Our Lady of the Presentation Early Childhood Center is dedicated to the Catholic Christian formation of children. The school’s main focus is with developing love and understanding of each other by creating a community of peace and justice through service to one another.

Each child’s development is guided through observation, interaction and well-planned learning activities. Through the promotion of a preschool curriculum that provides age-appropriate and individually appropriate activities, equipment and materials, children have many opportunities to be actively engaged in the learning process. The curriculum promotes the development of the whole child – physically, socially, emotionally, spiritually and intellectually-through a balanced daily schedule of individual, small group and large group activity based learning experiences.

The Presentation ECC strives to help each child feel secure and positive about him or herself, home, school and community. Each child’s individuality, creativity and curiosity are respected and encouraged. Teachers and staff recognize the importance of working closely with families and acknowledge family involvement as an essential and vital component of the total learning process. Families are encouraged to participate in all activities within the preschool program.

National Accreditation

As a National Association for the Education of Young Children accredited preschool, Presentation ECC is the gold standard in early childhood education. All Presentation ECC teachers are certified and/or hold a bachelor’s degree in education or a related field.

NAEYC is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age eight. Founded in 1926, NAEYC is the world’s largest organization working on behalf of young children with nearly 90,000 members, a national network of over 300 local, state, and regional affiliates, and a growing global alliance of like-minded organizations.*

*Source: The NAEYC, 2010.