PARENTS DAY OUT
We welcome families and help children grow.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalm 139:14
Our purpose is to provide your child with a nurturing, safe, and loving Christian environment that will further their emotional, social, mental, spiritual, and physical development. We strive to offer more than just a “day out”—our goal is to instill a love of learning, work on building relationships, and foster independence in every child.
The program is a church related ministry, and we strive through actions and teachings to give our children basic Christian concepts. We desire for each child to feel and experience God’s love.
ENROLLMENT
Fall 2023-2024 enrollment – Please contact the director via email for more information or to place your child on our waiting list. Please leave a message for the director at 423-541-9896 or via email at PDOdirector@hixsonumc.org regarding enrollment availability. Wait list options are available for full classes.
New Families
Enrollment is open to the public beginning April 1st 2024. Current families: March 4th 2024. An enrollment form must be completed and submitted, along with a $40 non-refundable registration fee for each child if there is availability. Our spots fill up fast; however, please know that we make every effort to accomodate new families throughout the year by offering placement on our waiting list. If it is necessary to place your child on a waiting list for a class, you may do so at no charge. Tours are available upon request.
Returning Families
Registration for families currently enrolled in our PDO program begins March 1st 2024. To ensure placement in the program, a new enrollment form, along with the $40 non-refundable registration fee, must be submitted by April 1st.
HUMC Families
Active members of Hixson UMC have first option to enroll their children in our program (before April 1st) and will receive a discount on tuition if there is availability.
Frequently Asked Questions
Due to the Hamilton County School Policy and our Church Policy, we do require all children to be vaccinated.
Our staff is chosen for their warmth, understanding and love for children, experience and teaching skills. They are trained in CPR / First Aid and continue to grow professionally through training in the child development field. All of our staff members have gone through a thorough background check. At HUMC PDO, we work to serve as a child’s natural step from home to school, recognizing the value of play and developmentally appropriate practices.
We offer small class sizes and small teacher to student ratios. We have 5 classrooms: Infants (ratio 2:4), Toddlers (ratio 2:8), Twos (ratio 2:10), Threes (ratio 2:12), and Pre-K (ratio 2:12).
Our PDO uses the Creative Curriculum program, a comprehensive, research-based curriculum that features exploration and discovery as a way of learning, enabling children to develop confidence, creativity, and lifelong critical thinking skills. This curriculum is used for our Toddlers, Twos, Threes and Pre-K classes.
Each month, in addition to our curriculum program the children also participate monthly in Chapel with Children's Ministry Director Miss Melia, a music class, gym time, and outdoor play. We offer a variety of "in house" field trips that include a petting zoo, Read Mobile, dental visit, fire truck visit, and many others.
In addition to qualified and caring staff, small student to teacher ratios, and a great curriculum, our program engages children in missions. Throughout the year, each child will have various opportunities to be the light of Christ to the world! Our mission projects include: Fuel for School and Friends of the Troops. We provide food for the Fuel for School program. HUMC volunteers pack and deliver packages of nutritious, shelf-stable food items to 15 area Elementary & Middle Schools, reaching over 500 children. These packages provide weekend meals for hungry students. Friends of the Troops sends care packages and needed items to troops stationed around the world as well as in the USA. We also support local Food Banks and Operation Christmas Child.
The tuition is $1600 for the full 2024-2025 school year, or installments of $160 per month (August - May). This includes all fees except registration. See Director regarding sibling and church member discounts.
PARENT TESTIMONIALS
“Our child has loved every one of his teachers (and so have we). All the teachers are wonderful.”
“We have been amazed by our child’s development because of this program.”
“The program is wonderful. The teachers do an excellent job and my son loves going to school here. We look forward to another great year.”
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