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TEACHER OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL IS MS. DEBRA
Favorite Color: Emerald Green
Favorite School Subject: English/Math
Favorite Food: Anything Italian
Favorite Sport to Watch: Football
Favorite Sport to Play: None
Favorite type of Pet: Any and all
Favorite Season: Spring
Favorite Vacation Spot: Hawaii
Dream Vacation Spot: Scotland
Hobbies: Reading
This is Ms. Debra’s 12th year as a teacher here at Grace School. We got to know Ms. Debra when her son, Travis, began attending GES as a three-year old. Travis is now 17! Debra was a wonderful parent volunteer and even gave our Geoffrey the Giraffe a facelift and a t-shirt! Debra was a dedicated and consistent substitute teacher for us, so we hired her as soon as the opportunity presented itself. Ms. Debra has been married to her husband, Hugh, for 23 years. Together, they have two sons: Garrett – 21 and Travis – 17. Debra and her family make their home in Georgetown with their pets. Debra’s one- line philosophy of early childhood education is “Let kids be kids and act their age.” Thank you, Debra, for letting your students enjoy this precious age!
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About us
Mission and Philosophy
The mission of Grace Episcopal School is to foster a lifelong love of learning in a culture of Christian values. We challenge and inspire all children to become thoughtful and independent members of their communities, and we minister to their families with loving service. Our mission is accomplished through our dedicated and caring staff members who demonstrate Christian values through the Episcopal tenets.
The philosophy of Grace Episcopal School is to provide an enriching Christian environment that will enable each child to develop to full potential. We strive to create a positive, loving environment to help each child develop socially, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. We provide opportunities for creative, imaginative, and artistic expression. Grace Episcopal School shall function as an integral part of the parish of Grace Episcopal Church and shall serve as an educational arm of its pastoral and missionary life.
Our School Structure
Our class times are
Mondays, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays
9:00a.m. - 2:00p.m.
8:30a.m. - 2:10p.m. (Kindergarten)
We have the following classrooms...
One 3-day Primary (2 years old) class
One 3-day Pre-K 3's class
One 4-day Pre-K 3's class
One 3-day Pre-K 4's class
One 4-day Pre-K 4's classes
One 4- day Kindergarten class
During the week we have...
Chapel - We sing songs, hear a short Bible story, pray, and celebrate birthday blessings.
Music with Ms. Evelyn - We enjoy musical instruments, songs, and learning musical terminology.
Cooking - We learn about measuring, working together, good health practices, and changes in state of matter.
Outside we have a Learning Garden where we explore growing vegetables and plants. We also have an outdoor learning lab - Outdoor Wonder Learning Lab (OWLL).
There is also an outdoor stage for our students with dress up clothing so they may create and imagine stories.
Curriculum
At Grace we use Thompson's Scope and Sequence as the basis for our preschool curriculum. The Handwriting Without Tears curriculum is used in the Pre-K and Kindergarten classes. We have also adopted the reading readiness aspect of the ABeka Book. In the "Letters & Sounds" component of ABeka, the children will recognize letter shapes and learn their sounds. The basis of reading is learning the sounds the letters make, and ABeka focuses on that skill. We use Starfall and Sadlier phonics for our kindergarten curriculum for language arts, social studies and science. ABeka Math is our adopted math curriculum for kindergarten. Our curricula build an early childhood program that allows children to grow and develop as Jesus did - in "wisdom and stature" and in "favor with God and man" (Luke 2:52). Children's growth is a process, not an event. Thompson's Scope & Sequence, along with Starfall, Sadlier, and ABeka curricula, provide guidance and activities to help each child develop language, reading, writing, math and other foundational skills, appropriate to his or her stage of development.