Orchard Hill Christian Preschool & Child Care

The Orchard Hill Christian Preschool & Child Care is a licensed day care, pre-kindergarten, and latch key program. Additionally, the preschool is nationally accredited for early childhood programs by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. For this and many other reasons, this ministry is recognized throughout our community as one of the best of its kind in the area.

The Orchard Hill Christian Preschool & Child Care was formed with the belief that each child needs free and structured loving attention during the formative years of life. Recognizing that there exists in our society a need for out of home child care we, as a Christian community being concerned with the development and love of God's children, can perform a loving, needed vital ministry to each child. Therefore, the Orchard Hill Reformed Church has established the Orchard Hill Christian Preschool & Child Care as a ministry to the families of our congregation and the greater community.

Our Goals For Each Child

  1. To nurture each child's relationship with God
  2. To have a positive experience outside the home
  3. To help each child learn to get along with others
  4. To develop a positive self-image and a feeling of success
  5. To develop self-expression through art, music and interaction
  6. To develop self control by sharing and listening
  7. To develop responsibility, independence, and decision-making skills
  8. To improve verbal communication skills
  9. To have fun!

Staff

The staff is highly skilled and qualified in the early childhood field. The head teachers are required to have a bachelor's degree in early childhood education or a related field and at least 2 years of positive work experience teaching children. Teacher Assistants are staff that are still in the process of completing their degrees or have acceptable prior experience with children. We also makes use of area college students that are pursuing degrees in the early childhood field to work with our school age and afternoon programs. We are proud to be able to retain many of our full time staff people from year to year which helps maintain the continuity of relationships between the staff and children.