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Adventure's Preschool Celebrates 50 Years
Adventures Preschool Celebrates 50 Years in the Ames Community
Adventures Preschool in Ames is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018. There will be an Open House Celebration on April 15, 2018 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM at Collegiate United Methodist Church. Join us for an afternoon filled with Adventures fun including, music by Reed Miller, cake, refreshments, tours and program at 3 PM. Take a trip down memory lane with us as we take a look back at 50 years!
Please help us spread the word to anyone who would like to join the celebration! Past students, families, teachers, volunteers, and friends. Event updates can be found on our facebook page at Adventures Preschool 50th Anniversary Celebration.
Adventures Preschool is located at Collegiate United Methodist Church at 2622 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50014. Website, www.adventurespreschool.org
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A brief 50 year history of CUMC/Adventures Preschool
The preschool originated from a Mom’s Morning Out program at Collegiate United Methodist Church/Wesley Foundation (CUMC/WF) in 1968. Ruth Points was Christian Education Director for CUMC/WF and wanted to create a program to train parents to be Sunday School teachers. Initially, only families who were members of CUMC/WF were eligible. In later years, CUMC/WF families were given first access to enroll each year. Now at the 50th anniversary of the preschool over 1,683 children have been served from 1968-2018 and there have been 5 director/lead teachers: Doreen Wass, Gayle Atchison, Lisa Nowers, Rhonda Scott, and Jill Strawhacker.
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Now the preschool, known as Adventures Preschool has the mission to provide a safe and nurturing environment where teachers and families work as a team to offer developmentally appropriate learning opportunities for each child’s emotional, social, physical, and cognitive growth.
In this cooperative (“co-op”) based preschool, teachers, parents and children are fully involved in the educational process, working and learning together. The importance of parents as educators is recognized. Parents volunteer in the classroom on a regular basis and serve on committees or on the Board of Directors. This co-op commitment has sustained for the full 50 years of the preschools existence.
For questions or information contact Jill Strawhacker at info@adventurespreschool.org.