Off To a Great Start!

The school year has gotten off to a great start! The children have loved being able to come to school and be with friends! This would not have been possible without all the great blessings that God has given us! Thank you to everyone for helping make this program a success. We currently have 16 children enrolled. They come and hear a Bible story every day and on Wednesdays and Thursdays we have chapel with Pastor in the church. The children really enjoy that time! We have started working on some letters of the alphabet and even started talking about apples. The children thought it was really neat looking at the inside (core) of the apple! To add to all of that they have been working really hard at identifying their written name and have even started working on writing it! Go Preschoolers!

One thing that I’d like to make sure to keep the congregation informed on is why the enrollment numbers will possibly stay lower this year than planned. The COVID-19 rules impact our attendance, in that a “cohort system”  is in place where I cannot have group sizes of more than 14. I am able to teach two cohorts (morning and afternoon).  Our morning sessions are pretty well maxed out while this requirement is in place, but we have plenty of room for more in the afternoon.  However, that is when many children this age nap and therefore this is not a real sought-after time slot. Please continue to pray that these restrictions be lifted soon so that we may be able to reach more and more families in our community. With these restrictions, we will see some impacts in our revenue income. Please know that we are continuously working to find other ways to help support our program, but this year will be different than what was originally planned as far as the ECM being self sufficient. Please continue to keep the preschool in your prayers as we work through the different steps ahead of us. One last note! Please share our new Preschool phone number with everyone you know! We had to change the number due to some issues with receiving calls. Here is the new number: 559-575-0907.

Thank you, each and every one of you, for the outpouring support that you continue to give! Karla Opperman