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The Good Shepherd Children's Center is a non-profit, Christian outreach program that seeks to provide Christian care and concern for children from 2½ to 5 years of age. It includes a nursery program, extended day care, and a full day Kindergarten. It operates five days a week.
God's love is emphasized in our daily activities. Throughout the school year, basic Christian values and traditions are taught. The Center is sponsored by the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd as an on-going mission project.
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The head teachers at Good Shepherd are degreed, certified or trained in early childhood development. Good Shepherd is licensed by the State of New Jersey. We provide a loving, safe, Christian learning environment where a child's self concept is enhanced, independence is encouraged, and self discipline is gained through a variety of experiences. We want to develop in each child an active curiosity about God's world and an enthusiasm for learning.
Learning is encouraged through a wide variety of activities within a daily schedule. Activities are drawn from the curriculum areas of art, math, readiness, science, nature, cooking, music and movement, language arts, computer skills, large muscle and small motor manipulative activities.
The Center offers many programs. Morning and afternoon programs are available for two-and-a-half, three and four year olds. The special needs of working parents are met with a variety of programs and flexible hours.
All students at Good Shepherd Children's Center have Parent Teacher Conferences. In addition, all kindergarten students are given student progress reports. Special school events include field trips, a Thanksgiving feast, Christmas programs, graduations and school pictures. Hot breakfasts, lunches and nutritional snacks are available, as appropriate for the program the student is in.
The Kindergarten at Good Shepherd is licensed by the State of New Jersey. Our full day Kindergarten runs from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Extended hours are also available for working parents.
Our Kindergarten staff implements a program that includes a Christian curriculum, a reading program, a mathematics program, a computer skills program, handwriting, and a whole language curriculum. Other parts of the Kindergarten program are science/nature activities, a music program, and art experiences.
The participation of parents and congregational members is encouraged in all aspects of the Children's Center.
Registration for all classes at Good Shepherd begins in the first week of January for the following fall term.
The fall registration form is available in Word
and PDF
formats.
For further information, call the Center office.
Our summer camp runs for two 4-week sessions.
Further information is available here.
The summer registration form is available in Word
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