Welcome to St. David's Day School

Beginning January 4th, 2010, St. David's Episcopal Church will be offering a kindergarten day school. Its purpose is to offering a loving environment where supplemental and enriched learning opportunities are offered to kindergartners.

Classes will meet Monday through Friday from 11:15 am to 3:00 pm at St. David's Undercroft or ground floor of the church located at 780 Park St. in Friday Harbor.

Eligibility: Children must be enrolled in and attending a morning kindergarten class. St. David's will not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or faith system.
Tuition is $350 per month, due no later than the fifth day of each month. A $25 fee will be charged for late payments. Teacher salaries depend totally on tuition; therefore refunds cannot be made for "missed days."
Enrollment: Applications are available by contacting the Head Teacher, Margaret Barker at 298-4161 or e-mail at Or contact Nancy Sheplor at 378-3589.

Philosophy

Each child is a unique and beloved child of God and grows at his or her own rate and pattern.
Children need encouragement and support to develop socially, physically, mentally and spiritually.
Children need and deserve a compassionate and safe environment in order to learn.
Children are entitled to the best education, care, and guidance available.

Primary Goals

To provide a loving, nurturing environment where children and adults practice love for God, as well as respect and love for themselves and for one another.

To incorporate activities in the classes for individual levels of readiness.

To allow flexibility for small group or individual work, helping each child reach his or her potential.

To supplement and enrich the public school's morning kindergarten experience.

To hire trained, experienced and state certified teachers.

To provide a small class: 2 teachers for 10-12 pupils.

Teaching Goals

Thematic: Tuck academic subjects into a variety of units throughout the year, such as Seasons, Weather, Animals, Ocean World, Farm Life, and World Passport.

Math: Develop an understanding of patterning, classifying, and graphing. Recognize the effect of addition and subtraction. Learn to tell time, measure, and use simple coins.

Language Arts: Learn the reading skills of phonemic awareness, vocabulary, and sight word recognition. Gain oral language skills through fiction, non-fiction, poetry, rhymes and drama.

Science: Develop knowledge of science, utilizing each child's natural curiosity. Expand observation skills as they learn about life, and the physical world.

Social Studies: Learn relationships between peoples and the world we inhabit. Learn about the United States and the character of good citizenship.

Art: Gain confidence in their own creative ideas and learn to follow directions by providing both free art and guided art activities.

P. E: Use both small and large motor skills. Encourage health awareness by choosing and preparing snacks and personal hygiene.

The Teachers

Head Teacher Margaret Barker has twenty years of experience teaching Kindergarten at The Lexington School, a highly regarded a private school in Lexington, KY, and fourteen years additional experience at the preschool level. Mrs. Barker has attended many national Kindergarten and educational conferences and has been a presenter at local, state and national NAEYC conferences (National Association for the Education of Young Children). She is excited about this new opportunity to help the children of San Juan Island enhance and build upon the skills they are acquiring in the morning programs at the Friday Harbor Elementary School.

Assisting Teacher Carmen Tompkins has thirteen years teaching experience, including ten years as Head Teacher at the Lighthouse Preschool in Friday Harbor.

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For an application form for the Day School (PDF), click here