The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Day School

The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Day School was founded in 1949 as an extension of the Church's educational mission and community outreach. It continues to serve families within and beyond the congregation, providing a developmentally appropriate preschool program. The curriculum is intentionally non-religious, but is designed to enhance children's spiritual, intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development. The Day School seeks to provide its educational opportunities to an ethnically, economically, and religiously diverse community. The Day School is an educational environment which respects and nurtures the different gifts and learning styles each child brings to the group. The children's interests are an integral part of curriculum planning. We support an inquiry process leading toward focused studies of topics which are particularly engaging to the children and provide the opportunity for integrated, emergent curriculum. This project approach embraces the arts as languages which enable expression of ideas, theories, understanding and questions. It affords teachers insight into each child’s needs and interests.