The Red Apple School Inc vs. The Merit School Of Stafford
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School Overview
Overview
The Red Apple is a licensed, nationally accredited, private day school specifically designed to assist in the development and readiness of the preschool, pre kindergarten and kindergarten child.
We offer morning and afternoon school programs from September through mid June.
Countrywood offers an extended preschool day from 7.30 a.m. until 5 p.m. We follow the Stafford County Schools calendar.
The program provides a series of structured and unstructured activities that contribute to the child's social, emotional, physical and intellectual development. Learning centers and motivational activities build the foundations for future academic pursuits.
Children are encouraged to observe, discover, investigate and enjoy themselves in a learning environment.
Classes are small and teacher retention is high. Teachers hold degrees and credientials in early childhood education, human growth development, elementary education, and other child related fields,.
At Merit School Of Stafford, Our half-day Preschool and Jr.
Kindergarten programs are designed to develop the young child’s awareness of stories, words, rhymes, letters, listening and beginning handwriting skills, as well as confidence, independence and inquisitiveness about learning.
Our full-day kindergarten program strives to develop each child into a reader and writer, confident in these skills, as well as beginning math, social studies, and science concepts.
Kindergarten students are evaluated using the PALS screening in the fall, winter and spring.
Grades Offered
PK-K
PK-K
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Year Founded
1981
n/a
Students Body
Total Students
127 students
64 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
14%
44%
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Pre-K Students
120
55
Kindergarten Students
7
9
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
1 teacher
7 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
10%
n/a
Teacher : Student Ratio
1:127
1:9
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
None / Rolling
Admissions Director
Jaqueline Mott
Sherry Roberson