Lakeview Presbyterian

Weekday School

5915 Louis XIV

New Orleans, LA  70124

504-488-2172

Dale Davis, Director

daledavis@lpcno.org

Educational Philosophy

Early childhood is that magical time when both fact and fantasy can live joyously in the heart of a child, and so it is a time to be enjoyed and preserved.  Yet it is a pivotal time, for what the child hears, sees and does today will greatly influence his tomorrow. 

It is the time when seeds of positive self-image, self-mastery, and self-discovery may be planted so that they may ripen in the child’s future life.

Our school’s program is centered on each child’s lively and free participation in activities and experiences that rouse curiosity and channel his energies, his talents, his mind and his great capacity for living.  It is the “drawing out” and not the “drilling in” for we recognize and respect the richness of the inner resources and creative potential of each young child.  We endeavor to  provide for each child a relaxed, warm and loving environment in which his physical, social, mental, emotional and spiritual development is nurtured to its fullest and best expression.

General Information

Hours: The basic program is from 8:45 am until 12:00 pm.  Before school care begins at 7:45 am.  After school care is available until 4:00 pm.  

Each classroom has a different theme each week (or biweekly in the younger classes).  Everything is the room will be set up to relate to the week’s topic.  Children are provided a lot of different options for hands-on experiences.  In this way the children can learn about their world through their own observations and experiences.

Each classroom is set up in learning centers.  Some examples are:

              Block center

              Home living center

              (Housekeeping)

              Art center

              Educational Toy center

              Manipulatives

Quiet center

              Books and Listening

              Science center

In this learning environment are basic science projects, experiences with music, group activities with discussions, stories, finger plays, audio-visuals and cooking.

Outdoor activities on a well-equipped play yard helps to develop large muscle coordination.

Books, puzzles, pictures, recordings, songs and toys are coordinated with the weekly emphasis.

Explorations that children make in such a child-oriented world are the foundations for academic learning.