Join Us! Evergreen Academy Preschool Open House 5/1
One of the most important principles at Evergreen Academy Preschool is that exploration is the foundation of education.
Experiencing a place – the sights and sounds and textures – is one of the most powerful ways we learn at any age.
Which is why we are inviting you to explore our preschool at the Open House we’re hosting on Wednesday, May 1 from 4 pm to 6 pm.
You’ll get to meet our amazing team (which includes several Quality Connections trainees, like Rachel, profiled below). You can check out our preschool classrooms and infant and toddler spaces. Most importantly, you’ll discover what makes Evergreen Academy Preschool so special.
Please plan on joining us on May 1 at Evergreen Academy Preschool, located in the YMCA building at 1001 N. Turquoise Dr.
Our preschool is currently accepting students and you’ll save $100 on preschool or childcare fees when you enroll your child by May 10, 2024.
Since it started in 2020 (just around the time the pandemic began impacting our lives and our children) our preschool and childcare facility has had a dual purpose: instilling a love of learning in our children and preparing qualified workers with disabilities for careers in the childcare industry.
Currently we have seven Quality Connections trainees at EAP, including Rachel, who has been with us since we started our childcare and high-quality preschool program.
Rachel, a Flagstaff native, has been with Quality Connections as a member for more than 10 years. She was well-versed in taking care of infants and children because of her many nieces and nephews. When we first started, Rachel proved she was very capable of taking care of infants with minimal help.
Rachel is at EAP every weekday. On a typical day, she’ll help teachers with circle time – a morning ritual where preschool teachers take attendance and talk with their class about what they will be doing that day.
When children are outside playing, Rachel is right there with them, joining them on nature walks or playing ball.
But she’s also there to be an understanding friend in their more challenging moments, those times when preschoolers are dealing with big emotions.
Earlier this week, Rachel was helping a preschooler who was in the preschool’s “safe space,” a special place where kids can go when feelings are overwhelming.
“She was just feeling sad,” Rachel said. “She wanted her parents. And we talked and used the dolls.”
The dolls Rachel is referring to are emotion dolls – a set of dolls that have facial expressions that correspond to different emotions, like sadness, anger or shyness. The dolls help young children understand and label feelings in themselves and others.
Not too long after they began talking, the student was feeling better, having gotten some comfort and understanding from Rachel.
