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 About
Our School
Sponsored
by the church, Sunny Hill offers a play-based program that combines
preparation for kindergarten with an emphasis on a child’s social and
emotional development. The school makes a high quality, affordable,
nurturing and supportive early childhood learning environment available to
families in Sudbury and the surrounding communities.
Philosophy
and Mission
Sunny Hill Preschool was founded as a non-profit organization in 1958 by
the Sudbury United Methodist Church, and we will celebrate our fiftieth
anniversary in 2008. While the school is sponsored by the church, religion
is not a part of the curriculum. The school offers a play-based program
that combines preparation for kindergarten with an emphasis on a child’s
social and emotional development. The mission of
the school is to make a high quality, affordable, nurturing and supportive
early childhood learning environment available to families in Sudbury and
the surrounding communities. As one of the very first programs in the
Sudbury area, it also served as model of excellence in early childhood
education. The daily operations of the school are overseen by a full-time
Director. An appointed committee of church members is responsible
for policy making and various functions related to the operation of the
school.
Our
Programs
Sunny Hill Preschool is in session five days per week, and follows a
school year calendar. We offer two, three, four and five day morning and
afternoon programs for two, three and four year-old children. Our program
offerings are determined each year based on the needs of the families
in our community. The
focus of the programs at Sunny Hill Preschool is on the whole child’s
social, emotional, cognitive and physical development. Teachers develop
classroom themes and activities that integrate sensory experiences,
pre-reading and pre-math concepts, science, social studies, art, social
and self-help skills. Children sing with our music teacher, dance with our
movement teacher and explore the world with many special visitors
throughout the year.
Special programs each year include The New England Aquarium Tidepool
Program, Drumlin Farm’s Audubon Ark, The Rainforest Reptiles and many
other special programs that enhance our daily curriculum. Although
schedules vary from classroom to classroom, you can expect your child to
be involved in the following daily activities: circle time, free play,
creative art, cooking, science, music, story time, daily snack and outdoor
play.
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