AT A GLANCE: CHR ISTIAN EDUCATION Our school currently serves over 200 students in grades PreK2-6th (ages 2-12) who benefit from St. Philip’s rigorous, nurturing, and dynamic Christian-based education.
Reading is ESSENTIAL at St. Philip’s English Language Arts and Reading (ELAR) is essential in developing the whole child and a successful student at St. Philip’s. All of our students begin the first fifteen minutes of their day in school with Drop Everything and Read or D.E.A.R. time: Students read to each other. Teachers, parents, or volunteers read aloud to students. This is story time extended well beyond the library! “I love that we are fostering a love for reading in our students through D.E.A.R. time and novel study, which now begins in First Grade,” shares George T. Lee Jr. Principal, Kellee Murrell. “Kids who always have a book in hand, do well. Period.” There is not only academic but also personal value that comes with reading. Once students develop a heart and passion for reading, studies show that not only do their creativity, imagination, and predictive and critical thinking skills surge, but so do their interactions with the world. Every classroom at St. Philip’s is equipped with more than textbooks. Our students are even encouraged to bring their own books for D.E.A.R. time, and it is an expectation that our parents read to and with their children at home. This year, St. Philip’s incorporated a “literacy circle” in the After School Care program - another testament to the cultivation and value of reading at St. Philip’s School & Community Center.
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SUMMER MAGAZINE 2018
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Kids who always have a book in hand, do well. Period.
