Richland Academy
Preschool in Elton, PA 15934
School Transportation : Forest Hills El Sch – Serviced by school bus
Language(s) Spoken : English Spanish
Part Time / Full Time : Full Time Part Time
The programs at Richland Academy are committed to providing an individualized education which combines the Montessori method of early childhood education with current research about developmentally appropriate practices. Our programs aim to educate the whole child within warm environments which foster a life-long love of learning nurture positive self-concepts and lay the foundations for future success in our multi-cultural multi-racial multi-ethnic linguistically-diverse world. Although the environments structure materials staff and curriculum differ according to the category of service provided (academic programs or childcare services) and according to the ages of children served (toddler preschool kindergarten); all of the Programs at Richland Academy share common views of the child the classroom environment and the teacher.
- Child Ages:
- 1 year - 3 years
- Rates:
- $
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare - PADE - PADPW Accredited
- Vouchers:
- This provider accepts vouchers
- Special Needs:
- Administer Injections Administer Medication Administer Nebulizer Treatment (Asthma) Asthma Auditory Impairment Cognitive Dysfunction/Delay Gifted Ability Other Chronic Physical Illness Seizures Speech/Language Delay Special Diet Visual Impairment
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday - Friday 7:00 am - 5:30 pm
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Richland Academy views the child as:
- The constructor of his own knowledge and an active participant in his individual learning experience (in collaboration with the teacher).
- Capable of making choices within a carefully designed environment.
- Possessing sensitive periods and following universal predictable sequences of growth and change during the first 8 years of life.
- Worthy of an attitude of mutual respect equal in humanity if not in development experience or education.
Richland Academy views the classroom environment as:
- A carefully “prepared environment” which strives to be harmonious supportive child-centered consistent and non-competitive.
- An aesthetically pleasing safe and clean space where child-initiated child-directed teacher supported activity thrives.
- Balancing the developmental needs of each individual child with those of the classroom community as a whole.
- Engaging each child in age-appropriate experiences that enhance intellectual communicative perceptual physical social and emotional growth and development.
- Designed to promote authentic learning (understood as the process of making meaning out of experiences and interactions).
- Utilizing hands-on concrete materials and experiences as the building blocks for the later development of abstract thought.
- Balancing the development of critical thinking strategies and positive dispositions toward learning with the acquisition of specific skills and information.
Richland Academy views the teacher as:
- The vital link between the child and the prepared environment.
- The designer of a prepared environment that is responsive to and shaped by the emotional physical social and intellectual needs of each child within the class.
- Committed to assisting children in realizing their unique immense inner potential.
- Capable of true respect for the child as the constructor of her own intelligence and character.
- An observer guide role model protector and resource in the classroom learning community.
- Dedicated to providing authentic meaning-making experiences for children that draw upon their personal interests and are relevant to their life.
- Capable of offering choices to children and willing to allow them to take the natural or logical consequences for both appropriate and inappropriate choices.
- Recognizing the parents as the child’s first teachers. Fostering communication and collaboration with parents related to their child’s growth and development.
