Weekday Education Center . . .

Our Motto:

"Serving the Smallest Members of God’s Kingdom"

We strive to provide a safe and secure environment where preschool or grade-school children grow,  learn and play while parents are working. We provide an atmosphere where activities provide a challenge to your child's mental, physical, social, emotional and spiritual whole-being. At HWEC we provide your child with a quality Christian childcare center that continuously teaches in all areas of child-development. From six weeks to five years old, students will be involved in age-appropriate activities tailored to meet their developmental needs in the following areas: religious concepts, art, self-awareness in relationship to God and others, language and listening skills, math, science, music, dramatic play and motor development.

Contact Us

We are open from 7:15 am to 5:45 pm Monday through Friday.

Holiday Closings: Good Friday, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following Thanksgiving, and Christmas. We are closed Christmas Eve through New Years Day.

Staff Development Closing: A Friday in August (Date will be advised)

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Our Mission Statement:

The Mission of the Heritage Weekday Education Center (HWEC), a non-profit weekday ministry, is to assist Heritage Baptist Church in accomplishing its goal of providing our community with the highest quality care including educational, moral, and spiritual development, as well as family ministry for each child enrolled. We strive to provide opportunities for the children to grow spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally, and socially through a developmentally age-appropriate curriculum, Wee learn.

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Our Program:

In our preschool classes, we teach in "center" style teaching. These centers include: art, blocks, home-living, puzzles, books and nature. We are actively exploring these centers daily according to our themed curriculum and week.

HWEC is now enrolling for our Pre-Kindergarten class. Space is limited. All children who are 4 by September 30, 2010 and potty trained are eligible for this class.

Our small class ratio provides hours of personalized instruction, nurturing environment and excellent care.

Our age-appropriate curriculum challenges children socially, emotionally, physically, spiritually, and mentally.

Children experience “Specials” weekly such as Spanish, Music, Story-Telling, Chapel, and Jumpin’ Jacks (PE).

Our facilities allow us to provide a variety of learning experiences outside the classroom--bike days in the parking lot, soccer and t-ball in our fields, and nature trails abound.

Space is limited, please call 392-1956.

This summer what will your school age child do? Are you looking for quality, affordable, flexible, and age-appropriate care for your child who is completing grades K-5 this summer? Check out Summer Day Camp at Heritage Weekday Education Center.

Pick the weeks of camp you need and pre-register and pay for those only!

Cost:

Pre-Register for 7 or more weeks , the cost is $120 a week.

Pre-Register for 3 to 6 weeks, the cost is $130 a week.

Pre-Register for just one or two weeks, the cost is $150 for the week.

There are no registration fees or field trip fees.

Your child can be moving, learning, playing and exploring with us daily…to find out more about registration, please call 392-1956.

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Our Staff:

All our full-time staff and teachers have or are completing their Early Childhood Certification. All staff are CPR/First aid certified in infant/children.
All staff are required to complete 14 hours of continuing education in the field of early childhood each year of employment.
A criminal history check, Child Protective Service check, and tuberculosis test are made on each applicant prior to working at HWEC.

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Our Classes:

CUDDLEBUGS – Infants - As young as 6 weeks The Cuddlebugs are an exploring group. The class strives to provide a loving and safe environment to meet the emotional, physical and developmental needs for all the children. Your child will have opportunities for planned activities that will help develop both mind and body. The activities will help form positive attitudes and increase their social and developmental skills. We, as caregivers, strive to provide a stimulating environment that will develop a sense of trust and self-esteem.

LADYBUGS – Toddlers - 12 months before Sept. 30 of year The Ladybugs are a busy group. Providing activities with many choices and levels of proficiency is essential to enhancing each child's developmental progress. Such experiences are created daily to immerse the children in situations where they can explore their senses, work on language and cognitive skills, develop socially and emotionally, practice self-help skills, exercise their gross motor development, and experiment with art activities which will help develop their fine motor skills as well as their creative expression.

HONEYBEES – Younger Preschoolers - 2 years old before Sept. 30 of year The Honeybee classroom is built around the “Wee Learn” curriculum to teach children in the most enjoyable way about God's word. The children are able to learn the basic fundamentals of preschool education by their classroom work of play. The Honeybees see the world with their hands and love each other as God had planned.

CATERPILLARS – Preschoolers - Three by Sept. 30 of year The Caterpillar class learns the concepts of different skills including socialization, fine and gross motor skills, math and science, language arts, music, and art. God's words from the Bible come alive through the “Wee Learn” curriculum. Each child hears Bible verses and stories and experiences creativity and independence to enhance their social, physical, intellectual and emotional development.

FIREFLIES – Preschoolers - Four by Sept. 30 of year The Fireflies are a kindergarten readiness class who learn from our Christian curriculum. The themes in the curriculum are designed to help lay a foundation for understanding God, Jesus, the Bible, Church, self, family, others and the natural world around them.

GRASSHOPPERS – Before/After Schoolers - The Grasshopper class is made up of our school age children. This class provides an after-school program.  Our after-school program provides a healthy snack, homework time and a time for indoor and outdoor play. This class also works on developing helpful skills and good Christian values that they will use for years to come. The Grasshoppers explore their world through the Bible, mission projects and play.

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