Woodmont Christian Preschool operates as an outreach of Woodmont Christian Church. WCPS seeks to reach and minister to young families in the community by offering a high quality part-time weekday preschool program. Following a traditional 9 month school calendar, children attend from 9:30a.m. to 2:30p.m., either 2, 3, 4, or 5 days per week. See the Class Descriptions section for complete details on days offered for each age group.
During the summer, we offer a 6 week session which allows children to transition into the classroom they will attend in the fall.
The foundation of Woodmont Christian Preschool’s educational philosophy is the development of the whole child. The intellectual, emotional, physical, social and spiritual growths of the child are all of equal importance. The loving caring Christian atmosphere provides a warm backdrop, allowing children to feel confident as they experiment, make mistakes and discover their abilities. The stimulating, child centered setting offers a safe and developmentally appropriate environment. Experienced and devoted teachers create challenging opportunities for children, inspiring them to do great things.

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The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) advocates freedom and respects diversity. Over the years, Woodmont has served as a “bridge church” or a common ground for people and families with diverse denominational backgrounds. At Woodmont Christian Church, we worship God as revealed through Jesus Christ in an atmosphere of joy and reverence. Just as our spire reaches toward heaven, we aspire to reach toward God. Finding unity within our diversity and guided by the Holy Spirit, we seek to serve with excellence, both as a Church and as individuals, through compassionate ministries to people in need, providing opportunities for spiritual growth, careful stewardship of all our gifts and of God’s creation and bringing others to Christ by sharing the Gospel of faith, hope and love in our words and actions.

Woodmont Christian Church provides an opportunity for the 3, 4 and 5 year-old children of Woodmont Christian Preschool to attend a chapel service. The chapel service is an age appropriate opportunity for children to grow spiritually. The fifteen-minute chapel service is led by a Woodmont Christian Church staff member and is designed to encourage spiritual development. The chapel experience is intended to augment the vital spiritual development of preschool children in a meaningful way. Parents are invited to attend the service with their children.

The chapel service is Tuesday mornings at 10:00 a.m. in the church sanctuary. Teachers accompany the children to the sanctuary for the chapel service.

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	Woodmont Christian Preschool is licensed by the Tennessee Department of Human Services Child Care Services to serve children from 6 months to 5 years of age. The Child Care Evaluation and Report Card Program is required for all licensed child care providers in Tennessee. During the annual review for license renewal, the State evaluates 7 areas of quality: Director’s qualifications or experience, education, and training; Education, training, and previous work experience of teaching staff; Compliance history; Parent and family involvement; Ratios and group sizes; Center’s pay and benefit plans for staff; Program assessment (on-site observation).
	Woodmont Christian Preschool is a Three Star Center. The Tennessee Star-Quality program recognizes child care providers who meet a higher standard of quality. Participation in Star-Quality Child Care Program is voluntary. Participating programs are evaluated using the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale (ECERS) and Infant Toddler Environmental Rating Scale (ITERS). Based on this evaluation, one, two, or three stars are awarded. Each star shows that increasingly higher standards have been met. The Report Card showing the most recent scores is posted in WCPS preschool entry hall. For more information about the Child Care Evaluation and Report Card Program or Star-Quality Care Program, visit their website at www.tnstarquality.org.
	Woodmont Christian Preschool is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. NAEYC Accreditation is a voluntary program by which child care providers are measured against a national set of standards. The revised NAEYC Standards evaluate our program in the following areas: Relationships, Curriculum, Teaching, Assessment of Child’s Progress, Health, Teachers, Families, Community Relationships, Physical Environment, Leadership and Management. For more information about the NAEYC Accreditation process, standards and criteria, visit their website at www.naeyc.org.

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WCPS is the white church with the tall silver spire located on the southwest corner of Hillsboro Road and Woodmont Boulevard in the Green Hills community, between I-440 and the Green Hills Mall. The preschool entrance is on the back of the church, directly behind the white columned mansion that faces Hillsboro Pike.

Contact Information: Woodmont Christian Preschool 3601 Hillsboro Pike Nashville, TN 37215 Phone: 615.297.9962 Fax: 615.297.3991 View this location on a map

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WCPS is a part-time preschool. We serve children daily from 9:30-2:30. Children attend 2, 3, 4 or 5 days per week, depending on their age. See the Class Descriptions section for complete details on days offered for each age group.

The Preschool Office opens at 8:30. Children may enter their classrooms beginning at 9:20. Parents and children arriving before 9:20 are asked to wait in the foyer so the teachers can have adequate time to prepare for the day.

WCPS follows a standard 9 month school calendar. We begin the school year in late August and end the school year the second or third week in May. The school year is approximately 38 weeks long. We have a 2 week Christmas/New Year break and a week of Spring Break. We observe the major holidays that occur during the nine month school year. One Parent Conference Day is scheduled for each semester. The children do not attend on those days. We devote an additional 2 or 3 days off from school for staff training. The current school year calendar is available on the website, is sent out to parents during the summer and is placed in the school directory each fall.

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Parents are an important part of our program. We believe that a child’s growth is fostered through a cooperative effort by the teacher and the parent. The school promotes this relationship through open communication including daily notes, weekly newsletters, all-school correspondence and conferences. We welcome parental support, ideas and suggestions.

Parents are a valued component of our program. There are numerous ways for you to be involved with WCPS and your child’s educational experiences. Please talk with your child’s teacher, committee members and/or the director. For additional information, go to the Volunteer Opportunities section of our web page.

Knowing that WCPS parents feel that there is nothing more important than their child’s education, we encourage our parents to be involved with the preschool. Parents are asked to contribute items for holiday parties and to help with school events. Parents of children in the 4 and 5-year-old programs are asked to give of their time for special events and driving on field trips.

Families are encouraged to attend school events such as Carnival in the fall and the Auction in the spring. These events promote camaraderie among school families and provide children with special memories of school. (The alumni/ae can’t wait to come back with their younger siblings to these events each year!) Additionally, the money raised through these events is the major means for enhancing and upgrading the WCPS facilities.

All parents are encouraged to visit in their child’s class during the year. If you have talents you would like to share with your child’s class, please let us know and we will find an appropriate time to work it into the curriculum.

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At WCPS, we believe the primary goal of discipline is to teach children self-discipline and self-control. This discipline approach recognizes and values children as human beings. We believe children should be treated with respect and balance their freedom with responsibilities. This is accomplished by setting limits, providing choices within those limits and using natural and logical consequences as the basis for discipline. Positive reinforcement and redirection allow our teachers to guide children as they make behavioral choices.

Children who are encouraged to make decisions learn their choices count. They can make mistakes and learn from them. These children have a sense of control and power in their lives and are responsible for their actions. At all times, we strive for the children to develop compassion for other’s feelings. It is our goal to eliminate conflict and replace it with cooperation and mutual respect. We believe this is a worthy and achievable goal. We welcome discussions regarding behavior and have a resource library available for parent’s use.

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