We Believe That Children “Learn What They Live”.
Our Mission
FPPK is a warm and nurturing family-centered school that provides developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive services and support for children aged 2 1/2 through Kindergarten. We believe that early childhood learning should be engaging; we excite children to learn for life. In collaboration with families, we nurture each child with care and compassion so that they can become self-confident. We meet children where they are developmentally and create a learning environment where children’s understanding of the world can be explored, expanded, and developed in harmony with others. We aim to balance instructive play and constructive learning in a loving environment that values independent exploration as much as group cooperation.
What is a Family Centered School?
A Partnership Between Home and School
A child's parents and home life is a child's first foundation. Parents and family are a child’s first teachers. FPPK stresses the importance of family and parental involvement when a child starts school. We believe that a strong home and school partnership builds a wonderful start to your child’s academic journey. We encourage our parents' continued participation at FPPK to strengthen the bond with their children. Parental involvement at FPPK gives you firsthand knowledge about your child’s classroom experience, increases your understanding of your student’s development, and creates stability during their early school years. We encourage parents to visit and observe their child’s interaction with peers in the classroom. It is a joy and an amazing opportunity when you get to see what your child can achieve. Service in the classroom is invaluable and strengthens your role as an educational advocate for your child's academic journey.
Community Building
We all learn together at FPPK—Our learning community. We recognize that each of our families has unique ideas, talents, skills, perspectives, and experiences. We embrace our family's contributions; they enhance your child's life and all of the students in our school. We appreciate when our family, teachers, and staff work together to expand the possibilities—even past the classroom—for our FPPK students.
The Family Connection
Parents sign up for days they would like to have during the school year. This allows parents to coordinate schedules with a spouse, employer, or babysitter, and plan and prepare for special days (i.e. birthdays, holidays, etc).
A parent’s responsibility is to assist the head teacher as needed and to have fun!
The Responsive Classroom
“Responsive classroom” is an evidence-based approach to teaching and discipline that focuses on engaging academics, positive community, effective management, and developmental awareness.
The Four Key Domains of Responsive Classroom are:
Engaging Academics. Learner-centered lessons that are participatory, appropriately challenging, fun, relevant, and promote curiosity, wonder, and interest.
Positive Community. A safe, predictable, joyful, and inclusive environment where all students have a sense of belonging and significance.
Effective Management. A calm and orderly learning environment that promotes autonomy, responsibility, and high engagement in learning.
Developmentally Responsive Teaching. Basing all decisions for teaching and discipline upon research and knowledge of students’ social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
We strive to fulfill each child’s wide range of interests while laying a strong academic foundation for future learning through:
Social Studies
Music Appreciation
Art
Reading Readiness
Drama
Interactive Math
Science
Dance and Movement
Fundraising
We host several fundraising events throughout the year to raise money for our school and bring our school together as a community. Our fundraising enables us to keep our tuition at a lower rate and offer financial assistance to families. Our activities include pizza night, bake sales, movie night and parties. We are thankful for the generous support of our FPPK family community and our neighborhood business sponsors and alliances.