engage in art and music enrichment periods, and explore social and emotional situations with their peers.
PreK4 will continue as it has at OCS, preparing 4-year-old students for Kindergarten in a 5-day, full-time format.
Teresa Prendergast is the Director of Early Education and she is teaming up with the OCS administration to create this new 5-day PreK3 class this fall. We look forward to having these little Eagles on our campus in August!
Penny Hayes M.Ed.
Head of School
