1. How do I enroll my child at WCPS?
We have a registration process that involves filling out an application for your child/ren and turning it in at the school. We accept applications for the upcoming summer program and upcoming school year beginning on a certain date in January (usually the second Friday and Saturday) through the following summer and into the fall. You may download an application from this website and bring it to the school or mail it to the school with the application fee attached. We will not accept applications prior to the specified date in January.

2. How does the registration process work?
See the "Application Forms and Info" page on this website.

3. What are the hours of the preschool?
The preschool is open from 9:30-2:30. Parents may bring their child as early as 9:20 a.m. and must pick their child up by 2:30. If a parent is late picking up, they will be charged an extra fee after the 2:30 dismissal time. Specific times for each age group are listed on an information page in the application portion of this website.

4. What is the format for the school calendar each year?
We follow a fairly standard 9 month school year calendar. We begin the school year the last week of August (depending on when Labor Day is) and end the school year the second or third week in May. The school year will be approximately 38 weeks long. We have a 2 week Christmas/New Year break and a week of Spring Break (usually the third week in March). We observe all of the major holidays that occur during the nine month school year. We will have an additional 2 or 3 days off from school for staff training. We schedule our monthly staff meetings to be held at 12:45 on varying days of the week. We dismiss school at 12:30 on those days. All the pertinent dates for the school year are published each year and sent out to parents during the summer and placed in the school directory each fall.

5. How much is the tuition for the preschool?
The tuition is listed on the application portion of our website. Tuition is based on the amount of time a child will be here (2, 3, 4, or 5 days/week) in addition to the age group the child is enrolled in for the year. The summer tuition is the same for all children, based on the amount of days the child attends.

6. Explain the summer program?
We have a separate program for the preschool in the summer. It is a shorter program which parents may apply for at the same time they apply for the school year program. We do require a separate application due to different days children may attend and the possibility of different staff with classes in the summer. We are open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for a total of 6 weeks in the middle of the summer. The dates usually depend on the date the school year ends. We usually have the six weeks starting the 3rd or 4th week of June through the month of July. The hours are the same for the summer program, 9:30-2:30. We use the summer to transition children, from the age group they have been in during the past school year, into the next age group.

7. What is the teacher/child ratio in the preschool?
Our teacher/child ratio is based on Department of Human Services guidelines concerning the amount of children/teacher in each age group. We also adhere to guidelines concerning the amount of children that are able to be in a room based on square footage in the classroom. Our ratios are listed on the information page of the application portion of our website.

8. Is there a Christian component to the preschool curriculum?
By official action of the boards of Woodmont Christian Preschool and Woodmont Christian Church, an emphasis on Christian faith development will become an optional part of a normal preschool week. The way this will be incorporated into the current structure will be through the offering of an optional chapel service once a week for the 4 and 5 year olds. It will be at the beginning of a school day and children will be invited to share in a chapel service in Woodmont's sanctuary led by one of the ministry staff. Family members are welcome to attend with their children. This will be a 15-minute service with Bible stories, singing and a short children's sermon.

Families not wishing to participate may bring their children to school following the chapel service.

There will be no changes in curriculum focus and Bible instruction will not be a part of your children's daily routine. The only change will be in the offering of an optional chapel event.

Two of the factors helping us come to this decision were the requests for this kind of emphasis by several families already in the program and also to recognize the fact that the preschool is an extension of Woodmont Christian Church's ministry to the community.