Building Security

The safety of our children in all our programs is always our primary concern. Our safety policy is not to keep parents out of our classrooms, but rather to monitor everyone on our preschool floors. Our preschool facilities are very secure at all times to insure the safety of your children while in our care.

• On school mornings, the front doors to our WPS building will remain locked at all times. We will have staff members posted at the entrance doors to assist children into the building.
• Because the front doors are locked, you may ring the “doorbell” and someone will let you in.
• All other doors into the WPS building will remain locked. When you need access to the building, please enter through the front doors. Please come to our greeting area and sign in as a visitor and obtain a visitor pass to be wore at all times while you are in the building.

School Procedures for Emergency Preparedness

What to expect from your school staff in preparation for and during an actual emergency.

1. Regular scheduled fire and tornado drills will be conducted every month.
2. Your child will be instructed in emergency procedures for fire, tornado, etc.
3. Your child will be kept at school during school hours unless it is unsafe or inappropriate to do so.
4. Should the school need to be evacuated, students will be taken to the nearest safe location available. You can receive this information from your local radio station. Contact will be made with parents as soon as possible.

Opportunities Available

Prayer partners for each class are needed. Please contact the WPS Director if you or someone you know would be interested in this ministry. Parents are invited and encouraged to participate in their child’s class. If you have a special talent, interest, cultural background, occupation, or hobby or would like to help with an art project or to be a special reader, please advise your child’s teacher. She will schedule a time for your class visit.

Helping Your Child Have a Positive School Experience

When you bring your child to school, you bring him to Christian teachers who know, love, and understand children. You place your child in their hands. Assure your child that you will return for them, and then leave promptly. Most children make better adjustments to the group the first days if the parent is not present. If you are nervous or upset they will think they should be also. We do, however understand how difficult it is on mom and dad to leave a crying child. Please feel free to stand outside of the classroom and observe your child through the privacy window.

You can help your child learn by reinforcing at home what they are learning at school. Help them learn to put away toys, keep themselves clean, listen when another is talking, take turns, respect property, be polite, obey, and look upon their parents, teachers, and playmates as friends. They can also develop good habits of food and rest and learn rules of safety.

The most important way in which parents can help their children make a successful adjustment to school is through giving them lots of love and a feeling of security. Home needs to be a place