Welcome to the St Mark Preschool Homepage!
3230 Lake Otis Parkway
Anchorage, AK 99508
(907) 274-8041
e-mail: stmark@pobox.alaska.net
website: http://www.alaska.net/~stmark/preschool.htm
Brian & Marielle
Welcome! And thank you for your interest in St Mark's Preschool
Our Mission:
We believe that each child is a unique gift of God with individual needs, personalities and abilities. Children of all races and creeds are readily accepted and respected. We try to instill a positive and healthy self-image in each child through the love and care of the staff members and our program. We strive to use and adapt our program to fit the child as an individual in a loving and positive Christian atmosphere.
Our Educational Philosophy:
We believe that a high quality Christian early childhood program provides a safe and nurturing environment that promotes the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and spiritual development of young children and their families.
This is accomplished by developing safe, enriching Christian learning environments that promote:
a growing relationship with Jesus Christ by modeling, teaching, and practicing age-appropriate components of spiritual development;
loving, nurturing interactions between Christian educators, children and their families;
inclusive, anti-bias curriculum and policies that reflect the diversity of children and families in our community and the world around us;
a commitment to exceeding the standards, goal and practices of Early Childhood Center Certification of the Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA) and State of Alaska Licensing Regulations;
continuing staff growth and development in faith, understanding of how children learn and grow and develop, and ways to support parents to the fullest.
Here is some background information on St Mark Preschool:
Served the Anchorage area for over 25 years
Offers a Christian education environment for children 3 to 5 years of age, as follows:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning and afternoons for 4 & 5 year olds
Tuesday and Thursday mornings for 3 year olds
An Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA) recognized school
Certified through the State of Alaska
Low student-to-teacher ratio - 1:8 (below the State of Alaska requirement of 1:10)
Weekly Chapel worship
Weekly music class for 4 and 5 year olds
To be added soon -
St Mark Preschool Handbook in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format for downloading
Pictures of the St Mark Preschool staff
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Scenes in and around St Mark Preschool
Bernadette Sovannah
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