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About Children of Hope

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Our Story

Children of Hope Preschool is a ministry of New Hope Church, offering high-quality early childhood education rooted in faith, compassion, and community. Since opening our doors in 2008, we’ve served families from a wide range of cultural and economic backgrounds by providing a safe, welcoming space where every child can grow in knowledge, confidence, and the love of Christ.

 

Our program is built around Indiana’s Early Learning Standards and shaped by a Biblical foundation. We believe academic preparation and spiritual development go hand in hand. Through hands-on learning, intentional play, and personal attention from caring teachers, students build the skills they need for kindergarten success while hiding God’s Word in their hearts.

 

We’re especially honored to support many local refugee and immigrant families, many of whom speak little or no English when they arrive. With patience, prayer, and a strong sense of belonging, our students thrive through singing, sharing, and learning side by side. We are CCDF approved for voucher assistance and tuition assistance is available on a case-by-case basis, ensuring that cost is never the barrier to a Christ-centered education.

 

Whether your child joins us for three or five days a week, before or after care, or anything in between, Children of Hope is a place to be known, loved, and equipped for life. 

Our Vision

Our Curriculum

Using the Bible as our foundation we will follow Indiana’s Early Learning Standards. These standards include the following:

  • English/Language Arts: Reading repetitive texts often and allowing students to interact and learn with the repetitive text and rhyming.

  • Mathematics: Students learn to describe, compare, and interact with objects while having math talks, building vocabulary, thinking and beginning math skills.

  • Science: Using hands on play and  experiments students will try different ways of using tools, making things work and problem solving. Science activities will be used to build vocabulary and science talk.

  • Social Studies: The Bible will be our foundation in teaching social studies and problem solving in their own community and personal life experiences.

Our Standards

We align every classroom experience fostering whole-child wellbeing, growth, and creativity. 

  • Student Wellbeing: Creating opportunities for students to communicate, support, play with and learn along side one another.

  • Approaches to Play and Learning: Children will be given time to play games and try new challenges so that they can develop flexible thinking, problem solving skills, and sustain attention for longer periods of time.

  • Physical Health and Growth: Children will participate in physical activities during recess, Minds in Motion and our  creative arts dance movement class times.

  • Creative Arts: During  art, crafts, and music play as well as our creative arts dance and movement class students will experience ways to express themselves through the arts.

Policies and Procedures

  • Each child will need to bring a lunch daily.

  • You must be able to escort your child to and from his classroom at drop-off and pick-up times.

  • We must be able to contact the legal guardian daily during preschool hours.

  • When your child is ill, you must be able to pick him up immediately.

  • A medical information form must be completed for medication needs.

  • Please dress your child appropriately for outdoor play (weather permitting) and messy art activities.

  • All children must be completely potty-trained and able to maintain their own bathroom needs.

We serve children ages 2 1/2 to 5 years old in our preschool program. We combine teacher-facilitated and child-initiated learning experiences, while ensuring a context of developmentally appropriate curriculum. We use the Zoo Phonics curriculum and base our teachings on God’s Word.

Stress-Free Tuition Payment

Children of Hope is a ministry of New Hope Church, which means you get the same secure, user-friendly payment platform our church families already trust. Pay or set up auto-pay online from any device in seconds, or—if paper works better—drop a check at the front office during pick-up or drop-off. Whichever option fits your routine, tuition stays hassle-free so you can focus on what matters most: watching your child thrive.

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Take a Tour

If Children of Hope sounds like a place your child can thrive, schedule a tour to learn more about Children of Hope and meet some of the staff.

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