About Us
Our Mission
Our mission is to encourage scholars (both boys & girls) to reach their full potential by providing stem focused hands-on interactive learning.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to bridge the gap of enrollment in STEM fields. We aim to help teach children how to think, not what to think. To use their natural ability, creativity and energy to build, and create which is all part of STEM learning and STEM-related careers for the future.
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Founded by a stem professional, turned public school educator. Stem Prep Academy is a preschool and stem enrichment center, which aims to equip scholars to learn through stem engagement. This will help them in STEM careers in the future. While bridging the gap in the skill shortage by producing a generation of free thinkers, who are tech- savvy and not afraid to go forward and be counted.
OUR VALUES
- Infinity: We believe our scholars' potential is boundless. We integrate foreign language daily and expose scholars to multicultural experiences.
- Integrity: We instill hard work, honesty, respect and courage into our scholars so that they develop their own values and beliefs and make the right decisions even no one is watching.
- Innovation: We constantly expose our scholars to hands on learning, experiments and entrepreneurship. We develop our scholar’s creativity and problem-solving skills to encourage them to explore, and research to uncover something new.
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FLEXIBLE HOURS
Working and stay-at-home parents will find that our hours suite them both!
Full-time hours: 8:30 am-3:30pm Monday through Friday (free early drop off 8am)
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Part-time hours: 8:30am-3:30pm , 2 or 3 day option (free early drop off 8am)
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Half-day Part time hours: 9-11:30 am, 9 -12pm (extended morning: stay for lunch) or 1-3:30pm
Regular Early Drop off: 7:30-8:30am
Late Pick Up: 3:30-6pm
year round education
Prekindergarten (Sep-June)
Science Saturday (Oct-April)
Stem Summer Camp (June-August)
Pre-k Readiness Camp (1 wk-August)
EXCEPTIONAL CURRICULUM
Our scholars learn by doing! We provide interactive hands on learning. Our curriculum is aligned with Pennsylvania Learning Standards for Early Childhood Education. Our curriculum provides opportunities for scholars to be engaged, maximize their full potential in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics while meeting their social and emotional needs.
Highlights:
Weekly Coding
Weekly Stem Career Connection
In one multi-age classroom setting, scholars are grouped by age to ensure they're receiving relevant content and are involved in small group learning daily:
Pre-K
3-year-olds: Explorers( can enroll as early as 2.7 years old)
4-year-olds: Experimenters
5-year-olds: Engineers
state of the art preschool
Intimate, boutique-style high-performing pre-kindergarten. Interactive smartboard for scholars to learn. Electronic, hands-free sign-in, parent-teacher and parent-director interaction channels, electronic files, online interaction with other parents of the pre-kindergarten community we service. Parent association with monthly meetings for parents voices to be heard.
MEALS
Meals consist of a healthy breakfast and snacks. An additional snack will be served to scholars enrolled in our after-school program. Lunch must be packed.
INCLUSIVE SCHOOL: Early SUPPORT & INTERVENTION
No student is excluded based on their type or degree of disability. We welcome students with IEPs. Our educators have experience with the special education field and know the process to accommodate most children.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
French is integrated into lessons daily.
Amazing Educators
All of our teachers are certified, bachelor degreed and trained in education. We also have a teacher to student ratio of 1:8.
AFTER SCHOOL
Preschoolers can attend our after school program only 3:30-6pm, monthly membership required, please contact us for more details.
Professional Staff
On-call certified school counselor.
UNIFORMS
No need to worry about what to wear everyday.All scholars wear a comfortable school emblem top and grey bottom. Uniform top provided by SPA. Fridays are spirit day!
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OUTDOOR PLAY AREA
Outdoor play area attached to school.