Current and former directors of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Preschool celebrate its 30th Anniversary. Photo contributed
More than a hundred people turned out for the 30th Anniversary of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Preschool on Oct. 24. Many alumni including some from the class of 1989 came back to visit their former preschool. The festivities began with some history provided by Scootie Prior who was on the original committee to start a preschool in the Burke-Springfield area. The doors opened in September 1985 with seventy-two children three to five years old. Since that time more than two thousand children have attended the program. Children have learned and laughed and families have connected to form lifelong bonds.
Former directors -- Sharon Winstead, Pat Conrad, Heather Hunt Maupin -- and other past staff attended the event and reminisced about all the children who have been enriched by this preschool program. The preschool has grown over the years but the fundamental philosophy remains the same: to provide a loving place for a child to develop socially, emotionally, physically, cognitively and spiritually. Enhancements to the program include special science and music programs, lunch bunch days and Enrichment classes for kindergarten-bound students.