A play-based, half-day preschool for children ages 2.5 to 5-years-old with aftercare available. 2.5 year olds through Pre-K
Operating as usual
08/11/2023
Hello amazing families past, present, and future!
EWS has a limited number of spaces still available for our Pre-K program in the upcoming 2023-24 school year! Please share the news, and if you are interested in seeing everything EWS has to offer, please call or email the office to schedule a tour!
(703) 780-3852, [email protected]
We love to learn all about different holidays and celebrations! Coming up in July we have:
7\12
National Pecan Pie Day
Or
Simplicity Day (created by Henry David Thoreau)
7\13
Grab your air guitar, it's the International Day of Rock and Roll
We hope all of our families past and present are having a safe and wonderful summer so far! We can't wait until September when we can see everyone again! Do you know someone who might be looking for an amazing program for their Pre-K age student? Openings for fall are still available!
Summer is officially here but the fun doesn't have to stop! Check out this great STEAM activity, perfect for some summer fun!
http://www.learnplayimagine.com/2014/05/erupting-ice-chalk-paint-recipe.html?m=1
Our first week of summer camp was a splashing success, as students learned all about the OCEAN and adventured with pirates this week! We didn't let the air quality slow us down, moving our science, music and movement classes, and endless energy indoors! Next week the students will travel all around the world right from their classrooms! We hope everyone is having a great summer so far!
05/29/2023
A wonderful school year has come to a close! Thank you to all of our families past and present for joining us in our adventures during the 2022-23 school year!
05/22/2023
Can you believe it's the last week of school!?!?
We are ending our school year on a very adorable note! Many thanks to the staff and creatures from Plus for our animal experience on Friday! Here are a few photos of our visitors!
05/15/2023
First and Foremost, Happy Mother's Day to all our families! Today is a day to recognize all of the mothers in our life. From the one who gave birth to those might not be a traditional mom but who who provide strength advice support and immeasurable love each day! We appreciate all that you do!
Can you believe there is just 10 more days in our school year? This year has been one full of energy and education! This week we look forward to Ponies Plus on Friday, May 19! What a fun way to end our school year!
04/03/2023
03/31/2023
Smile! School Picture Day is today, Friday, March 31, 2023!
Picture this ... We're officially drumming up some excitement this week!
Tomorrow students will enjoy a visit from Drums!
Friday is Picture Day! What a great way to end March!
03/20/2023
March came in windy and seems to be going OUT like a lion as well! The wind has blown in lots of fun for the week ahead! Here are the highlights for this week!
Pre K Literacy Class Tuesday, 3/21
Yoga/Music Time with Miss Blythe, Wednesday 3/22
Parent Coffee's Continue, Thursday, 3/23 in the Friendship Room 9:00 to 9:30 AM
Science Friday! Students learn all about Simple Machines with Miss Nikki on 3/24
Extended Day Programs: 12:00 pm to 2:00PM daily! This week
M- Celebrate the first official day of spring, and enjoy jumping right
in to the season with "The Silly, Fluffy, Barking, Jumping, Wet
Nosed Dog Book" and Miss Katie O
Tu- Travel to the Taj Mahal on Traveling Tuesday with Miss Lindsey!
W- Music and Motion continues with Miss Teresa!
Th - Learning about and creating Abstract Art with Miss Nancy
F- Let's learn about FRICTION using a mini ice rink during the
Kaleidoscope Friday STEAM games with Miss Nikki!
03/11/2023
***Summer Camp 2023 Registration is now open for all enrolled students!***
Camp will take place the weeks of June 5 to June 9, 2023 and June 12 to June 16 2023!
Camp is open to students in all programs, 2-day twos through Pre-K.
Themes for camp will be Under the Sea in week 1, and Celebrations Around the World for week 2! Each week will include a variety of activities: art, music and movement, and STEAM based play. Students will need to bring a lunch and water bottle from home. For more information regarding our summer camp programs, please feel free to stop by the office, call us at (703) 780-3852, or email [email protected]!
03/10/2023
Here is a freeze frame of the upcoming events from yesterdays video! We look forward to ushering in the rest of March as it roars in like a lion, and hopefully, slips out like a lamb!
Thanks to a bit of a Facebook glitch several posts went unpublished. Our apologies for the lack of updates! Here is what is in store for the rest of March!
02/24/2023
Last week the school had a visit from the amazing Pastor Elijah, who taught the students about life in Zambia, Africa!
We learned that Victoria Falls, 1 of 7 Wonders in the world, is located here. We also learned they mine for copper which we use to make pipes or even cell phones. The students were fascinated to learn they don't have Targets to buy toys, they make toys and dolls from what they find like clay, when they would break they simply make more. Friends would have "hospitals" to fix the toys. Parents would bring wire and scraps from the mines and they would make toy cars and then play or race them! The students asked a great many questions and it was an amazing visit over all!
01/16/2023
There's something a little... interesting...about this new "student" who might be joining us as a guest this week. Miss Nikki spotted him exploring the school today. More pictures to come as the week goes along!
Here are some highlights for our week ahead!
Monday:
EWS and FCPS closed for the MLK Holiday
Join us for all our fun lunch programs this week! Lunch programs run from 12 to 2, students bring lunch and enjoy different activities through the week.
(Extended care until 430pm is also available!)
Traveling Tuesday with Miss Lindsey
Destination: Spain, for an adventure in architecture!
Wednesday: Movement and Music with Miss Teressa - Snowy Adventures
Thursday: Artistic Expression with Miss Nancy!
Greek Paintings and Mosaics
Kaleidoscope Friday:
Full STEAM ahead into the Ice Age with Miss Nikki and her dinosaurs!
01/16/2023
Just a reminder...
We hope you have all had a safe and enjoyable winter break! We are so excited to welcome our students back on Tuesday! From all of us at EWS, Happy New Year!
We hope all of our families are having a wonderful winter break and staying warm so far! We are looking forward to our return to school on January 3, 2023!
Here are some updates for the new year!
Tuition and Fees may be turned in 1/3 to 1/6
School resumes with our normal schedules and regular extended day programming options (12 to 2) on Tuesday, January 3, 2023!
Tuesday 1/3: Traveling Tuesday with Ms. Lindsey
Wednesday 1/4: Music and Games with Ms. Teressa
Thursday 1/5: Artistic Expression with Ms. Nancy
Friday 1/6: Kaleidoscope Friday (STEM Adventures) with Ms. Nikki
12/15/2022
Attention all families! Due to expected icy morning conditions, EWS will be opening 1 hour late on Thursday, December 15, 2022.
Students will attend school from 10AM to 1PM, and it is requested all students bring a lunch. Students will eat lunch together in their respective classrooms! There will be no after-school programming, however, extended hours will be available as always until 430PM.
The holiday program for our 2 day Twos will go on, please watch for an update by Miss Nan in your email for times and logistics!
Can you believe it's already just 13 days until Christmas? The students are having a lovely time practicing for our upcoming holiday program! This week we have the following schedule for after school programs, please contact the office if you have questions about our lunch bunch schedule!
M 12/12 12-2 Books Alive w/ Ms. Katie O.
T 12/13 12-2 Traveling Tuesday w/ Ms. Lindsey
W 12/14 12-2 Music & Games w/ Ms. Teressa
R 12/15 12-2 Artistic Expression w/ Ms. Nancy
F 12/16 Christmas Program 9:00 am!
Our school day ends directly after the program, there are no extended hours on Friday 12/16! Have a wonderful winter break!
12/03/2022
What a wonderful start to December with the students at EWS this week! Thank you to all who joined us for our Gingerbread House fundraiser! We capped it off with a story by our head Elf, Miss Nan!
11/22/2022
We are deeply thankful to each and every one of our families, past and present, for giving us the opportunity to nurture and grow the minds of your children! May this Thanksgiving bring blessings and joy to you all!
A poetic blessing:
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
- "Thanksgiving," by Ralph Waldo Emerson
What an awesome and fun time this week with the amazing Glen Echo Park Aquarium ! The children got to meet all sorts of fun creatures and learn new things, like the fact whales have belly buttons! And we even got a little bit of a music show!
We are enjoying our lone full week of November! Tomorrow students in all classes will get to adventure Under the Sea with a visit from the amazing Glen Echo Aquarium! Thursday the Pre K and 2's, and Friday our 3 Year old classes will participate in our Fall Feast activities, in honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. 🦃
11/09/2022
Please if you can, bring a non perishable food item for our annual food drive! Just 2 days left for collection! Thank you!
11/07/2022
Don't forget, no school tomorrow! Here are a few great ideas to help kids learn all about voting!
(From the website parents-together.org)
Show them the signs!
Point out some of the election signs, bumper stickers, brochures, phone calls, and ads that you encounter during election season.
Have a family vote!
Show kids how voting works on a smaller scale. Have a family vote about which movie to watch, or what outdoor activity to do after you've rocked your vote! Make a ballot box and an anonymous paper voting system, then have the kids help tally votes. (You can use pictures for younger kids. Older kids can even promote their favorite choice by making a speech or sign before the family votes)
Count on it!
After the election, do a simple math activity with kids to show them how the votes were counted. For example, count out 100 Cheerios and divide them into two jars to show them the percentage of votes that went to each candidate
You can also find printable activities here:
https://www.thingstoshareandremember.com/preschoolers-can-vote-preschool-voting-activities/
Welcome to November! Lots of excitement coming up this month! Due to technical issues, the calendar for November did not post this morning as scheduled. Please watch the wall for updates on all our events!
Quick Overview:
11/8 School Closed (Election Day)
11/10 Red White and Blue Day - Flag Salute 9:10AM (Weather permitting)
11/11 School Closed (Veterans Day)
10/31/2022
Just a reminder, in accordance with the FCPS calendar, EWS is closed Monday, October 31, 2022 for a teacher work day!
10/28/2022
The Halloween Parade is today! Please remember to bring a change of clothing for your students today for after the parade ends!
10/27/2022
Have you stopped by our Usborne Books & More book fair yet? Please stop by the friendship room to check it out! Last day is Friday, October 28!
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller
10/23/2022
It was awesome to see such fun smiles on Picture Day last week! This week's excitement will bring the Halloween Parade on Friday! If you have a chance check out our parking lot pumpkin, which is starting to turn orange on the top!
10/13/2022
A cute daddy long legs came up and picked out his own perfect pumpkin yesterday, ahead of the upcoming fall festivities! If you have a chance, check out our accidental live pumpkin patch, growing in the parking lot! There are 2 pumpkins growing so far but they are hard to spot!
10/07/2022
Somehow this one didn't post earlier in the week, our apologies! Welcome to October!
10/07/2022
Due to circumstances being our control in order to enter our grounds, you will need to enter via Mount Vernon Mem. Highway and turn onto Patton Blvd. You may enter via the exit.
We anticipate having to use the exit to enter and leave the grounds today and possibly beyond.
We apologize for the late notice and appreciate your patience!
09/26/2022
FCPS is closed today, in observance of Rosh Hashanah, however, EWS will remain open.
FCPS has added several new closing dates to the calendar for the 2022-23 school year. In general we follow the FCPS schedule for closings, but we will not always be closed for every holiday or work day this year!
Have a marvelous Monday!
09/24/2022
Fall is finally in the air and on the calendar! Many exciting things ahead for our school in the month of October! Stay tuned!
Epiphany Weekday School offers a half-day, early childhood educational program for children ages 2.5 years old - through PreK. EWS is unique with our flexible, daily Lunch Bunch activities and extended-day options. The program serves the whole child through the development of the individual child’s social, emotional, spiritual, physical, creative, and cognitive growth.
PHILOSOPHY: Epiphany Weekday School’s philosophy centers on the importance of play. Play involves all types of learning and development: self-esteem, socialization, cooperation, curiosity, problem solving, creative expressive, and cognitive learning. EWS strives for each child to become successful, independent thinkers who are respectful of others and their surroundings. At EWS we understand each child will develop and mature at their own rate.
ENRICHMENT: EWS provides an age appropriate program meeting the needs of the whole child and strives to enhance our program by offering regular enrichment sessions. Sessions include music and movement, library, science, yoga, PE, and outdoor classroom exploration. Scholastic newspapers are an additional supplement to classroom offerings, as well.
ABOUT: Epiphany Weekday School established in 1967 as an outreach of the Epiphany Lutheran Church ministry for the Mount Vernon, Fort Belvoir, and surrounding area communities. The staff is certified in First Aid and Child CPR. EWS staff holds a variety of degrees and certifications. All have experience and continue education in the field of Early Childhood.
| Monday | 9am - 1pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 1pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 1pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 1pm |
| Friday | 9am - 2pm |
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