{"id":21,"date":"2014-05-12T19:17:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T19:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f162594.wpengine.com\/preschool\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:24:10","slug":"preschool","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/?page_id=21","title":{"rendered":"Early Education Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Mission Statement<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Trinity Lutheran Preschool is an educational program provided by Trinity Lutheran Church for the 3, 4, and 5-year old children of the parish and the community.\u00a0 This innovative program is intended to take the early education experience to a new level.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4249 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/preschool-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"217\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Grounded in the philosophies of sound educational practices and embedded with the tenets of Christian love and faith, the preschool program prepares children to enter the public or private school kindergartens of the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">To obtain information regarding the preschool, please contact the pre-school (570-586-5590 or 570-587-1088) or the church office and speak to the registrar, Heather Klien (570-881-3136), or send an e-mail to the church at &#8220;office@trinitylutherancs.com&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Schedule<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4261 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/class_schedule-300x300-1-300x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/class_schedule-300x300-1-300x300.gif 300w, https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/class_schedule-300x300-1-150x150.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Trinity Lutheran Preschool will begin its year on the Wednesday after Labor Day in September. The last week of school will be the last week of May.\u00a0 A complete school calendar will be available in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The class sessions for the Three Year Old Program will be held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The class sessions for the Four and Five Year Old Programs\u00a0 will be held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM or the afternoon program runs from Noon &#8211; 3PM.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The all day class sessions for the Four and Five Year Old Programs will be held Monday &#8211; Friday from 8:30 AM to 3 PM.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Our Teaching Staff<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4207 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture1-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture1-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture1-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture1-960x547.jpg 960w, https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture1-720x410.jpg 720w, https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture1.jpg 1479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Gena Gehris and Pam Scandale are the co-teachers for both the Three, Four and Five Year Old Program; Marcy Pentasuglio, and Courtney Kocsis are serving as teaching assistants. Combined, they bring a wealth of talent and experience to our program.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h2>Overview 3 Year Old Class<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-Year-Old-Overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3 Year Old Overview<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-01-29-Open-House-Flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open House Flyer &#8211; January 29, 2023- 2023-2024 School Year<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/APPLICATION-FOR-REGISTRATION-2024-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2024-2025 Registration Forms\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emergency-Medical-Form-2024-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">E<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">mergency Form for Registration 2024-2025<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Overview 4\u00a0 and 5 Year Old Classes<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-Year-Old-Overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">4and 5 Year Old Overview<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-01-29-Open-House-Flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Open House Flyer &#8211; January 29, 2023 &#8211; 2023-2024 School Year\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/APPLICATION-FOR-REGISTRATION-2024-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2024-2025 Registration Forms<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emergency-Medical-Form-2024-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emergency Form for Registration 2024-2025<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Snow Day Policy<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4248 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snow-Days.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"177\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A reminder to parents &#8212; school delays and cancellations because of snow:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">If Abington Heights is closed, the pre-school will be closed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">If Abington Heights has a two hour delay the three year old class will meet from 10 AM &#8211; 11:30 AM as regularly scheduled (at parents discretion).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">If Abington Heights has a two hour delay the four year old morning class will start at 10:00 a.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">If Abington has an early dismissal we will dismiss at 11:30 AM for half day students and a noon for all day students.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zilla-one-third\">\n<h6>.<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/fees-schedules\/\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial black, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fees &amp; Schedules<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"zilla-one-third\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/tps-parent-handbook\/\"><span style=\"color: #993300; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Parent Handbook<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"zilla-one-third zilla-column-last\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/trinitylutherancs.com\/request-information\/\"><strong>Request Trinity Preschool Information<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">www.trinitylutherancs.com<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>(570)587-1088<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Statement The Trinity Lutheran Preschool is an educational program provided by Trinity Lutheran Church for the 3, 4, and 5-year old children of the parish and the community.\u00a0 This innovative program is intended to take the early education experience to a new level. &nbsp; 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